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United States > Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas Tier 1
With lawyers based in Texas and Washington DC, Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s energy litigation department supports oil and gas clients before all federal and state agencies, including testifying to congress, the Department of Energy and FERC. The firm also has considerable experience in international arbitration, supporting multinational energy corporates in regulatory proceedings before the EU. Houston-based Anna Rotman has significant first-chair trial experience in business disputes and restructuring on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants, while Dallas’ Jeremy Fielding handles high-end commercial litigation in state and federal courts. Daniel Donovan acts on a broad range of energy issues and Ragan Naresh litigates civil disputes in the energy and agriculture sectors.Other key lawyers:
Anna Rotman; Jeremy Fielding; Daniel Donovan; Ragan Naresh; Kenneth Young; Ben Barnes; Holly Trogdon
Key clients
Amplify Energy Corporation
Bayou City Energy Management LLC
Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Expedi, Inc. d/b/a GoExpedi
Fleur De Lis Energy
Gulfport Energy Corporation
Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC
Peaker Power, LLC
Rice Drilling
TOTAL Energies E&P USA, Inc. and TOTAL Energies Specialties USA, Inc.
Ultra Petroleum Corp.
Chord Energy
EQT Corporation
Energy Transfer Partners
Targa Resources Partners
BP plc and affiliates
Diversified Energy
Marathon Oil Corporation
Hess Corporation
Work highlights
- Representing Amplify in connection with the rupture of its offshore oil pipeline near the California coast. Dozens of lawsuits were filed in connection with the event by individuals and purported classes in the Southern District of California and California state courts.
- Representing Hess in four class actions concerning the application of North Dakota law to oil and gas leases.
- Representing a group of 21 clients that are either natural gas companies or electricity generators operating within the state of Texas. They are all part of a state court multi-district litigation that involves 150+ cases and 160+ defendants.
United States > Energy > Energy transactions: electric power Tier 1
Kirkland & Ellis LLP has a strong energy presence in Texas, New York, California, Washington DC and San Francisco, handling matters related to acquisition and sale of energy and infrastructure assets, alongside private transactions and acquisitions of minority assets. The firm has also been involved in a number of matters involving unique technology in the renewable and alternative power space, such as a recent matter for Gates Frontier, which was led by Kristin Mendoza  and involved advising the company in connection with its additional investment in TerraPower, yielding more finance to further its work in advanced nuclear energy technologies and medicine. Andrew Calder focuses on mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance and corporate and securities law, while Rhett Van Syoc  has an experienced practice in domestic and international M&A in energy mining and infrastructure, with an emphasis on private equity and complex joint ventures. Rohit Chaudhry specializes in energy and project finance transactions, sales and acquisitions, alongside project restructurings across the energy sector, likewise Allan Kirk stands out for his work in broad matters including power generation, energy services, midstream and refining. Robert Eberhardt and William Nicholson both joined from Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, while Kate Rainey Willson joined from Vinson & Elkins LLP.Practice head(s):
Andrew Calder
Other key lawyers:
Kristin Mendoza; Rohit Chaudhry; Rhett A. Van Syoc; Allan Kirk; Ahmed Sidik; Robert Goodin
Key clients
Apollo Global Management
ArcLight Capital Partners
Ares Management and Ares Infrastructure and Power
Arroyo Investors
The Blackstone Group
Bluescape Energy Partners
Brookfield Asset Management
The Carlyle Group
CleanCapital
Cypress Creek Renewables
EQT Infrastructure
Gates Frontier
GenOn
Investec
JDH Capital
Just Energy Group
KKR
Macquarie Asset Management
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board
Spring Valley Acquisition Corp.
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
TPG Rise and TPG Rise Climate
Transmission Developers
Trilantic Capital Partners
True Green Capital Management
United Utility Services
Warburg Pincus
Work highlights
- Advised Blackstone and Transmission Developers Inc. in connection with the development and construction financing of the $6 billion Champlain Hudson Power Express, an approximately 339-mile fully-buried transmission line that will deliver approximately 1,250 MW of clean and renewable hydropower from Québec to New York City.
