Kirkland & Ellis Enters Miami, Adding to Hot Big Law Market

Kirkland & Ellis is opening a Miami office, transplanting four partners to the hot South Florida market as Big Law continues to pour into the state.

Kirkland corporate partners Jeremy Liss, Matthew Arenson, Jeffrey Swatzell, and Eduardo Leal will start the office, which the firm said will officially open this summer. The world’s largest law firm by revenue is currently recruiting lawyers for the office, it said.

Kirkland’s chairman, Jon Ballis, said Miami is a “vibrant and growing” market where “talent and capital are moving at a rapid pace.”

“Kirkland’s ability to attract, train and retain ...