Evan Johnson

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that 205 attorneys have been promoted to partner effective October 1, 2023. Austin Name Practice Area Daniel Cadis M&A and Private Equity Zack C. Ewing Litigation Alec Manzer M&A and Private Equity Bay Area Name Practice Area Katherine Schloss Ackerman M&A and Private Equity Anna Baxendale Investment Funds Philip Castagnozzi Bush M&A and Private Equity Kathleen Marie Cloutier M&A and Private Equity Matt Dunnet M&A and Private Equity Leahana Grimley M&A and Private Equity Mary Kwan Investment Funds Yan-Xin Li Intellectual Property Litigation Garett Morin M&A and Private Equity Zak Morozov Tax Qasim Rasool M&A and Private Equity Martin A. Schwertmann Technology & IP Transactions Stephen M. Silva Litigation Christina A. Wa Real Estate Boston Name Practice Area Ramen Costa Investment Funds Mathew Eapen Investment Funds Matthew Fisher M&A and Private Equity William Koch Investment Funds William N. Lay M&A and Private Equity Miranda Means Intellectual Property Litigation Nils Remole M&A and Private Equity Brandon Short Tax Chicago Name Practice Area Nadia Abramson Litigation Amy Barber Technology & IP Transactions Robin W. Basu Real Estate Amarto Bhattacharyya Litigation Timothy Bow Real Estate Nicholas A. Cast M&A and Private Equity Lauren M. Cates Executive Compensation Philip M. Cooper Litigation Kaitlyn L. Coverstone Litigation Sarah M. Craig Intellectual Property Litigation Matt Dobleman Debt Finance Lauren N. Falk Litigation Christopher B. Grady M&A and Private Equity Christopher Hinojosa Litigation Keith Holt Litigation Alyssa Jutovsky Investment Funds Sarah Kimmer Litigation Mac M. Laban Investment Funds Kelsey Laugel Antitrust & Competition Jackson D. Lavelle M&A and Private Equity Steven J. Lindsay Litigation David Love Debt Finance Jeremy A. Mandell M&A and Private Equity Reid McEllrath Litigation Jeffrey Michalik Restructuring Rory M. Minnis Tax Timothy D. Nolan Investment Funds Angela C. Oldham M&A and Private Equity Steven A. Page M&A and Private Equity Jake Rambeau Intellectual Property Litigation Claire Rokita Debt Finance Taylor Rothman Litigation Nicholas M. Ruge Litigation Yusuf Salloum Restructuring Eric Scharphorn Investment Funds Lisa Tran Real Estate Patrick Weeks Litigation Alison J. Wirtz Restructuring Benjamin Woodring Litigation Christopher J. Worek Tax Dallas Name Practice Area Chelsea Bedotto Executive Compensation Karsten Busby Executive Compensation Marco Chan Debt Finance Purun Cheong Debt Finance Sydne K. Collier Litigation Clint Cowan Litigation Steven M. Keithley Debt Finance Jacqueline Scioli M&A and Private Equity Hong Kong Name Practice Area Jerry Choi Investment Funds John Curran Debt Finance Brandon Ovington Debt Finance Joshua Payne M&A and Private Equity Anthony Wijaya Restructuring Raymond Wong M&A and Private Equity Ashlee Wu Capital Markets Grace Zhu Litigation Houston Name Practice Area Osaro Aifuwa Debt Finance Xavier Avery Litigation Angela Hagerman Debt Finance Fernanda M. Langa M&A and Private Equity James R. Long M&A and Private Equity Blake X. Longoria M&A and Private Equity Katherine C. Nemeth Executive Compensation Christine Shang Litigation Jonathan Paul Strom M&A and Private Equity Jacob Walley Tax Michelle Williamson Debt Finance London Name Practice Area Dana Abdulkarim M&A and Private Equity Mallika Abidi Restructuring Irfan Ahmed M&A and Private Equity Anna Maria Alexandrou Investment Funds Anthony Antioch Tax Nick Appleton M&A and Private Equity Rory Clarke Intellectual Property Litigation Sandipan De Debt Finance Monica Gemes M&A and Private Equity Max Harris Technology & IP Transactions Jerome Hoyle Debt Finance William Jensen Intellectual Property Litigation Matthew Jobson Investment Funds Anan Ju Investment Funds Sky Kim Financial Services Regulatory Loviisa Langdon Tax Joanne Mak Investment Funds Edward Malcolm Litigation Andrew McAlpine M&A and Private Equity Thomas Raftery Debt Finance Amrit Sagoo Investment Funds Sharon Skipper M&A and Private Equity Yasmin Smedley Debt Finance Miroslav Tomo M&A and Private Equity Adam Watterson Restructuring Tina Xu Debt Finance Los Angeles Name Practice Area Michael P. Alcan Tax Radhika Kshatriya Investment Funds Ted McBride Investment Funds Andrew Morrill Intellectual Property Litigation Guirgis Nasief M&A and Private Equity Daniel Rios Executive Compensation Kevin X. Wang Intellectual Property Litigation Nancy Zakiniaeiz Real Estate Miami Name Practice Area Mark Lipschultz Real Estate Munich Name Practice Area Siegfried M. Büttner Capital Markets Greta-Josefin Harnisch M&A and Private Equity Fabrice Hipp Debt Finance New York Name Practice Area Leia Pearl Andrew Capital Markets Alison E. Beskin Executive Compensation Camila Bourguignon Debt Finance Aulden Burcher-DuPont Litigation Brittany Lischinsky Burke Antitrust & Competition Jace A. Cearley Litigation Steven M. Choi M&A and Private Equity Michael Chung M&A and Private Equity Jack Coles Antitrust & Competition Amal El Bakhar Litigation Peter Evangelatos Intellectual Property Litigation Justin Greer Debt Finance Jimin He M&A and Private Equity Marc Holloway M&A and Private Equity Keli Huang M&A and Private Equity Thuy Huynh M&A and Private Equity Sharaf Islam Debt Finance Anthony Ji Executive Compensation Evan Johnson M&A and Private Equity Robert Kantrowitz Healthcare Ashley A. Kerr Debt Finance Kartik Khanna M&A and Private Equity Mathieu Kohmann Capital Markets Don Lee M&A and Private Equity Drew Maliniak Capital Markets Aidan S. Murphy M&A and Private Equity Conor O'Muiri Debt Finance Francis Petrie Restructuring Jackson Phinney Employment & Labor Christopher Pristouris Investment Funds Asher A. Qazi Capital Markets Jacob M. Rae Litigation Michael L. Ramsey Investment Funds Mary T. Reale Litigation Kaitlyn I. Reid Executive Compensation Victoria J. Ryan Litigation Justin Samson Investment Funds Giselle Sedano Litigation Noah Shier Technology & IP Transactions Stephanie Shimada Litigation Christina S. Shin M&A and Private Equity Lora Shub-Brown Tax Maria Smith Tax Alborz Tolou Capital Markets Jacqueline M. Trudeau Debt Finance Tony Tsai Debt Finance Daniel Yip M&A and Private Equity Anthony Zangrillo Capital Markets Samuel Zaretsky Real Estate Paris Name Practice Area Guillaume Nivault M&A and Private Equity Salt Lake City Name Practice Area Michael Cline M&A and Private Equity Jackson Knight M&A and Private Equity Zach Miller M&A and Private Equity Peter Ott Debt Finance Ben Richards Capital Markets Elizabeth M. Roberts Debt Finance Stephen Tensmeyer Litigation Shanghai Name Practice Area Sean Zhang Debt Finance Washington D.C. Name Practice Area David J. Arbus Real Estate Ridge Blanchard Litigation Justin Bova Intellectual Property Litigation Grace C. Brier Litigation Stephen C. DeSalvo Intellectual Property Litigation Mackenzie Drutowski ESG & Impact Jennifer I. Gullotti Investment Funds Diva Hollis Intellectual Property Litigation Jennifer Kim-Gagne Investment Funds Robert Kimmitt, Jr. Litigation Megan McGlynn Litigation William S. Richmond Healthcare Olivia Vanessa Seraphim Healthcare Tera Jo Stone Intellectual Property Litigation Michelle A. Weinbaum International Trade Amber L. Whipkey Litigation Jessica M. Yeh Tax Note: For certain partners, admission will take effect when any necessary regulatory requirements have been satisfied.

