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Freshfields need not fear yet: Kirkland’s major target for associate hires is Linklaters
In the past few years, Kirkland & Ellis has recruited heavy-hitters from the likes of Linklaters, Freshfields, Weil Gotshal & Manges and Ropes & Gray. But have their associates followed?