Kirkland & Ellis has made another significant lateral hire, announcing Monday that Jonathan Davis, a promising young M&A partner, is joining the firm from Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
At Cravath, the 34-year-old Davis worked on teams that handled a stream of mega-deals. He was among the lawyers who represented Anheuser-Busch InBev in its $123 billion acquisition of SABMiller plc last year, and in 2015 he worked on a Cravath team that advised H.J. Heinz Co. in its $60 billion merger with Kraft Foods Group.
