Kirkland loses three partners in a day. Weil takes back a Freshfields private credit co-head.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison poached a Kirkland & Ellis investment funds partner in New York, Sidley Austin poached a Kirkland & Ellis tax partner in Century City, and Cooley poached a Kirkland & Ellis fund formation partner in Chicago. Weil, Gotshal & Manges brought back Freshfields' global co-head of private credit and capital solutions as a banking and finance partner in New York. Paul Hastings poached a Cooley capital markets partner in New York and Silicon Valley. Katten added a privacy and AI partner in Los Angeles who chaired Kasowitz Benson Torres' data strategy, privacy and security team. Shipman & Goodwin opened their first Texas office in Dallas with two restructuring shareholders from Ferguson Braswell Fraser Kubasta. Sullivan & Cromwell brought in Fox's former chief legal and policy officer as a partner in Los Angeles. Venable brought in a former SEC commissioner as a partner in DC for their securities and regulatory practices. Bloomberg Law reports a Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz restructuring lawyer is leaving after more than 30 years to become a senior adviser at M3 Partners.

On the business side, Bloomberg Law reports the top 50 firms hired 1,086 lateral partners through August, up from 901 a year earlier, citing SurePoint Legal Insights. Payouts from L.A. County's $4 billion sex abuse settlement have been delayed while two plaintiffs' firms face probes, the Los Angeles Times reports.