- Offered counsel to Spring Valley Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: SV), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.9 billion business combination with NuScale Power, a provider of proprietary and innovative advanced nuclear small modular reactor (SMR) technology.
- Advised TPG Rise Climate, as lead investor, in the $750 million growth investment in Intersect Power, an independent developer of solar, energy storage, hydrogen, wind and other renewable power generation projects.
United States > Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas Tier 1
The ‘top-notch team’ at Kirkland & Ellis LLP represents major players in the oil and gas market on large-scale transactions, with demonstrable experience advising energy companies and private equity funds and standout expertise in asset-backed deals involving assets located in significant domestic shale and conventional plays, as well as the Gulf of Mexico. Other key areas of focus include M&A, private equity, fund formations, capital markets, project finance and restructuring. Andrew Calder, who advises on high-value M&A, securities law and corporate governance matters, jointly leads the team alongside Anthony Speier, who is an expert in acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. David Castro handles the purchase and sale of various assets in the midstream and upstream oil and gas sector, while Sean Wheeler’s practice includes securities offerings, M&A and corporate governance work. William Benitez advises on energy transactions related to venture capital investments, leveraged buyouts and recapitalizations and Lindsey Jaquillard focuses on acquisitions and joint ventures in the upstream oil and gas market. All named partners are based in the firm’s Houston office. Rahul Vashi left the firm in May 2023.
Practice head(s):
Andrew Calder; Anthony Speier
Other key lawyers:
Sean Wheeler; David Castro; John Pitts; Doug Bacon; William Benitez; Chad Smith; Christopher Heasley; Lindsey Jaquillard; Cy Jones; Thomas Laughlin
Testimonials
‘Ability to quickly assemble a top-notch team to turn documents quickly and depth of knowledge on every aspect of oil and gas is what sets Kirkland apart.’
‘David Castro is the best M&A attorney I’ve worked with. A standard to measure others by. He is extremely knowledgeable, thoughtful and practical when it comes up to crafting solutions to getting deals done.’
‘Highly commercial team. Very experienced with highly complex transactions in this space and familiar with key players. Their value to us goes well beyond their technical legal skills. Very strong team that can carry a significant workload at a fast pace with high quality leadership.’
‘Practical, real-world advice. Very collaborative with the internal team. Smart negotiators who are thoughtful about how to influence counterparties and get things done.’
‘Thomas Laughlin and his team have been fantastic for us in the past five years. I very much appreciate the attention to detail pre-transaction, during the transaction and continued follow up post-transaction.’
‘Highly intelligent and commercial. Very capable of balancing legal obligations/liabilities with deal success oriented thought processes.’
‘The Kirkland & Ellis team was able to take a very complicated transaction and understand it better and manage the deal dynamics. They focused on what was important and properly framed the commercial considerations for our management team, so we could make the appropriate decisions and then implement them from legal and drafting side.’
Key clients
BCE-Mach
Blackstone Credit
Bison Oil & Gas
Carnelian Energy Capital
Callon Petroleum Company
Civitas Resources
Crescent Energy
Delaware Basin Resources
Devon Energy
Diamondback Energy
Diversified Energy Company
East Resources Management
EnerVest
EQT Corporation
Freehold Royalties
Hatch Resources
Haymaker Minerals
HG Energy
Hilcorp
HPS Investment Partners
Javelin Energy Partners
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.
Magnolia Oil and Gas Corporation
Maverick Natural Resources
Mesa Minerals
Mountain Capital
NGP Energy Capital Management
National Fuel Gas Company
Northern Oil and Gas
Parsley Energy, Inc.
