Kirkland & Ellis International added private equity corporate partner David Holdsworth and private equity tax partner Tim Lowe to the firm’s London office. They both join Kirkland from the London office of Linklaters.

“David and Tim are exceptionally talented lawyers with strong track records advising clients on a variety of international private equity transactions,” said Jeffrey C. Hammes, chairman of Kirkland’s Global Management Executive Committee. “We look forward to them joining the firm and further strengthening our European transactional private equity practice in London.”

Holdsworth is recognized as a “Leading Individual” in the Corporate/M&A: high-end capability rankings of Chambers & Partners UK 2016.

Lowe is ranked as a “Leading Individual” for tax by Chambers & Partners UK 2016, which notes his “particular skill handling private equity matters.”

Kirkland & Ellis is a 1,700-attorney law firm representing global clients in complex corporate, restructuring and tax, litigation and dispute resolution/arbitration and intellectual property and technology matters.