Pillsbury secured eight Top 20 rankings in Debtwire’s 2019 league table reports, including three in high yield bond categories and five in leveraged loan categories on the borrower side. The firm ranked #2 among all firms in North America M&A High Yield Bonds as Issuer’s Legal Counsel, with 10 percent overall market share.

One driver of Pillsbury’s top rankings was its work for Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., most prominently in connection with Sinclair’s leveraged buyout of a regional sports network business from The Walt Disney Company. In 2019, Pillsbury advised Sinclair in over $10 billion of debt financings. To read more, see here.

Among Pillsbury’s recent Debtwire Finance rankings, Pillsbury was also listed as:

  • #13 for North America High Yield Bonds – Issuer’s Legal Counsel
  • #13 for North America Buyout High Yield Bonds – Issuer’s Legal Counsel
  • #18 for North America M&A Leveraged Loans – Borrower’s Legal Counsel
  • #20 for North America Buyout Leveraged Loans – Borrower’s Legal Counsel
  • #19 for North America Institutional Loans – Borrower’s Legal Counsel
  • #14 for North America M&A Institutional Loans – Borrower’s Legal Counsel
  • #19 for North America Buyout Institutional Loans – Borrower’s Legal Counsel