Ropes goes head-to-head with Kirkland on Bain work

Kirkland & Ellis’s core relationship with Bain Capital will come under threat when fellow US firm Ropes & Gray launches a UK office, as first revealed on The Lawyer.com (22 October). The two firms have long shared Bain as an international client, but Kirkland has emerged as its key European adviser thanks to its presences in London and Munich. Until now Ropes has had no European offices.