Oct 2

5 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised HanesBrands (NYSE: HBI), a global leader in iconic apparel brands, on a cooperation agreement with shareholder Barington Capital Group, L.P.  In connection with the agreement, HanesBrands added new independent directors to its board and Barington agreed to certain standstill, voting, confidentiality and other commitments. Read the HanesBrands press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Shaun Mathew, Evan Johnson and Daniel Wolf and associate Alex Adamis.

Nov 16

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Constellation Brands (NYSE: STZ and STZ.B), a leading beverage alcohol company, on cooperation and information sharing agreements with Elliott Investment Management L.P., one of its largest investors. As part of the agreements, Constellation will add two new independent directors to its board and Elliott agreed to certain standstill, voting, confidentiality and other commitments. Read Constellation’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Eric Schiele, David Klein and Shaun Mathew, and associates Evan Johnson, Arjun Karthikeyan and Alex Adamis.

Jul 18

1 min

Kirkland advised Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (NYSE: WH), the world's largest hotel franchising company with approximately 9,200 hotels spanning more than 95 countries, in its successful defense of a hostile takeover and full slate proxy contest brought by hostile bidder Choice Hotels International (NYSE: CHH). On March 11, 2024, Choice announced the expiration of its hostile exchange offer and the withdrawal of its slate of director nominees. Read Wyndham’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Daniel Wolf, Shaun Mathew, Evan Johnson, Carlo Zenkner and Jess Lepper; capital markets partners Christian Nagler and Jennifer Karinen; and antitrust partners Andrea Murino and Jack Coles.

Mar 11

1 min