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Kirkland Welcomes Competition Lawyer Andrea Agathoklis Murino

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Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that Andrea Agathoklis Murino has joined the law firm as a partner in the Antitrust and Competition Group.

Andrea has private and public sector experience securing clearances for proposed transactions before the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice, the United States Federal Trade Commission, state attorneys general, and international competition law enforcement agencies.

She has successfully represented hundreds of clients through all aspects of transaction-related investigations, including high-profile Second Requests and dozens of intensive public and non-public investigations.

She also has experience representing clients in merger litigation, consumer protection matters and numerous other competition matters, including dominant firm conduct, competitor collaborations, and distribution practices.

Her clients include companies in the healthcare, pharmaceuticals, technology, financial services, telecommunications, medical devices, consumer products, hospitality, real estate and retail industries.

Chambers and Partners: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business, The Legal 500 U.S. and Who’s Who Legal Competition have recognised her as a top lawyer. She is active in the ABA’s Section of Antitrust Law, presently serving as an editor of Antitrust Magazine.

As a member of the American Health Lawyers Association, Ms. Murino has led webinars to educate lawyers on developments at the intersection of healthcare and antitrust law.

Andrea joins Kirkland from Goodwin Procter LLP, where she was co-chair of the Antitrust & Competition Practice. Previously, she was an attorney advisor to former FTC Chairman and Commissioner William Kovacic, and served as a counsel to two assistant attorneys general for antitrust at the Department of Justice.

Andrea holds a law degree from The George Washington University Law School and a bachelor’s degree from American University.

Byron Pacheco Joins Litigation Practice Group

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Kirkland & Ellis law firm is pleased to announce that Byron Pacheco has joined the Firm as a partner in the Litigation Practice Group. He is based in the New York office.

Kirkland’s New York office includes approximately 650 attorneys, making it one of the largest law firms in New York and a destination practice for the world’s brightest legal talent.

Byron has experience representing clients in complex disputes, both at the trial court level and on appeal, in a variety of substantive areas, including antitrust, breach of contract, class actions, fraud, labour and employment and securities.

He also has experience handling government and internal investigations and has maintained a strong pro bono practice.

Earlier in his career, Byron clerked for judges in the Southern District of New York and the Northern District of California. Prior to law school, he was a researcher at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government.

Byron is a member of the Puerto Rican Bar Association, and was a New York City Bar Association Associate Leadership Institute Fellow and a Leadership Council on Legal Diversity Pathfinder. He was also recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the Stonewall Community Foundation.

Byron Pacheco is an alumnus of Stanford Law School and earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Hamilton College and Harvard University, respectively. He was previously an associate with Boies Schiller Flexner.

Kirkland & Ellis is an American law firm. Founded in 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, Kirkland & Ellis is the largest law firm in the world by revenue and the seventh-largest by number of attorneys, and was the first law firm in the world to reach US$4 billion in revenue.

Kirkland aim to make a difference in their clients’ businesses and also in our community.

2020 Gender Equity and Family Friendliness Report

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Gender equity is the process of being fair to women and men. To ensure fairness, strategies and measures must often be available to compensate for women’s historical and social disadvantages that prevent women and men from otherwise operating on a level playing field.

YLW recognised Kirkland as a Top Firm for Parental & Caregiver Leave in its 2020 annual Top Firms for Gender Equity & Family Friendliness Report.

YLW works to advance the status of women and traditionally underrepresented gender identities at Yale Law School and in the legal profession at large.

To realise this mission, we create programming, resources, and mentorship opportunities to bolster our members’ pursuit of their professional and personal goals.

YLW is a non-partisan organisation committed to building a supportive community of women at Yale Law School and beyond.

The annual list is a policy survey of Vault 100 law firms that examines inequities within the legal profession, highlights progress being made in the industry and identifies areas for improvement to serve as a tool for law firms, lawyers, and future lawyers with the aspiration of building more equitable workplaces.

Kirkland was previously honoured as a Top Family Friendly Firm in 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014 and 2015.

Kirkland Overview

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is an American law firm. Founded in 1909 in Chicago, Illinois, Kirkland & Ellis is the largest law firm in the world by revenue, the seventh-largest by number of attorneys, and is the first law firm in the world to reach US$4 billion in revenue.