Willkie adds tax partner Charles del Valle in Paris. October 15, 2026 New York, NY (October 15, 2026) - Willkie today announced the addition of Charles del Valle as a partner in the Firm's Paris office. Charles joins as a member of the firm's Tax Department where he focuses on the tax structuring of private equity, leveraged buyout, M&A and restructuring transactions. Lionel Spizzichino, Managing Partner of Willkie's Paris office, commented: "Charles is an outstanding tax lawyer whose sophisticated understanding of the private equity and M&A landscape makes him a tremendous addition to our Paris office, where he joins Philippe Grudé and his team. His significant experience guiding investment funds, financial sponsors and corporates through the tax dimensions of complex cross-border transactions will be invaluable to our clients and will strengthen our integrated offering across Europe." Charles represents investment funds and portfolio company management teams in both domestic and international matters, providing strategic tax advice across all aspects of their transactions. He has advised on a wide array of high-profile leveraged buyout and M&A transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures and reorganizations for leading financial sponsors, involving both listed and non-listed companies. Charles also brings extensive experience in the tax structuring of infrastructure projects, particularly in the energy sector, advising infrastructure funds and institutional investors on the tax aspects of complex transactions. His tax practice also encompasses the formation and structuring of investment funds across multiple jurisdictions and the structuring of secondary transactions, including the sale of portfolio interests, GP-led secondary transactions and GP stake sales. He joins from A&O Shearman. Willkie's Tax team in Paris includes Special European Counsel Philippe Grudé, who also focuses on the tax aspects of LBOs and M&A transactions, as well as other reorganisations of businesses. Charles commented: "Willkie's tax practice and its broader transactional teams have built an impressive and rapidly expanding presence that is widely respected in the French, European, and global markets. I am excited to join the Firm's collaborative environment and to work alongside such a talented group of lawyers to deliver comprehensive tax solutions for clients pursuing sophisticated private equity and M&A transactions." Charles is the second partner to join Willkie's Paris office in the past month, following Pauline Portos' appointment to the Project Finance & Investment Practice Group, where she focuses on energy and infrastructure transactions. Willkie's Tax Department works seamlessly with the Firm's other premier practices, including the Corporate & Financial Services, Asset Management, Real Estate, and Restructuring groups, to provide comprehensive counsel that includes appropriate tax structure and risk allocation advice for clients' business transactions, both domestic and international. ***************************************************** Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP provides leading-edge legal solutions on complex, business critical issues spanning markets and industries. Its approximately 1,300 attorneys across 16 offices worldwide deliver innovative, pragmatic and sophisticated legal services across approximately 45 practice areas. Learn more at www.willkie.com.

Willkie continues Chicago growth with addition of litigation partner Kruti Trivedi. October 12, 2026 Chicago, IL (October 12, 2026) - Willkie today announced that Kruti Trivedi, a trial lawyer who has led high-stakes matters as both a senior in-house counsel at one of the world's largest financial institutions and a federal prosecutor, has joined the Firm as a partner in the Litigation Department. She is based in the Chicago office. Kruti brings more than 20 years of combined experience in government and in-house counsel roles, handling complex litigation, investigations, regulatory matters and crises. Kruti joins Willkie from JPMorganChase & Co., where she led and supervised high-profile and high-risk matters and crises for the global financial institution. Prior to her work at JPMorganChase & Co. Kruti served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Criminal Division for the Northern District of Illinois in Chicago, where she conducted investigations and prosecutions, argued appeals and tried ten jury trials, including those involving fraud, bribery and corruption. Craig C. Martin, Chairman, Americas, commented: "Kruti is a first-rate lawyer whose experience gives her a deep understanding of what clients' need from outside counsel. Having served as a trusted advisor managing high stakes matters and crises from inside a Fortune 20 company, she knows how corporate legal departments and law firms can best work as one integrated team to provide practical, strategic and responsive advice. Her addition will deepen our ability to serve clients in their most consequential matters, and her background as a former Assistant United States Attorney further strengthens our trial, investigations and white-collar capabilities in Chicago and firmwide." Kruti commented: "Having spent years on the client side, I know how much it matters to have outside counsel who have a deep understanding of not just the law, but also the business and the stakes. I'm excited to offer that perspective to the Firm's clients as we work together on their toughest, most impactful issues. Moreover, I have been impressed by what Willkie has built in Chicago and by the talent across the Firm. Collaborating with colleagues on this global platform that excels at providing clients precisely what they need from the boardroom to the courtroom is incredibly compelling, and I look forward to contributing to the growth of the litigation practice and the Firm." Prior to her government service, Kruti served as a law clerk to the Honorable David H. Coar. Kruti received her J.D. from Harvard Law School and her A.B. from Princeton University. About Willkie Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP provides leading-edge legal solutions on complex, business-critical issues spanning markets and industries. Its approximately 1,300 attorneys across 16 offices worldwide deliver innovative, pragmatic and sophisticated legal services across approximately 45 practice areas. Willkie's Chicago office opened in March 2020 with six partners and has grown to 140 lawyers, building a broad multidisciplinary platform across litigation and transactional practices. The office has been recognized by Crain's Chicago Business as one of the fastest-growing law firms in Chicago and was recently named Law360 Regional Powerhouse in Illinois. Its growth has expanded the Firm's capabilities in Chicago across trial work, crisis management, intellectual property, antitrust, ERISA, white collar defense, investigations, governance, privacy and private wealth, as well as private equity, mergers and acquisitions, finance, private funds, capital markets and restructuring.