Kirkland’s Blackstone Fees Slip as Legal Chief’s Pay Also Falls

Blackstone Inc. paid $41.6 million in legal fees last year to Kirkland & Ellis, according to a securities filing.

The sum is down from the $53.4 million that Blackstone said it paid Kirkland for legal services in 2022 and the $70 million that the firm received from the company in 2021. Those disclosures were made after Blackstone added prominent Kirkland partner Reginald “Reg” Brown to its board in late 2020.

Brown, a Washington-based litigator known for his crisis management expertise, has represented high-profile clients such as Facebook billionaire Mark Zuckerberg and former US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Brown ...