An outstanding time was had by all at 'Stand Up for the Troops' presented by one of my charities: Stand for the Troops. The evening of comedy featured Lewis Black in the presence of Major General John Batiste (ret) and SFTT co-founder Eilhys England Hackworth. It was a huge success not only raising the profile of SFTT, but also funds and support.

Bridgehampton, NY. September 8, 2011. I attended the Hampton Classic Horse Show and once again it was a great success, despite a delayed start due to Hurricane Irene.  

Not only have millions of people been impacted by the hurricane, but many animals as well. Sadly, as a consequence, the Hampton Classic Adoption Day in partnership with the ASPCA (I'm a member of the board) was cancelled.  The event was a huge success last year: every animal brought to the show was adopted and we had hoped for the same this year. But all is not lost, the First Annual Hampton Classic virtual adoption month, also in partnership with the ASPCA, is off the ground. Read more details here: http://www.virtualcelebration.com/celebrate/1404#hostPage/

Palladia Inc. 40 years of serving New Yorkers.

Palladia Inc., a NY-based charity supported by Frederick Tanne, has just released their 2010 annual report and, on the occasion of their 40th Anniversary, this edition tracks the history of the organization. It makes for interesting reading. Originally known as the Project Return Foundation, Palladia has helped thousands of New Yorkers who are struggling with addiction, homelessness, domestic violence and trauma. The illustrations in the report clearly illustrate the important role that the organization has played since the 1970s in helping families, campaigning, raising awareness through conferences, renovating buildings to be used for communities, housing and centers and much more.

Back to 2010: the figures speak for themselves: 2,282 clients served everyday, 382 supportive housing units, revenue for 2009-2010 $44.6 million. With a clear vision for the future, the Board of Directors (of which Frederick Tanne is a member) and staff are looking towards the future with confidence and a clear, thoughtful plan.

Read the report here.

Palladia Inc's website.

The Best Lawyers in America 2012

97 Kirkland lawyers, representing all six U.S. offices, are listed in 18th edition of this guide to the best lawyers in the country. The Best Lawyers in America is an annual referral guide based on more than 2.8 million peer-review surveys.

Chicago

Kenneth R. Adamo (Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation - Patent)
James M. Amend (Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent)
Jon A. Ballis (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Jonathan C. Bunge (Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Christopher Butler (Banking and Finance Law)
Frank Cicero, Jr. (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation)
Keith S. Crow (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Edwin S. del Hierro (Banking and Finance Law; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Financial Services Regulation Law)
Carter W. Emerson (Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law)
Bruce I. Ettelson (Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law)
Kevin R. Evanich (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
R. Scott Falk (Corporate Governance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Mark Filip (Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Litigation: Securities)
Michael P. Foradas (Commercial Litigation; Insurance Law)
Willard G. Fraumann (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Bruce L. Gelman (Tax Law)
Thomas A. Geraghty (Tax Law)
Richard C. Godfrey (Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Antitrust; Litigation: Environmental; Litigation: Labor & Employment)
Jeffrey C. Hammes (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
David A. Handler (Trusts and Estates)
John F. Hartmann (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Regulatory Enforcement (SEC, Telecom, Energy); Litigation: Securities)
Robert M. Hayward (Securities/Capital Markets Law; Securities Regulation)
John T. Hickey, Jr. (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Environmental; Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent)
Neil S. Hirshman (Technology Law)
Vicki V. Hood (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
Garrett B. Johnson (Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Antitrust; Litigation: Securities)
Andrew M. Kaufman (Banking and Finance Law)
Natalie H. Keller (Litigation & Controversy: Tax; Tax Law)
Michael H. Kerr (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Gregg Kirchhoefer (Information Technology Law; Technology Law)
Robert Kopecky (Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Securities)
J. Andrew Langan (Litigation: Antitrust)
Jack S. Levin (Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Tax Law; Venture Capital Law)
Russell E. Levine (Litigation: Patent; Patent Law)
William A. Levy (Tax Law)
Todd F. Maynes (Litigation & Controversy: Tax; Tax Law)
Steven D. McCormick (Commercial Litigation)
Kenneth P. Morrison (Banking and Finance Law; Securitization and Structured Finance Law)
James H. Mutchnik (Antitrust Law; Litigation: Antitrust)
Dennis M. Myers (Securities/Capital Markets Law)
Emily Nicklin (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation)
James N. Nowacki (Construction Law; Litigation: Construction)
Michael D. Paley (Private Funds/Hedge Funds Law)
Stephen R. Patton (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Antitrust)
Sanford E. Perl (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Daniel J. Perlman (Real Estate Law)
Stephen L. Ritchie (Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Donald E. Rocap (Tax Law)
Anup Sathy (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation - Bankruptcy)
James H. Schink (International Arbitration: Commercial; International Arbitration: Governmental)
Edward J. Schneidman (Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law)
John A. Schoenfeld (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
David R. Seligman (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation: Bankruptcy)
Jeffrey T. Sheffield (Tax Law)
Matthew E. Steinmetz (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
James A. Stempel (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation: Bankruptcy)
William A. Streff, Jr. (Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent)
Edward T. Swan (Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
Michael G. Timmers (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Stephen G. Tomlinson (Real Estate Law)
Keith E. Villmow (Tax Law)
H. Kurt von Moltke (Corporate Governance Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law)
William R. Welke (Tax Law)
Raymond P. Wexler (Tax Law)
Ted Zook (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)