Permian Resources
Quantum Energy Partners, LP
Riverbend Natural Resources
Roff Resources
SemGroup Corporation
Sentinel Midstream
Siguler Guff
Sixth Street Partners
SLANT Energy
The Blackstone Group
Warburg Pincus
United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
With a deep bench of former senior enforcement officials among its attorneys, Kirkland & Ellis LLP covers the full gamut of corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense. The practice is popular with corporations and their C-suite executives alike, and enjoys a strong market reputation for matters such as securities and futures enforcement, anti-corruption, environmental crimes, and sanctions enforcement. Practice heads Mark Filip and Asheesh Goel split their time between Chicago and Washington DC and are both a popular choice for clients within the financial services sector. In Washington DC, Brigham Cannon‘s strengths lie in FCPA and False Claims Act matters alongside securities law. The firm bolstered its expertise in the first half of 2022 with the arrival of Lindsey Beran and Steve Fahey in Dallas, who both previously served as Assistant US Attorneys for the Northern District of Texas, as well as former Eastern District of New York US Attorney Jacquelyn Kasulis in New York.Practice head(s):
Mark Filip; Asheesh Goel
Other key lawyers:
Key clients
AT&T
The Boeing Company
Chevron Corporation
Credit Suisse
Live Nation
Nikola Motors
Pacific Gas & Electric
Citigroup CEO
Truist CEO
Wells Fargo CEO
Work highlights
- Represented Credit Suisse in connection with investigations by the SEC, the DOJ, the UK Financial Conduct Authority, and the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of New York regarding alleged fraud related to loan arrangements and related securities transactions for Mozambique state-run companies.
- Representing Nikola Motors in response to a damaging report issued by activist hedge fund, Hindenburg Research.
- Representing Boeing in investigations by different U.S. regulators, including the DOJ and SEC, in connection with questions concerning the design and testing of Boeing’s 737 MAX aircraft.
United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
Kirkland & Ellis LLP fields a host of civil trial lawyers and appellate specialists, with one of the largest government facing and white-collar practice groups in the US. The team is well-equipped to represent clients in DOJ, SEC, Congressional, and State Attorney General proceedings across the country, and is proficient in securities litigation and class action claims, and bolsters its trial-focused litigation practice with crisis management services. In New York, Sandra Goldstein is well regarded for her expertise in fraud class actions, securities, and commercial disputes. Mark Filip, who splits his time between Chicago and Washington DC, has a strong reputation for handling civil cases for numerous Fortune 100 companies. Chicago-based Diana Watral is regularly trusted by high-value healthcare clients to handle their trade secrets, FCA and contract disputes, while Aaron Marks focuses on financial institutions in New York. Other prominent lawyers include Andrew Kassof in Chicago, Craig Primis and Daniel Donovan in Washington DC, Mark Holscher  in Los Angeles and Anna Rotman in Houston. James Hurst returned to the firm in November 2023, and is based in Chicago.Other key lawyers:
Sandra Goldstein; Mark Filip; Diana Watral; Aaron Marks; Andrew Kassof; Craig Primis; Daniel Donovan; Mark Holscher; Anna Rotman
Testimonials
‘Amazing team. Hard working, diligent, great judgement.’
‘The whole team was tremendous.’
‘Our Mark Holscher-led team was highly organized and very insightful about the strengths and weaknesses of a client’s case. The Kirkland lawyers did a great job in identifying the weakness of the antagonist’s case and then making effective arguments using such weaknesses.’
Key clients
AbbVie, Inc.
Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc.
Allergan plc
American Rail Partners LLC
AMLI Residential
Amplify Energy Corporation
Benefitfocus
Berger Group Holdings, Inc.
Blackstone
The Boeing Company
Calpine Corporation
Chesapeake Appalachia, LLC and Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Constellation Brands
Eli Lilly and Company
Honeywell International Inc.
Huntsman International LLC
Information Resources
Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund, Inc.
Lionbridge Technologies and H.I.G. Capital
LivePerson
Natural Gas Companies and Electricity Generators
Owl Rock Capital Group
Rice Drilling D, LLC
Riverbed Technology
Toll Brothers, Inc.
TOTAL Energies E&P USA, Inc. and TOTAL Energies Specialties USA, Inc.
