League Tables of Legal Advisers to Global M&A 2017

In mergermarket's League Tables of Legal Advisers to Global M&A 2017, Kirkland & Ellis ranked in the following categories:

#1 – Global buyouts by deal count
#1 – Global buyouts by value
#1 – Global buyouts + exits by deal count
#1 – Global buyouts + exits by value
#1 – Global exits by deal count
#1 – Americas M&A by deal count
#1 – U.S. M&A by deal count
#1 – U.S. buyouts by deal count
#1 – U.S. buyouts by value
#1 – U.S. buyouts + exits by deal count
#1 – U.S. buyouts + exits by value
#1 – U.S. exits by deal count
#1 – U.S. Mid-West M&A by deal count
#1 – U.S. South M&A by deal count
#1 – U.S. South M&A by value
#1 – U.S. West M&A by deal count
#1 – U.S. North East M&A by deal count
#1 – U.K. M&A by value
#1 – Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan) buyouts by value
#1 – Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan) buyouts + exits by value

Rankings are based on announced transactions (including lapsed and withdrawn deals) from January 1, 2017, through December 31, 2017. Deals are included when the transaction value is greater than $5 million. Deals with undisclosed deal values are included where the target's turnover exceeds $10 million.