Kirkland Deals Lawyer, Family Flee Israel With Help From Firm

Oct. 20, 2023, 11:39 AM UTC

Kirkland & Ellis partner Daniel Wolf and his family fled Israel with help from his law firm three days after Hamas launched a surprise attack on the country, according to the New York deals lawyer.

“It was like a slow-motion horror movie,” Wolf said of the experience in an interview.

Wolf, whose parents and brother live in Israel, is based in Manhattan and has an apartment in Jerusalem. He was headed to a local synagogue on Oct. 7 when air defense sirens began to blare.

He turned back to the family’s apartment, he said, and sprinted up the steps to ...

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