UnitedHealth Group, Inc.
United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
Kirkland & Ellis LLP remains a leading firm in the market, with strong expertise in the technology, energy, and gas industries. The team represents domestic and global corporations in all aspects of compensation arising from M&A, recapitalizations, spin-offs, and IPOs, as well as supporting clients on complex employee benefits issues including ESOPs and non-qualified retirement plans. From the Chicago office, Matthew Antinossi focuses on all ERISA-related areas, Alexandra Mihalas handles transactional ERISA matters for private and public entities, and Michael Falk assists clients with qualified and non-qualified retirement plans and equity compensation. New York-based Scott Price is highly experienced at handling executive compensation matters in leveraged buyouts and acquisitions, while Kate Vera deals with Chapter 11 filings and corporate transactions. Jared Whalen operates out of Houston, regularly advising private equity funds on the employee benefits elements of business transactions, and Stephanie Jeane deals with IPOs.Other key lawyers:
Matthew Antinossi; Michael Falk; Robert Fowler; Stephen Jacobson; Stephanie Jeane; Michael Krasnovsky; Alexandra Mihalas; Rohit Nafday; Maureen O’Brien; Scott Price; Kate Vera; Jared Whalen
Key clients
Vista Equity Partners
Verizon
TA Associates
Francisco Partners
Work highlights
United States > Tax > International tax
Kirkland & Ellis LLP advises on US and foreign tax issues in addition to representing clients in disputes worldwide. On the transactional front, the team advises clients in connection with M&A, acquisitions, buyouts, fund formations and restructurings. The firm is also well-versed in issues relating to investment fund sponsors and the formation of offshore private equity funds, as well as advocating on behalf of companies at every stage of the tax controversy process from pre-audit planning to administrative appeals. Chicago-based Todd Maynes focuses on debt restructurings and co-heads the team with New York-located Dean Shulman who has extensive experience in structuring transactions. Chicago-located Lee Morlock focuses on international tax planning. Sara Zablotney operates out of New York and handles the tax aspects of joint ventures and spin offs while Mike Carew advises on securities issuances with support from Mark Schwed. The team was strengthened in October 2022 with the arrival of David Cole from Vinson & Elkins LLP, who has expertise in disputes in both federal and state courts.Practice head(s):
Todd Maynes; Dean Shulman
Other key lawyers:
Key clients
17Capital
ABRY Partners
AEA-Bridges Impact Corp.
Brookfield Infrastructure
Charter Communications
Clearlake Capital
Consortium
Intelsat S.A.
KKR
Noble Corporation
Nordic Aviation Capital
Polestar Performance AB
Thomas H. Lee Partners, L.P.
Thoma Bravo
Vista Equity Partners
Wind Point Partners
United States > Tax > US taxes: contentious
Kirkland & Ellis LLP fields a ‘knowledgeable, responsive, and highly effective’ team with experience at every stage of the tax controversy process. The group places emphasis on diverse tax expertise, and as such covers an extensive range of disputes, including transfer pricing disputes, offshore banking issues, and complex audits for prominent clients in the private equity space. Richard Husseini, based in Houston, co-leads the department alongside Natalie Keller, in Chicago. Husseini has experience representing public and private companies and high net worth individuals before the IRS, courts, and other regulatory bodies, while Keller covers audits, appeals, and litigation, with strength in transfer pricing issues. The department has seen recent growth, with David Foster joining the Washington DC office from Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in February 2023, and David Cole entering the Houston team from Vinson & Elkins LLP in October 2022. Of counsel JoAnne Nagjee, in Chicago, is a name to note.Practice head(s):
Richard Husseini; Natalie Keller
Other key lawyers:
Testimonials
‘Knowledgeable, responsive, and highly effective.’
