U.S. Law Firm League Tables (Q1-Q3)

Kirkland ranked first by number of deals as legal adviser to borrowers for Mergers & Acquisitions according to Reuters Loan Pricing Corporation's U.S. Law Firm League Tables for Q1-Q3. The Firm also ranked first by number of deals as legal adviser to borrowers for Leveraged Acquisitions.

Rankings are based on a universe of data collected directly from law firms, lenders and SEC filings. LPC collects, reviews and verifies this information.

Kirkland also ranked as legal adviser to borrowers in the following categories:

• #2 for Leveraged Acquisitions by volume
• #2 for total number of deals
• #7 for total volume
• #16 for Mergers & Acquisitions by volume