Corporate Scorecard

In April 2012, 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 2011 includes the following:

• Ranked 1st by number of deals in the "Mergers & Acquisitions" category
• Ranked 1st by number of deals in the "Private Equity" category
• Ranked 2nd by value of deals in the "Private Equity" category
• Ranked 3rd as issuer's counsel by number of deals in the "Asset-Backed Securities" category
• Ranked 3rd as issuer's counsel by value of deals in the "Asset-Backed Securities" category
• Ranked 3rd as issuer's counsel by value of deals in the "Corporate Debt (high-yield)" category
• Ranked 4th as issuer's counsel by number of deals in the "Corporate Debt (high-yield)" category
• Ranked 5th as underwriter's counsel by number of deals as underwriter's counsel in the "Asset-Backed  Securities" category
• Named in the 6th and 7th largest bankruptcy emergences of 2011 — Corus Bankshares, Inc. with  $8.4 billion in assets and Station Casinos, Inc. with $5.8 billion in assets