Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business 2023

Chambers & Partners annually conducts extensive research and analysis based on comments from thousands of clients and peers to compile an independent and objective list of talent available at the highest level of legal practice. In the 2023 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Kirkland and 255 lawyers are listed among the best in the country.

Kirkland is ranked Band 1 in 45 categories, and is recognized as a leading firm in 64 additional categories.

Band 1 rankings include:

Nationwide
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite
Corporate Crime & Investigations: The Elite
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Environment: Mainly Transactional
Government Relations: Congressional Investigations 
Intellectual Property
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Private Equity: Buyouts: High-end Capability
Private Equity: Fund Formation
Product Liability: Automobile 
Real Estate
SPACs
Tax: Corporate & Finance

Regional
California
Banking & Finance
Private Equity: Buyouts

District of Columbia
Environment: Mainly Transactional
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite

Illinois
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Corporate/M&A & Private Equity
Intellectual Property
Litigation: General Commercial
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Real Estate
Tax
Technology & Outsourcing

Massachusetts
Private Equity: Buyouts
Private Equity: Fund Formation

New York
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Intellectual Property: Patent
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
Labor and Employment: Transactional
Litigation: General Commercial: The Elite
Private Equity: Buyouts
Tax

Texas
Corporate/M&A: The Elite
Environment: Mainly Transactional
Private Equity: Buyouts

The Firm is also recognized in:

Advertising: Litigation
Antitrust: Cartel
Capital Markets: Debt & Equity
Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel
Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt
Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel
Capital Markets: High-Yield Products
Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS
Climate Change
Corporate Crime & Investigations
Corporate/M&A: Takeover Defense
E-Discovery & Information Governance
Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)
Energy: Electricity (Transactional)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)
Energy Transition
Environment
FCPA
Healthcare
Insurance: Transactional & Regulatory
Intellectual Property: Litigation
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation
International Trade: CFIUS Experts
Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance
Labor & Employment
Life Sciences
Litigation: Securities
Media & Entertainment: Litigation
Offshore Energy
Oil & Gas Litigation
Outsourcing
Product Liability & Mass Torts: The Elite
Projects: LNG
Projects: Oil & Gas
Projects: Power
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy
REITs
Securities: Regulation: Enforcement
Technology