Claire Campbell, P.C.

Kirkland & Ellis is excited to announce that Claire Campbell has joined the Firm as a corporate partner. “Claire is a talented attorney who brings experience across the spectrum of complex transactions as both outside and in-house counsel for private equity funds,” said Jon A. Ballis, Chairman of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “We are excited to welcome her to Kirkland.” Ms. Campbell was previously a managing director with Stonepeak, a leading alternative investment firm focused on the infrastructure and real estate sectors. While at Stonepeak, Ms. Campbell served as legal lead for the Houston deal teams and also supported complex transactions across Stonepeak’s New York and London offices. Prior to Stonepeak, she was an attorney with Vinson & Elkins in Houston. Ms. Campbell’s practice focuses on representing private equity funds in all stages of fund activity, with a primary focus on equity investments and related portfolio management, including fund formation matters and co-investments. She has extensive experience in negotiating mergers and acquisitions and structured equity investments for private equity clients in multiple jurisdictions, as well as managing the material legal issues that arise with respect to a target post-acquisition through exit. She has managed investments from inception to acquisition to exit, including LOIs, deal negotiations, definitive documentation, structuring, funds considerations, co-investment negotiation, employment issues and portfolio level litigation. She also has advised funds on cross-fund matters, allocations, concentration management and investment structuring for targets involving multiple funds. “We are excited that Claire is joining Kirkland because many of us have worked with her throughout her career and know her stellar work,” said Andrew Calder, a corporate partner and member of Kirkland’s Executive Committee. “She will be an asset to our corporate work not only in Texas, but throughout the Firm.” Ms. Campbell earned a bachelor’s degree from Middlebury College and a law degree from the University of Texas School of Law.

Jul 15

1 min

Jennifer Gasser A month after launching a new Houston office, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison LLP expanded the location with the addition of a corporate attorney who moved her practice from Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Jennifer Gasser has been welcomed this week to Paul Weiss as a partner in the M&A group in the corporate department at the Houston office, the firm announced Tuesday. Gasser said in a prepared statement she has "long been impressed" by Paul Weiss' M&A platform. "I look forward to collaborating with my new colleagues and expanding the firm's leading capabilities within Houston, a hotbed of activity for energy and infrastructure," Gasser said. The Houston office opened at the beginning of February when former Kirkland attorneys Sean T. Wheeler and Debbie P. Yee joined Paul Weiss. Wheeler leads the Houston location, with Yee joining as a partner in the M&A group. "Jennifer is a highly skilled M&A lawyer specializing in energy and infrastructure," Wheeler said in a prepared statement. "Her proven track record advising clients in these spaces on their most important transactions makes her an invaluable addition to our growing Houston team." Gasser's practice counsels clients, primarily in the energy and infrastructure industries, on matters related to mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures, according to the firm's announcement. Her notable transactions over the past several years include assisting EQT Corp. with forming a $3.5 billion joint venture with Blackstone Credit & Insurance and with EQT's $35 billion merger with Equitrans Midstream Corporation. "Jennifer's arrival marks another key step in the continued buildout of our Houston team, and we are excited to welcome her to the firm," Scott A. Barshay, chairman of Paul Weiss, said in a prepared statement. Gasser earned her law degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 2015.

Mar 3

2 min

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison has added a third Kirkland & Ellis M&A partner to its new office in Houston, a market experiencing heavy interest and hiring from Big Law firms this year. Kirkland partner Jennifer Gasser joined Paul Weiss on Tuesday as a partner in the M&A group within the corporate department. Her practice focuses on M&A, divestitures and joint ventures in the energy and infrastructure sectors. In early February, Paul Weiss announced its move into Houston and the hiring of Kirkland M&A partner Sean Wheeler, who will serve as co-chair of global M&A and head of the Houston office, and Wheeler's longtime colleague, Kirkland M&A partner Debbie Yee. “Jennifer’s arrival marks another key step in the continued buildout of our Houston team, and we are excited to welcome her to the firm,” Paul Weiss chairman Scott Barshay wrote in a press release. Wheeler wrote that Gasser's "proven track record" advising clients in energy and infrastructure on important transactions makes her an "invaluable addition" to the team in Houston. “Jennifer is a highly skilled M&A lawyer," he wrote. Gasser could not immediately be reached for a comment on her move. In a press release, she wrote that she has been impressed for a long time by the caliber of work her new firm handles. “I look forward to collaborating with my new colleagues and expanding the firm’s leading capabilities within Houston, a hotbed of activity for energy and infrastructure,” she wrote. According to Paul Weiss, Gasser has recently represented EQT Corp. in multiple transactions, including a midstream joint venture with Blackstone Credit & Insurance and a merger with Equitrans Midstream Corp.; Sandbrook Capital in its acquisition of Bernhard Capital Partners’ equity interests in United Utility Services and Electro Rent Corp.’s equity interests in Intellirent; Cloverleaf Infrastructure in its sale of powered land to Vantage Data Centers for development of a data center campus; Celanese in the divestment of its Micromax portfolio of products to Element Solutions,; and ONEOK, Inc. in its acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners’ equity interests in Medallion Midstream. A spokesperson for Kirkland provided this comment on Gasser's departure: “We wish Jennifer well in her new role.”

