Securities Regulation Daily Wrap Up, INDUSTRY NEWS—Corporate Attorneys Join Kirkland & Ellis, (Feb 22, 2013)

Kirkland & Ellis LLP recently announced that the Firm has expanded its West Coast corporate practice with the hiring of attorneys Michael S. Ringler and Rick C. Madden. Mr. Ringler will join the Firm as a partner in the San Francisco office. Mr. Madden will join as a partner in the Firm's Los Angeles office. According to the press release, Mr. Ringler represents clients on an extensive range of M&A transactions, including strategic mergers, tender and exchange offers, company acquisitions and sales, business acquisitions and divestitures, leveraged buyouts and other going-private transactions, hostile takeovers, unsolicited acquisition proposals and other contests for corporate control, and joint ventures and other strategic partnering arrangements. Mr. Madden represents private equity firms as well as public and private companies in connection with acquisitions and other transactions. He also represents initial purchasers, underwriters and issuers in connection with sales of securities in private and public offerings.

Mr. Ringler holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and a B.S., magna cum laude, from the University of Michigan. He is a member of the editorial board of The M&A Lawyer. Mr. Madden also holds a J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, and a B.A. from the University of California, San Diego.

Attorneys: Michael S. Ringler and Rick C. Madden (Kirkland & Ellis, LLP)

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