Key clients
HcPerf Holdings BV, owned by Lime Rock
Woodside Partners LP
PCMG Trading Partners XII LP
Kalkhoven/Pettit Trading Partners LP
Kalkhoven/Pettit #2Â Trading Partners LP
Work highlights
United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power
Complex and high-value transactional work lies at the heart of Kirkland & Ellis LLP ‘s renewable energy sector offering, which sees lawyers with significant experience in M&A and project finance advise clients, including major private equity and infrastructure funds, on a broad range of portfolio acquisitions and project transactions. Taking in account the growing importance of ESG related issues in the renewable energy sector, the firm’s offering of a separate ESG & Impact Practice Group is also noted. The practice is jointly led by Andrew Calder in Houston and notable private equity, project finance, and project restructuring partner Rohit Chaudhry in Washington DC. The firm also has a strong offering in Texas, where Houston’s Cyril Jones and John Pitts – who are currently working on advising Archaea Energy Inc on its sale to BP p.l.c. for approximately $4.1bn - are both noted, as is Kevin Crews in Dallas, whose experience extends to investments in the biofuels sector. Kristin Mendoza in New York and Roald Nashi in Washington DC are also recommended for their M&A and financing expertise. The team was further strengthened with the arrival of New York’s Robert Eberhardt and William Nicholson from Norton Rose Fulbright in February 2022.   ÂPractice head(s):
Andrew Calder; Rohit Chaudhry
Other key lawyers:
Cyril Jones; John Pitts; Kristin Mendoza; Roald Nashi; Robert Eberhardt; William Nicholson; Kevin Crews
Key clients
Apollo Global Management
Archaea Energy
ArcLight Clean Transition Corp. II
Ares Management and Ares Infrastructure and Power
Array Technologies
Arroyo Investors
Blackstone
Blue Source Sustainable Forests
Bluescape Energy Partners
Brookfield Asset Management
Carlyle Renewable and Sustainable Energy Fund
CleanCapital
Cypress Creek Renewables
EQT Infrastructure
Generate Capital
I Squared Capital
Kimmeridge
KKR
Macquarie Asset Management
Mas CanAm
Magnetar Capital’s Energy & Infrastructure Group
Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan
Powin
Tailwater Capital
TPG Rise and TPG Rise Climate
Transmission Developers
Trilantic Capital Partners
True Green Capital
Warburg Pincus
Work highlights
- Advised Archaea Energy Inc. on its sale to BP p.l.c. for approximately $4.1 billion.
- Advised Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in its approximately $3 billion equity investment in Invenergy Renewables Holdings, which is one of the largest renewables investments in North American history.
- Advised Blue Source Sustainable Forests Co., in its $1.8 billion acquisition of various entities managed by The Forestland Group.
Kirkland & Ellis LLP > Firm Profile
Kirkland & Ellis is global law firm with more than 3,500 attorneys representing clients in private equity, M&A and other complex corporate transactions, litigation and dispute resolution/arbitration, restructuring, and intellectual property matters. The firm has 20 offices around the world: Austin, Bay Area, Beijing, Boston, Brussels, Chicago, Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Miami, Munich, New York, Paris, Riyadh, Salt Lake City, Shanghai and Washington, D.C.
Main areas of practice
Antitrust and competition: Kirkland advises on all aspects of competition law, including preeminent criminal and civil antitrust litigation defense, government investigation defense, expedited transaction clearance and real-world counseling experience. The firm provides seamless representation to clients throughout the world. Kirkland successfully defends clients in their most important government-initiated and private cases involving the full spectrum of antitrust claims, from cartels to monopolization to pricing disputes. The group also has an exceptional depth of experience in US and foreign merger and acquisition clearances, from strategic counseling to efficient filing with regulatory agencies and rapid regulatory review.
Capital markets: Kirkland covers the full spectrum of corporate financing techniques. The firm represents issuers, sponsors and underwriters in a wide variety of international securities transactions, with a particular focus on offerings of high-yield and other complex debt securities.