Mar 3

2 min

AES Corp., guided by Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, said Monday that it has agreed to be acquired by a consortium of infrastructure investors led by Blackrock's Global Infrastructure Partners and EQT Infrastructure VI in a deal with a $10.7 billion equity value and a $33.4 billion enterprise value. Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP is advising the energy company on certain debt matters. Kirkland & Ellis LLP is advising the consortium and is the legal adviser to GIP. Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is advising EQT. Under the agreement, the consortium — which also includes co-underwriters California Public Employees' Retirement System and Qatar Investment Authority — will pay $15 per share in cash for AES, representing a 40% premium to the company's unaffected 30-day average share price before July 8, 2025. The stock was down about 17% Monday, trading around $14.30 per share. AES, which operates regulated electric utilities in Indiana and Ohio as well as competitive clean energy and critical infrastructure assets in Latin America, said in Monday's announcement that the deal will provide the company with greater financial flexibility to invest in growth initiatives and energy infrastructure. The company also noted that its regulated U.S. utilities would remain locally managed, with no expected impact on customer rates. "Following a rigorous review of strategic options, the AES board determined that this transaction with the consortium maximizes value for stockholders and provides compelling cash value," AES Chair Jay Morse said in the announcement. Executives with the consortium highlighted the group's experience in energy infrastructure investing, emphasizing that AES is well positioned to meet growing electricity demand, particularly in the United States. In the announcement, Bayo Ogunlesi, chair and CEO of GIP, highlighted increasing market demand for "affordable, safe and reliable power," while EQT Infrastructure's Masoud Homayoun emphasized the transaction's role in supporting the "growth and modernization of essential energy infrastructure that underpins energy security, electrification, digitalization and resilient power systems." The transaction has received unanimous approval from AES' board and is expected to close in late 2026 or early 2027, subject to customary regulatory approvals and shareholder consent. After the acquisition, AES common stock will be delisted from the New York Stock Exchange. Fried Frank Harris Shriver & Jacobson LLP, led by partners Philip Richter and Roy Tannenbaum, is advising J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities LLC, the financial advisers to AES. Paul Hastings LLP, led by partner Morgan Bale, is advising Goldman Sachs and Citi on committed financing. The Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP team is led by partners Pankaj Sinha and Katherine (Kady) Ashley. The Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP team is led by partners Robert Langdon, Fred De Albuquerque, Javad Asghari and Julie Siegel. The Kirkland & Ellis LLP team is led by partners Melissa Kalka, Zach Savrick, Andy Calder, Nick Lewis, Jimmy Chalk and Adam Larson. Deal team information for Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP was not immediately available.

