Corporate Scorecard

In April 2005, The American Lawyer measured the success of the transactional practices in the nation's leading law firms in the annual survey, "The Corporate Scorecard."  Kirkland & Ellis' involvement as counsel on significant deals in 2004 includes the following:

• Ranked 5th by number of deals and 17th by value of deals in the "Mergers and Acquisitions" category.
  
• Ranked 3rd by number of deals and 7th by value of deals in the "LBOs" category and named in the second largest LBO of 2004.

Company: Boise Cascade Holdings
Deal Value (In Millions): 3,700

• Ranked 6th by the number of issues and 10th by proceeds in the "High-Yield Debt" category.
  
• Named in one of the ten largest bankruptcies filed in 2004.

Company: Cornerstone Propane Partners, L.P.
Assets (In Millions): 869
Jurisdiction: Southern District of New York