Debt finance: Kirkland services both borrowers and lenders in a wide variety of financing transactions across the entire capital structure. The firm is engaged in every aspect of a financing transaction: advising borrowers and lenders on senior, subordinated, mezzanine and bridge financing transactions, as well as high-yield offerings. Kirkland has unsurpassed experience in structuring and negotiating the layers of senior and unsubordinated debt and equity financing in connection with leveraged acquisitions. The group also handles DIP financings, exit financings and debt restructurings.
Intellectual property litigation: Kirkland has one of the most respected intellectual property litigation practices, with particular experience in large-scale patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret misappropriation and advertising matters. The firm has an active trial practice with one of the best success rates despite handling some of the most challenging IP litigation cases in history.
International litigation and arbitration: Kirkland is renowned for its experience in complex litigation and arbitration around the world, with a proven track record of generating successful results for clients in their most high-stakes cases. The firm has a deep bench of lawyers who have taken cases to verdict since the early stages of their careers. Lawyers in all of Kirkland’s offices have tried cases, successfully to verdict or to judgment, in virtually every substantive area and business segment. Kirkland is also recognised for its international arbitration and white-collar crime and government investigations work on a global basis.
International trade and national security: Kirkland’s international trade and national security practice provides strategic and legal advice to companies, investment funds and financial institutions operating or investing across international borders. We routinely work with clients across industries and geographies on corporate transactions, strategic risk advisory and management, compliance and licensing, and investigations and enforcement matters. Our practice is widely recognized as a leading international advisory practice and is distinguished by the breadth and depth of its approach.
Investment funds: Kirkland is a global leader in providing sophisticated advice to investment fund sponsors, institutional investors and other market participants in the alternative investment fund space. The firm is uniquely positioned to serve its clients in connection with the formation, organization and operation of buyout, growth-equity, venture, real estate, infrastructure, energy, credit, mezzanine, private equity and hedge funds, as well as their respective management companies.
Private equity/mergers and acquisitions: Kirkland covers the full spectrum of corporate transactions important to businesses in today’s global marketplace. Because of the firm’s consistently high volume of complex transactional engagements, it has developed a broad vision of the issues that confront business organizations. The team has extensive experience in the formulation of innovative strategies for structuring acquisitions and financings of private and public companies, negotiated as well as unsolicited acquisitions, going-private transactions, stock-for-stock acquisitions, spin-off transactions and acquisitions of minority interests.
Real estate: Kirkland pursues an interdisciplinary approach to sophisticated transactions in the commercial real estate industry. The firm regularly represents private equity fund sponsors and investors in various industries and investment strategies. Attorneys are also frequently involved in complex transactions involving publicly traded and privately owned REITs, and have broad experience in real estate secured lending, structured finance and the hospitality property area.
Restructuring and insolvency: By combining sophisticated business advisory and crisis management skills with extensive experience in multijurisdictional insolvency matters, Kirkland’s global restructuring group navigates clients through situations involving financially troubled companies. The firm has earned a distinguished reputation by achieving positive results for a wide range of clients in complex corporate restructuring, workout and bankruptcy planning, negotiation and litigation.
Tax: Kirkland has developed a strong international reputation for providing creative and sophisticated tax counseling and effectively representing clients in tax disputes worldwide. Kirkland’s tax practice can be divided broadly into two areas: tax planning in connection with mergers, acquisitions, buyouts, fund formations, restructurings, financings, executive compensation plans and other sophisticated transactions; and contested tax matters.
Technology and intellectual property transactions: Kirkland concentrates on international business transactions that are driven by the acquisition, use or divestiture of rights in intellectual property and technology. The firm represents leading technology companies and brings its experience to all areas of IP, including patents, copyrights, trademarks, outsourcing, computer software, licensing, distribution, joint venture agreements, biotechnology, data protection and e-commerce issues, as well as competition law-related matters.
