A Toys “R” Us in Pembroke Pines, Florida, in April 2018. Photo: J. Albert Diaz/ALM
A battalion of Kirkland lawyers—105 partners, two of counsel and 131 associates—put in more than 57,000 hours to restructure the toy retailer's debts.
June 10, 2019 at 06:21 PM
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The original version of this story was published on American Lawyer
More than 100 Kirkland & Ellis partners, and about 240 firm lawyers overall, billed time in the Toys ‘R’ Us bankruptcy proceedings, netting the law firm more than $50 million.
A judge on Friday approved $56.2 million in fees requested by Kirkland, according to an order filed in the Eastern District of Virginia. Kirkland billed for 57,237.30 hours of work as debtor’s counsel over nearly a year and a half in the toy retailer’s Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings.
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