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

Kirkland was ranked in the 2016 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 1 rankings include:

United States
Banking & Finance
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
Private Equity Funds
Restructuring and Insolvency

United Kingdom
Bank Lending: Sponsor Side
Private Equity
Restructuring: Bond Holder and Fund Representation

Hong Kong
Private Equity Funds

The Firm was also recognized in:
Banking (Germany, Hong Kong)
Bank Lending: Borrower Side (United Kingdom)
Capital Markets: Debt (United States, Hong Kong)
Capital Markets: Derivatives (United States)
Capital Markets: Equity (United States, Hong Kong)
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt (United States, United Kingdom)
Capital Markets: Structured Finance and Securitization (United States)
Energy and Infrastructure: Foreign Firms (China)
Financial and Corporate - Foreign (Egypt)
Financial Restructuring (United Kingdom)
Financial Services Regulatory: Non-contentious (United Kingdom)
Mergers and Acquisitions (Germany, Hong Kong)
Mergers and Acquisitions: Foreign Firms (China)
Private Equity (Germany, Hong Kong)
Private Equity - Foreign Firms (China)
Private Equity Funds (United Kingdom)
Project Finance (Hong Kong)
Restructuring: Corporate (United Kingdom)
Restructuring and Insolvency (Germany, Hong Kong)