2008 U.S. Law Firm League Tables

Kirkland ranked first by number of deals as legal adviser to borrowers for Mergers & Acquisitions according to Reuters Loan Pricing Corporation's 2008 U.S. Law Firm League Tables. 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 total deal value
• #2 for total number of deals
• #5 for total deal value
• #18 for Mergers & Acquisitions by total deal value