Kirkland Takes Top Spot in Octus H1 APAC Restructuring League Tables

Octus ranked Kirkland No. 1 among international legal advisors by both value and deal count in its first-half 2026 APAC Restructuring Advisory Rankings. The Firm advised on $7.58 billion across seven mandates, including 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 teams in U.S. and Europe, Kirkland has more than 225 restructuring attorneys with 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.