Corporate Scorecard

In April 2013, The American Lawyer measured the success of the transactional practices in the nation's leading law firms in the annual survey, "Corporate Scorecard." Kirkland's involvement as counsel on significant deals in 2012 includes the following:

• Ranked 1st by volume of deals in the "Private Equity" category
• Ranked 2nd as issuer's counsel by value of deals in the "Asset-Backed Securities" category
• Ranked 2nd as issuer's counsel by value of deals in the "Corporate Debt (high-yield)" category
• Ranked 2nd as principal counsel by volume of deals in the "Mergers & Acquisitions" category
• Ranked 3rd as issuer's counsel by volume of deals in the "Asset-Backed Securities" category
• Ranked 3rd as issuer's counsel by volume of deals in the "Corporate Debt (high-yield)" category
• Named in the 2nd, 7th and 8th largest bankruptcy filings of 2012 — Edison Mission Energy with $8.3 billion in assets, First Place Financial Corp. with $3.2 billion in assets and Hawker Beechcraft Acquisition Company, LLC with $2.8 billion in assets
• Named in the 9th largest bankruptcy emergence of 2012 — The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. with $2.8 billion in assets