Kirkland & Ellis Announces First Lateral Hire Under New Chair

Kirkland & Ellis has issued dozens of lateral hire announcements over the past decade, and along with most of those new additions came a statement from the firm’s chairman, Jeff Hammes.

There was a new name attached to the firm’s latest lateral announcement, that of new chairman, Jon Ballis. The Chicago-based private equity partner took the reins this month after Hammes retired and took on the title of chair emeritus, according to Kirkland’s website. Kirkland first announced the leadership transition was in the works more than a year ago.

Kirkland’s first publicly announced lateral hire under Ballis is Houston-based executive ...