Kirkland Takes Top Spot in Debtwire’s H1 2026 APAC Restructuring League Tables

In its H1 2026 Restructuring League Tables, Debtwire ranked Kirkland #1 for Asia-Pacific legal mandates, with seven new appointments in the legal advisor ranking — more than double the next firm and as many as the next three firms combined.

These new mandates span the region’s most active restructuring market and include Kirkland’s representation of: Road King across China and Indonesia; Huachen Energy and New Ruipeng Pet Group in China; Dasin Retail Trust across China and Singapore; Udaan in India; and Modernland Realty in Indonesia.

Kirkland’s Asia Restructuring team has long been a market leader and plays a vital role in the region’s most significant transactions. Together with our teams in the U.S. and Europe, Kirkland has nearly 250 restructuring attorneys who have widespread experience in all forms of complex financial and operational restructurings and insolvency proceedings, including representing debtors, distressed investors, and creditors in all restructuring efforts both in and out of Chapter 11. Kirkland advises both domestic and multinational corporations experiencing financial difficulties, lenders or creditors in contentious restructurings, and private equity or hedge funds looking to take a stake in a stressed or distressed company.