Los Angeles

Jeffrey S. Davidson (Commercial Litigation)
Mark C. Holscher (Bet-the-Company Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar)
Robert G. Krupka (Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent)
Diana Torres (Litigation: Intellectual Property)
John A. Weissenbach (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)

New York

Gregory S. Arovas (Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent)
Paul M. Basta (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation: Bankruptcy)
Dale Cendali (Litigation: Intellectual Property)
Steven Cherny (Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent)
Richard M. Cieri (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
David Fox (Mergers & Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law)
Stephen Fraidin (Mergers & Acquisitions Law)
Patrick C. Gallagher (Tax Law)
Frank Holozubiec (Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Securities)
Marc Kieselstein (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation: Bankruptcy)
Christopher J. Marcus (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Litigation: Bankruptcy)
Christian O. Nagler (Securities/Capital Markets Law)
William Pratt (Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Antitrust; Litigation: Securities)
Scott Price (Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law)
Kirk A. Radke (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)
Robert H. Scheibe (Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law)
Frederick Tanne (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law)

San Francisco

Jeffrey C. Hammes (Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Washington

Daniel F. Attridge (Commercial Litigation; Litigation: Antitrust; Litigation: Intellectual Property; Litigation: Patent)
John S. Irving, Jr. (Employment Law: Management; Labor Law: Management)
Christopher Landau (Appellate Practice)
Timothy J. Muris (Antitrust Law)
Granta Nakayama (Litigation: Environmental)
Tefft W. Smith (Antitrust Law; Litigation: Antitrust)
George P. Stamas (Corporate Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law)
Laurence A. Urgenson (Criminal Defense: White Collar)
Edward W. Warren (Administrative/Regulatory Law; Appellate Practice)
Thomas D. Yannucci (Commercial Litigation; Litigation: First Amendment)

Brazil Investment Summit

Brazil Investment Summit USA 2011

 

The Brazil Investment Summit USA, an investment strategy conference for funds, traders and investors focused on Brazilian opportunities, will be held on October 25-27, 2011, in New York. This three-day conference will uncover opportunities across hedge funds, quantitative strategies, private equity, infrastructure, real estate, commodities and more. Kirkland partner Frederick Tanne will participate in a panel discussion on "Private Equity Opportunities."

Kirkland partner Frederick Tanne will be participating on the "Private equity opportunities" panel.

For more information, please click here.

Kirkland & Ellis Launches Middle East Practice Group with Addition of Partner Kamran Bajwa

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that Kamran S. Bajwa has rejoined the Firm as a partner in its Chicago office to help launch the Firm's Middle East Practice Group.

"The Middle Eastern market has shown tremendous growth and diversification in recent years and is a significant region for the global economy," said Jeffrey C. Hammes, Chairman of Kirkland's Global Management Executive Committee. "Kamran's knowledge and experience will benefit our clients doing business in the Middle East as well as our Middle East clients doing business in the United States and Europe."

Kirkland & Ellis LLP (www.kirkland.com) is a 1,500-attorney law firm representing global clients in complex corporate/private equity and tax, restructuring, real estate, litigation and dispute resolution/arbitration, and intellectual property and technology matters.  The Firm has offices in Chicago, Hong Kong, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, D.C.

Website

 Frederick Tanne's website: http://www.frederick-tanne.com