Kirkland & Ellis

Date

Apr 11, 2025

Sector

Law firm

Response

Settled

Amount

$125M pro bono

Source

bloomberg.com ↗

Pressure applied

Threatened executive order, pre-empted by the deal

What was demanded

Commit pro bono to administration causes

What happened

$125M pro bono, one of five deals announced that day totalling roughly $600M

Where it stands

Congressional Democrats later probed the role of a Trump-linked intermediary in brokering the deals.

Period

Second term

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