Ms Kristin Mendoza > Kirkland & Ellis LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Delivering both traditional and energy transition asset advice alongside cutting-edge technological and innovative expertise, Kirkland & Ellis LLP continues to handle blockbuster multi-billion dollar asset and company acquisitions and disposals, often working for some of the market’s most formidable financial sponsors and pension funds. The team has responded to motivations from both domestic and European investors taking interest in tax credit instructions through the hire of Sam Kamyans from Allen & Overy LLP in June 2023, with his expertise combining with fellow tax specialist Michael Masri to service the firm’s ever-expanding stream of solar, wind and battery storage deals. The Houston-based Andrew Calder heads the team and is often active on the firm’s most substantial mandates, including Global Infrastructure Partners’ recent acquisition by BlackRock. Kevin Crews operates out of Dallas and is noted for his far-reaching practice that has seen him advise on wind and solar, forestry, and RNG projects, while Cyril Jones has been predominantly engaged with private equity acquisitions and joint venture deals, acting from the firm’s Houston office. Out of New York, Kristin Mendoza is a key contact to the practice’s clean energy and sustainable infrastructure platforms such as CleanCapital and Arclight Capital Partners, often working alongside Houston’s Ahmed Sidik who is equally well versed across M&A, divestitures, private equity and project development investments. Also advising from the firm’s Houston office, Rhett Van Syoc is one of the main port-of-callsfor Blackstone and its portfolio companies for buyouts, investments and disposals.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP‘s significant M&A and private equity finance strengths are leveraged in a renewable energy group whose scope continues to broaden and acts on transactions, financing and development of a plethora of projects. Blackstone is one of a host of major PE firms that look to the Kirkland team for advice on project acquisition finance, while the team has also acted for project owners in joint ventures and tax equity financing. Coordinated by energy and infrastructure head Andrew Calder at the Houston office, the team is represented across a number of locations. In New York, Kristin Mendoza stands out for her renewables-focused PE practice, and Robert Eberhardt has significant experience in a wide range of transactions involving onshore and offshore wind, solar, storage, hydrogen and other assets. In Houston, John Pitts and Cyril Jones are among the key senior contacts, and Ahmed Sidik is a younger partner to note. Kevin Crews in Dallas frequently advises clients on energy transition matters, and Roald Nashi at the Washington DC office is accomplished across the range of financing matters in the energy space. A further addition in Washington DC saw Sam Kamyans bolster the firm’s tax offering after joining from Allen & Overy LLP in June 2023.