Corporate Scorecard

In April 2007, 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 2006 includes the following:

• Ranked 2nd by value of deals in the “Bankruptcy” category in the role of debtor’s counsel.
• Ranked 2nd by number of deals in the “Private Equity” category.
• Ranked 3rd by value of deals in the “Bankruptcy Emergence” category in the role of debtor’s counsel.
• Ranked 4th by value of deals in the “High-Yield Debt” category in the role of issuer’s counsel.
• Ranked 6th by number of issues in the “Equities by U.S. Corporations, Excluding IPOs” category in the role of issuer’s counsel.
• Ranked 10th by number of deals in the “Mergers and Acquisitions” category in the role of counsel to principal.
• Named in one of the ten largest bankruptcies filed in 2006:

                        Company: Dura Automotive Systems, Inc.
                        Assets (in millions): $2,075
                        Jurisdiction: District of Delaware

• Named in one of the ten largest emergences of 2006:

                        Company: UAL Corporation
                        Assets (in millions): $25,197
                        Jurisdiction: Northern District of Illinois