IFLR1000: Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms

Kirkland was ranked in the 2013 edition of International Financial Law Review 1000, the international legal market's guide to leading corporate finance law firms spanning the globe.

Rankings are based on the recommendations of in-house counsel at the world's most prominent financial institutions and companies, as well as the leading lawyers in each legal market IFLR1000 covers.

Tier one rankings include:

United States
Investment Funds - Private Funds
Private Equity - Transactions
Restructuring and Insolvency

UK England & Wales
Bank Lending - Sponsor Side
Investment Funds - Private Funds

China
Mergers and Acquisitions - International Teams

Egypt
Financial and Corporate - International Firms Active in Egypt

India
International Firms Active in India

The Firm was also recognized in:
Banking (Germany)
Bank Lending (United States)
Capital Markets - Debt (UK England & Wales)
Capital Markets - Debt and Equity (United States)
Capital Markets - Equity (Hong Kong)
Capital Markets - High-Yield Debt (United States, UK England & Wales)
Capital Markets - Structured Finance and Securitization (United States)
Financial Services Regulatory - Non-contentious (UK England & Wales)
Investment Funds (Hong Kong)
Mergers and Acquisitions (United States, Germany, Hong Kong)
Mergers and Acquisitions - Foreign Firms (China)
Private Equity (Germany)
Private Equity - Transactions (UK England & Wales, Hong Kong)
Project Finance (Hong Kong)
Restructuring - Bond Holder and Fund Representation (UK England & Wales)
Restructuring and Insolvency (Germany)