2018 Q1 Preliminary Review (Part 2: Investment Banking)

In 🌑Trouble Brews in Coal Country🌑, we acknowledged a company-side duopoly, writing,

We wanted to answer this question: who is dominating the restructuring industry? Well, Captain Obvious: Kirkland & Ellis LLP and Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP.

We admit: we’re not surprised by this. We’ve been paying attention. In Q1 2018, Kirkland & Ellis LLP filed EXCO Re…