Lawyer Profiles
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Mr Brooks Antweil | Brooks’s practice focuses on public and private capital markets transactions, SEC disclosure… | View Profile | |
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Mr Douglas Bacon | Doug Bacon is a partner in the Houston office of Kirkland &… | View Profile | |
Mr William Benitez | Bill’s practice concentrates on complex business transactions in the energy and infrastructure… | View Profile | |
Mr William Bos | Will’s practice focuses on leveraged financings and investments in the energy industry… | View Profile | |
Mr Andrew Calder | Partner focusing on mergers and acquisitions, corporate and securities law, and corporate… | View Profile | |
Mr Brigham Cannon | View Profile | ||
Mr David Castro | David’s practice focuses on acquisitions, divestitures and the formation of joint ventures… | View Profile | |
David Cole | David Cole is a tax partner in the Houston office of Kirkland… | View Profile | |
Jeremy Fielding | Jeremy Fielding is a litigation partner in Kirkland’s Dallas office. He is… | View Profile | |
Mr Robert Fowler | Rob Fowler is an executive compensation partner in the Houston office of… | View Profile | |
Mr Chris Heasley | Chris’ practice focuses on the development, acquisitions, divestitures of energy and infrastructure… | View Profile | |
Ms Kim Hicks | Kim’s practice focuses on public mergers and acquisitions, take private transactions, private… | View Profile | |
Richard Husseini | Richard has extensive knowledge of privilege and ethical issues affecting tax practice.… | View Profile | |
Mr Stephen Jacobson | Stephen Jacobson is an executive compensation partner in the Houston office of… | View Profile | |
Ms Lindsey Jaquillard | Lindsey’s practice focuses on mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and joint venture formation involving… | View Profile | |
Stephanie Jeane | Stephanie Jeane is an executive compensation partner in the Houston office of… | View Profile | |
Mr Cyril Jones | Cy’s practice focuses on complex transactions including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and… | View Profile | |
Allan Kirk | Allan Kirk’s practice focuses on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions in… | View Profile | |
Mr Adam Larson | Adam Larson is a partner in the Houston and Austin offices of… | View Profile | |
Mr Matthew Nadworny | Matt Nadworny is the founding partner of the Houston and Dallas Investment… | View Profile | |
Mr Matthew Pacey | Matt’s practice concentrates on capital markets transactions, corporate governance and SEC compliance.… | View Profile | |
Mr John Pitts | John’s practice focuses on complex infrastructure and energy transactions including M&A, joint… | View Profile | |
Stanley Ramsay | Stanley Ramsay is a tax partner in the New York office of… | View Profile | |
Ms Anna Rotman | Anna leads Kirkland’s litigation practice in Houston, and has played a leading… | View Profile | |
Mr Julian Seiguer | Julian’s principal areas of practice are corporate finance and securities law, including… | View Profile | |
Mr Chad Smith | Chad M. Smith is a corporate partner in the Houston office of… | View Profile | |
Mr Anthony Speier | Anthony’s practice focuses on corporate mergers & acquisitions and formation of joint… | View Profile | |
Mr Rhett Van Syoc | Rhett Van Syoc is a partner in the Houston office of Kirkland… | View Profile | |
Mr Rahul Vashi | Rahul’s practice focuses on acquisitions, divestitures, and strategic joint ventures involving a… | View Profile | |
Mr Andy Veit | Andy’s practice focuses on leveraged financings and investments in the energy industry.… | View Profile | |
Mr Kyle Watson | Kyle Watson is a corporate attorney in the Houston office of Kirkland… | View Profile | |
Jared Whalen | Jared Whalen is an executive compensation partner in the Houston office of… | View Profile | |
Mr David Wheat | David’s practice focuses on corporate tax, mergers and acquisition tax, workouts and… | View Profile | |
Mr Sean Wheeler | Partner representing public and private companies, including private equity firms, in their… | View Profile | |
Dustin Womack | Dustin Womack is a litigation associate in the Houston office of Kirkland… | View Profile | |
Kenneth Young | Kenneth Young is a litigation partner in the Houston office of Kirkland… | View Profile |
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Top Tier Firm Rankings
- United States > Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- United States > Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- United States > Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- United States > Tax > International tax
- United States > Tax > US taxes: contentious
- United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power