Award Bloomberg, Debtwire, Refinitiv, DLD

League Tables of Legal Advisers to Debt Finance for Year End 2023

In the Full Year 2023 Debt Finance league tables, Kirkland & Ellis ranked #1 in more than 20 categories in the U.S. and globally. The Firm ranked #1 in the following categories:

Bloomberg
#1 - Global loans - borrower ranked by value
#1 - Global loans - borrowers ranked by deal count
#1 - U.S. leveraged finance - issuers/borrowers ranked by value
#1 - U.S. leveraged finance - issuers/borrowers ranked by deal count
#1 - U.S. loans - borrowers ranked by value
#1 - U.S. loans - borrowers ranked by deal count
#1 - U.S. leveraged loans - borrowers ranked by value
#1 - U.S. leveraged loans - borrowers ranked by deal count
#1 - European leveraged finance - issuers/borrowers by value
#1 - European leveraged finance - issuers/borrowers by deal count

Debtwire
#1 - North America leveraged loans: legal adviser - borrower ranked by volume
#1 - North America leveraged loans: legal adviser - borrower ranked by deal count
#1 - North America M&A leveraged loans: legal adviser - borrower ranked by volume
#1 - North America M&A leveraged loans: legal adviser - borrower ranked by deal count
#1 - North America institutional loans: legal adviser - borrower ranked by volume
#1 - North America institutional loans: legal adviser - borrower ranked by deal count

Refinitiv
#1 - Global borrower law firm by deal count
#1 - U.S. borrower law firm M&A by deal count
#1 - U.S. borrower law firm leveraged by deal count

DLD
#1 - U.S. direct lending - buyside legal advisors
#1 - U.S. direct lending - sellside legal advisors