Chambers Global 2025: 82 Kirkland Practice Areas and 145 Attorneys Ranked
In the 2025 edition of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Business Lawyers, Kirkland and 145 of our lawyers are listed among the best in the world. Kirkland is ranked Band 1 in 26 categories and is recognized as a leading firm in 56 additional categories. The Firm had six practice groups ranked for the first time and four practice groups with improved rankings.
One client called Kirkland “one of the best law firms I’ve worked with. They are not only strong technically but are also commercially minded.” Another said, “They have a very strong, versatile and sophisticated team. They are very competent and have deep knowledge and experience.”
Chambers & Partners annually conducts extensive research and analysis based on comments from thousands of clients and peers around the world to compile an independent and objective list of talent available at the highest level of legal practice. Ranked firms and individuals demonstrate the qualities most valued by clients, including technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence and commitment. Kirkland’s practice groups and individual attorneys have continually been recognized by Chambers.
Band 1 rankings include:
Global-wide
Investment Funds: Private Equity: Fund Formation
Private Equity
Restructuring/Insolvency
Asia-Pacific
Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
Investment Funds: Private Equity
China
Banking & Finance: Leveraged & Acquisition Finance (International Firms)
International & Cross-Border Transactions (International Firms)
Investment Funds: Private Equity (International Firms)
United Kingdom
Banking & Finance: Sponsors
Investment Funds & Asset Management (International & Cross-Border)
Private Equity: Buyouts
Restructuring/Insolvency
Tax
United States
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring: The Elite
Corporate Crime & Investigations
Corporate/M&A (International & Cross-Border)
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)
Intellectual Property: Patent
Intellectual Property: Trademark, Copyright & Trade Secrets
International Trade: Export Controls & Economic Sanctions: Highly Regarded
International Trade: Intellectual Property (Section 337)
Investment Funds & Asset Management (International & Cross-Border)
Private Equity: Buyouts: High-end Capability
Private Equity: Fund Formation
Tax: Corporate & Finance
The Firm is also recognized in:
Antitrust: Cartel – United States
Banking & Finance – Germany, Global-wide, India
Capital Markets: Equity (International Firms) – China
Capital Markets: Equity: Issuer Counsel – United States
Capital Markets: High-Yield Products – Global-wide, United States
Capital Markets: Investment Grade Debt: Issuer Counsel – United States
Capital Markets: Securitization: ABS – United States
Commercial and Corporate Litigation – United Kingdom
Competition/Antitrust (International & Cross-Border) – United States
Competition/Antitrust – Global-wide, United States
Competition: EU – Belgium
Competition Law – United Kingdom
Corporate Investigations: Anti-Corruption – Global-wide
Corporate Investigations/Anti-Corruption (International Firms) – China
Corporate/M&A – Asia-Pacific, Germany, Global-wide, India
Corporate/M&A: International Firms – Israel
Corporate/M&A: The Elite (International Firms) – China
Corporate M&A (International & Cross-Border) – United Kingdom
Disputes (International & Cross-Border) – United States
Dispute Resolution – Global-wide
Dispute Resolution: Litigation (International Firms) – China
E-Discovery & Information Governance – United States
Energy Sector (International & Cross-Border) – United States
Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) – United States
Energy: Electricity (Transactional) – United States
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation) – United States
FCPA – United States
Finance & Capital Markets (International & Cross-Border) – United Kingdom, United States
Impact Investing – United States
International & Cross-Border Disputes (International) – China
International & Cross-Border Transactions – France, Germany
Intellectual Property – Global-wide
Intellectual Property: Patent Litigation – United Kingdom
International Trade: CFIUS Experts – United States
Investigations & Enforcement (International & Cross-Border) – United States
Investment Funds: Regulatory & Compliance – United States
Life Sciences – Global-wide
Life Sciences & Pharmaceutical Sector (International & Cross-Border) – United States
Outsourcing – United States
Privacy & Data Security: Highly Regarded – United States
Projects: LNG – United States
Projects: Power – United States
Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy – United States
Real Estate – Global-wide
Registered Funds – United States
Restructuring/Insolvency – Europe-wide
Tax – Global-wide