Mar 2

2 min

Kirkland & Ellis LLP is pleased to announce that 122 attorneys were promoted to partner effective Oct. 1, 2018. The names, practice groups and office locations of the attorneys follow. Kirkland & Ellis is a global law firm with 2,200 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 14 offices around the world: Beijing, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Hong Kong, Houston, London, Los Angeles, Munich, New York, Palo Alto, San Francisco, Shanghai and Washington, D.C. Boston Name Practice Area Amanda C. Border M&A/Private Equity Katherine V. Coverdale Executive Compensation Chicago Name Practice Area Kourtney Baltzer Intellectual Property Litigation Travis M. Bayer Restructuring Justin R. Bernbrock Restructuring Jeffrey S. Bramson Litigation Matthew Colman Technology & IP Transactions Britt Cramer Litigation Nathan J. Davis M&A/Private Equity Brian Delaney Investment Funds Bobby Earles Litigation Joshua A. Faulkner Real Estate Billy Foster Intellectual Property Litigation Kathryn E. Guilfoyle Litigation Nicholas A. Hemmingsen Investment Funds Ryan A. Jackson M&A/Private Equity Susan V. Kai Real Estate Michael P. Keeley Capital Markets Kimberly L. McGrath Real Estate Daniel J. McQuade Investment Funds Andrew T. Meyer M&A/Private Equity Dan Monico Litigation Brett A. Nerad Litigation Zachary E. Oswald Investment Funds Greg Polins Intellectual Property Litigation Benjamin M. Rhode Restructuring Mariska S. Richards M&A/Private Equity Matthew J. Schlosser M&A/Private Equity Alexandra Schwarzman Restructuring Christopher J. Scully Investment Funds David A. Serna Capital Markets Ravi S. Shankar Litigation Angela M. Snell Restructuring Peter Stach M&A/Private Equity Karl Stampfl Litigation Ryan P. Swan Investment Funds Jonathan K. Tshiamala Litigation Nicholas Wasdin Litigation Eric L. White Litigation Dallas Name Practice Area Benjamin Adelson M&A/Private Equity Hong Kong Name Practice Area Jennifer Feng Investment Funds Han Gao M&A/Private Equity Karen Ho Debt Finance Carmen Lau M&A/Private Equity Amanda Tang Capital Markets Tarun Warriar Litigation/Restructuring Liyong Xing Investment Funds Houston Name Practice Area Ryan J. Copeland Debt Finance John D. Furlow M&A/Private Equity Chris Heasley M&A/Private Equity Chad Nichols Debt Finance Laura M. Stake Investment Funds Kyle M. Watson M&A/Private Equity Sarah E. Williams Litigation London Name Practice Area Tom Bartram M&A/Private Equity Dipak Bhundia M&A/Private Equity James Esterkin Real Estate Finance Melanie J. Johnson M&A/Private Equity Tom McCarthy M&A/Private Equity Philip McEachen Financial Services Regulatory Andrea Renold Investment Funds Mike Robert-Smith Antitrust/Competition Michael Taufner Capital Markets Jennifer F. Wilson Technology & IP Transactions Los Angeles Name Practice Area Kevin Bendix Intellectual Property Litigation Gavin C.P. Campbell Litigation Annie Cheng Real Estate Faris N. Elrabie Investment Funds Austin G. Glassman Debt Finance Bianca Levin-Soler M&A/Private Equity Nichole E. Lopez-Tackett Debt Finance Austin C. Norris Litigation Benjamin Maxwell Sadun Litigation W.F. Cody Sonntag Real Estate Munich Name Practice Area Dr. Thomas Krawitz M&A/Private Equity New York Name Practice Area Carrie J. Bodner Litigation Ryan K. Brissette M&A/Private Equity Jared M. Bryant Debt Finance Matthew Fagen Restructuring Elizabeth A. Freechack M&A/Private Equity James Jian Hu M&A/Private Equity Luke R. Jennings Capital Markets Samuel I. Kaplan Capital Markets Andrew D. Kimball M&A/Private Equity Adam Kool Tax Jayk Kooper M&A/Private Equity Sam Kwon Intellectual Property Litigation Terence Y. Leong Litigation Thomas M. Marbury M&A/Private Equity Duncan K.R. McKay Debt Finance Jessica T. Murray M&A/Private Equity Keri Schick Norton M&A/Private Equity Eddy Park Real Estate Michael J. Pergler Investment Funds Lauren H. Rakower M&A/Private Equity Aaron D. Resetarits Intellectual Property Litigation Ryan Roberts Tax Christina Shin Antitrust/Competition Michelle Six Litigation Ian Spain Litigation Yuli Wang Debt Finance Aparna Yenamandra Restructuring Palo Alto Name Practice Area Amir Freund Intellectual Property Litigation Jonathan Manor M&A/Private Equity San Francisco Name Practice Area Reza Dokhanchy Intellectual Property Litigation Jacob H. Johnston Litigation Barry S. Le Vine Investment Funds Natalie M. Logan M&A/Private Equity Austin S. Pollet M&A/Private Equity Kristen P.L. Reichenbach Intellectual Property Litigation Christopher Wynne Investment Funds Heidi Yuen Tax Shanghai Name Practice Area Shuting Qi M&A/Private Equity Rongjing Zhao M&A/Private Equity Washington, D.C. Name Practice Area Devin S. Anderson Litigation Ronald K. Anguas Jr. Litigation Kathleen A. Brogan Litigation Tracie Bryant Litigation Abigail E. Lauer Intellectual Property Litigation Christopher J. Maner Litigation Kasdin Miller Mitchell Appellate Litigation C. 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Oct 1

4 min