Corporate Scorecard

In April 2006, The American Lawyer measured the success of the transactional practices in the nation's leading law firms in the annual survey, "Corporate Scorecard." Kirkland & Ellis' involvement as counsel on significant deals in 2005 includes the following:

• Ranked 1st by number of deals and 6th by value of deals in the "Private Equity Buyouts" category.
• Ranked 3rd by number of issues and 4th by proceeds in the "IPOs, Issuer's Counsel" category.
• Ranked 4th by the number of issues and 7th by proceeds in the "High-Yield Debt, Issuer's Counsel" category.
• Ranked 6th by number of deals and 12th by value of deals in the "Mergers and Acquisitions" category.
• Ranked 16th by number of issues and 17th by proceeds in the "Equities by U.S. Corporations, Excluding IPOs, Issuer's Counsel" category.
• Named in three of the ten largest bankruptcies filed in 2005.
  
  

Company: Calpine Corporation
Assets (in millions): 27,216
Jurisdiction: Southern District of New York

Company: Collins & Aikman Corporation
Assets (in millions): 3,197
Jurisdiction: Eastern District of Michigan

Company: Tower Automotive, Inc.
Assets (in millions): 2,846
Jurisdiction: Southern District of New York

• Named in one of the ten largest emergences of 2005.
  
  

Company: Trico Marine Services, Inc.
Assets (in millions): 749
Jurisdiction: Southern District of New York