Layton Bell

Kirkland & Ellis is advising J.M. Huber Corporation on the sale of the entire issued share capital of CP Kelco U.S.; CP Kelco China; and CP Kelco ApS together with each of their respective subsidiaries (together ‘CP Kelco’) to Tate & Lyle for a total implied consideration of $1.8 billion (approximately £1.4 billion), on a cash-free, debt-free basis. The proposed transaction is expected to complete in Q4 2024. Read the London Stock Exchange Announcement The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Keir MacLennan, Irfan Ahmed, Rachael Coffey and Francesca Storey-Harris and associates Yoana Georgieva, Aseda Ghartey-Tagoe, Eve Salamon, Vera Wang, Sher Lin Wong and Saurav Zangeneh; debt finance partners Layton Bell, Kirsteen Nicol and Tom Roberts; tax partners Sara Zablotney, Mavnick Nerwal, Anthony Antioch and Timothy Campany and associates Bryan Leighton and Brittany Nguyen; technology & IP transactions partners Emma Flett, Max Harris, Aaron Lorber, Jeffrey Seroogy; environmental transactions partner Michael Saretsky and associate Gabe Almario; executive compensation partners Karsten Busby and Michael Krasnovsky; employee benefits partner Chris Chase and associate Annika Morin and employment & labor partner Jackie Heffernan.

Jun 21

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Antero Midstream Partners LP, a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of Antero Midstream Corporation (NYSE: AM), in connection with its entry into a new $1.25 billion credit facility, which extends the maturity of its revolving commitments to 2029. Antero Midstream Partners is an owner, operator and developer of midstream gathering, compression, processing and fractionation assets located in the Appalachian Basin, as well as integrated water assets that primarily service Antero Resources Corporation's (NYSE: AR) properties. Read the transaction press release The team was led by debt finance partners Rachael Lichman and Layton Bell and associates James Kelly, Daly Brower and Samiya Javed, with assistance from tax partner Mark Dundon and associate Sydney Jensen; government, regulatory & internal investigations partner Nick Niles; environmental transactions partner Jon Kidwell and associate Thomas Boynton; and investment funds regulatory partner Phil Giglio.

Aug 7

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising digital consultancy Perficient, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRFT) on its $3 billion acquisition by global investment organization EQT. The definitive agreement was announced May 5, 2024. EQT will acquire Perficient through an affiliate of BPEA Private Equity Fund VIII (“EQT Asia”) in the all-cash transaction. Under the terms of the agreement, Perficient stockholders will receive $76.00 per share in cash for each share of common stock owned. The purchase price represents a 75% premium to Perficient’s closing stock price on April 29, 2024, the last unaffected trading day prior to the transaction announcement. The transaction has been unanimously approved by Perficient’s Board of Directors and is expected to close by the end of 2024, subject to customary closing conditions, including approval by Perficient stockholders and receipt of regulatory approvals. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Sarkis Jebejian and Rachael Coffey and associates Michael Nester and Alex Adamis with support from corporate law clerk Lilly Colby Rohan and foreign associate Junichi Tsuji, executive compensation partners Scott Price and Lucy Frey and associate Grace Egger Zagorskis, debt finance partner Rachael Lichman and Layton Bell and associate Jaynie Doe, and capital markets partners Robert Hayward and Kevin Frank.

May 5

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE: AR), an independent natural gas and natural gas liquids company engaged in the acquisition, development and production of unconventional properties located in the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia and Ohio, in connection with its entry into a new unsecured credit facility with lender commitments of $1.65 billion. Read the transaction press release The team was led by debt finance partners Rachael Lichman and Layton Bell and associates James Kelly, Daly Brower and Samiya Javed, with assistance from tax partner Mark Dundon and associate Sydney Jensen; government, regulatory & internal investigations partner Nick Niles; environmental transactions partner Jon Kidwell and associate Thomas Boynton; and investment funds regulatory partner Phil Giglio.

Aug 7

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners, a private infrastructure investment platform within Morgan Stanley Investment Management, on an unsecured term loan to The Pasha Group, a family-owned maritime transportation company, to support continued infrastructure investment in the Hawaii trade. Read Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners’ press release The Kirkland team was led by debt finance partners Jordan Roberts and Layton Bell; corporate partners Kevin Crews and Adam Garmezy; and tax partners David Wheat and Jon Nelsen, with assistance from debt finance associates Christina Godard and Hope Rovner.

Apr 1

1 min