Zahra Usmani

Kirkland & Ellis represented Northleaf Capital Partners on its strategic partnership with Tillman FiberCo, LLC, a leading developer and owner of symmetrical gigabit broadband. Funds managed by Northleaf have made an initial investment that enables Tillman FiberCo to accelerate its open access network with future-forward technologies, systems and a next-generation passive optical network architecture that will deliver industry-leading symmetrical gigabit broadband internet access service speeds to both residential and business customers. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners John Kaercher, Zahra Usmani and Cory Baird and associate Branden Lankford; tax partners Steve Butler and Adam Arikat; employee benefits partner Maureen O’Brien; executive compensation partner Rob Fowler; employment and labor partner Christie Alcala; technology & IP transactions partner Matt Lovell; and debt finance partner Doug Tedeschi.

Aug 10

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis counseled Greenbelt Capital Partners on its strategic investment in CTC Global Corporation. Endeavour Capital was also an investor in the transaction. Based in Irvine, California, CTC specializes in engineering and manufacturing advanced conductor cores for high-voltage transmission cables. The company’s cutting-edge ACCC® Conductors have been successfully installed in over 1,250 projects across 60 countries by more than 250 utilities. Read CTC’s press release here The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Jhett Nelson, Shubi Arora and Zahra Usmani with assistance from corporate associates Michael Goodrich, William Kelly, and Pi Praveen; tax partners Vin Thorn and Liam Murphy and associate Christian Ekins; international trade & national security partners Luci Hague and Mario Mancuso and associate Brandon Ricaurte; and executive compensation partners Stephen Jacobson and Jabir Yusoff and associate Dillon Jones.

Feb 12

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Windjammer Capital Investors and its portfolio company, Vital Records Control (VRC), a leading provider of information management services, on VRC’s acquisition of 2-20 Records Management, a provider of records storage and information management with locations across the U.S. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Zahra Usmani and Vlad Kroll and associates Dustin Cooper, Mikhaila Martin, Roni Zveiris and Ben Moore and tax partners Vincent Thorn and Liam N. Murphy.

Oct 4

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Northampton Capital Partners LLC in connection with a definitive arrangement agreement between its affiliate (the Northampton Purchaser) and Altius Minerals Corporation's (TSX:ALS) subsidiary Altius Renewable Royalties Corp. (TSX:ARR) (OTCQX:ARTWF) to acquire the public float of ARR for C$12.00 per share. The Northampton Purchaser will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of ARR (the ARR Shares), other than those ARR Shares indirectly owned by Altius Minerals, by way of a statutory plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Alberta). Altius Minerals currently holds 58% of the issued and outstanding ARR Shares on an undiluted basis. The transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2024, subject to obtaining the required approvals and other customary closing conditions. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners John Kaercher and Zahra Usmani; investment funds partners Matt Nadworny and Jennifer Wang; and tax partners David Wheat and Adam Nguyen and associate Griffin Peeples.

Sep 13

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Maverick Natural Resources on the issuance of $640 million of notes in an asset-backed securitization formation secured by Maverick's Western Anadarko Basin producing wells. The notes were issued in three tranches, as part of a master trust, in a private offering to accredited investors under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. Read Maverick’s press release The Kirkland team was led by real assets partner Chad Smith and associates Isaac Bate and Rizwan Popatia; asset finance & securitization partners Jeffrey O’Connor and Rudgee Charles and associates Casper Howells and David Kobray; debt finance partner Mary Kogut and associates Brittany Taylor, Tommy Kagerer and Thomas Coverdale; capital markets partners Michael Rigdon and Noah Allen and associate Nick Wetzeler; tax partners David Wheat, Thomas Evans and Joe Tobias and associate David Gilbert; and derivatives partners Scott Gordon and Brett Ackerman; with support from corporate partners Sean Wheeler and Zahra Usmani; real asset partner Chris Heasley; and investment funds partners Joseph Lifsics and Christine Matott.

Nov 1

1 min