Kirkland & Ellis Hires Lawyer Salehi for Investigations Team

Kirkland & Ellis has added Sidley Austin partner Nader Salehi as a member of its Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations practice group in its Washington office.

Salehi officially joined Kirkland on Monday after more than eight years with Sidley, where he landed following a stint as a staff attorney with the Securities and Exchange Commission. He told Bloomberg Law he’s represented major investment banks, asset managers, and public companies in internal and SEC investigations.

“It was my conclusion that Kirkland was really attracting a level of talent that was attractive to me both in terms of lawyers who worked there ...