Wake Up Call: Sidley Raids Kirkland for Antitrust Co-Chief

In today’s column, Alston & Bird rode strong demand to big revenue and profit gains in 2021; some companies are becoming more open to hiring top lawyers who work remotely; big U.S. firms are getting a lot of restructuring work from Latin American companies, such as airlines.

• Leading off, Sidley Austin poached Kirkland & Ellis antitrust attorney Sean Royall as a partner in Dallas and Washington and co-leader of its antitrust and consumer protection litigation and investigations practices. Royall, a former deputy director of the Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Competition, joined Kirkland in 2019 from Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher ...