Jessica Berkowitz

Kirkland & Ellis is pleased to announce that 200 attorneys have been promoted to partner effective October 1, 2024. Austin Name Practice Area Tanya Jane Embers Debt Finance Kelly King M&A and Private Equity James John Lomeo Intellectual Property Litigation Rachel Malhiet Tax John L. Polansky Intellectual Property Litigation Bay Area Name Practice Area Alistair Blacklock Litigation Michael Brar Investment Funds Psalm Cheung Antitrust & Competition Benjamin J. Jain M&A and Private Equity Todd Melchior Investment Funds Sean O'Connell Investment Funds Seth J. Pritchard Technology & IP Transactions Christopher Simpson Investment Funds Julia Waterhous ESG & Impact Michael White M&A and Private Equity Boston Name Practice Area Elizabeth M. Kelly Litigation Tony Mu Investment Funds William G. Phalen International Trade & National Security Kimberly Snyder M&A and Private Equity Chicago Name Practice Area Sarah K. Angelino Litigation Brian D. Arnfelt M&A and Private Equity Josephine Bae M&A and Private Equity Francesco A. Castaldi M&A and Private Equity Shirley Chan Litigation Alan Chen M&A and Private Equity Rob Dixon M&A and Private Equity Wes Gangi Investment Funds Frankie P. Gregg M&A and Private Equity Gabriela Zamfir Hensley Restructuring Adam M. Janes Intellectual Property Litigation Matthew Kita Debt Finance Jacob A. Klapholz Debt Finance Kelly McGinnis Kluka Healthcare Mike Kraft Litigation Neal Loughery Debt Finance Joshua Morgan Investment Funds Neha Nigam Litigation Caitlin Pyrce Employee Benefits Zoe Quick M&A and Private Equity Jasmina H. Resic Investment Funds Scottie Shermetaro Technology & IP Transactions Chris Stackhouse Litigation Claire Stephens Restructuring Katie J. Welch Litigation Carolyn J. Weltman Litigation Dallas Name Practice Area Jessica Berkowitz M&A and Private Equity John Christian Litigation Alexandra Dayneka-Hayes M&A and Private Equity Matthew Taylor Demopoulos Debt Finance James B. Kelly Debt Finance Ethan Joel Levinton Litigation Thomas Matteson M&A and Private Equity Jordan Rex M&A and Private Equity Skyler Sikes M&A and Private Equity Adam Wojcik M&A and Private Equity Hong Kong Name Practice Area Yawen Li M&A and Private Equity Mavis Sun Restructuring Mack Wan Investment Funds Jiayi Wang M&A and Private Equity Jonathan Yan M&A and Private Equity Leo Zhou M&A and Private Equity Houston Name Practice Area Ahmed N. Alrikhaimi Project Development & Construction Jack Chadderdon M&A and Private Equity Susan Czaikowski Investment Funds Jarrod Hunter Gamble M&A and Private Equity Peter Hyams M&A and Private Equity Grant Jones Litigation Daniel J. Kirksey Debt Finance Rebekah Kostelak Executive Compensation Charles H. Martin Debt Finance Nicole Dressler Martin Tax Brandon A. Newman Executive Compensation Orla O'Callaghan Litigation Danielle O'Neal Litigation Brittany Scheier M&A and Private Equity Gabrielle Sumich M&A and Private Equity Brittany Taylor Debt Finance Jacob Volz M&A and Private Equity Nathan Wolcott Investment Funds Michael Denney Wright Capital Markets London Name Practice Area Michael Akpomiemie Tax AJ Brown Capital Markets Fraser Burlingham Investment Funds Serguei Chevtchenko Capital Markets Gabrielle Chiu Investment Funds Alexander Clarke Investment Funds Fiona Coffee M&A and Private Equity Oliver Cutbill Investment Funds Jack Davies Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Raluca Dumitru Financial Services Regulatory Jef Dupont M&A and Private Equity Jamie Gordon M&A and Private Equity Kristin Hanshaw Investment Funds Alexandra Holden Debt Finance Julian Holland M&A and Private Equity Samantha Jones Antitrust & Competition Rhett McPhie Investment Funds Kunal Nathwani Tax Joseph O'Brien M&A and Private Equity Rohan Sahai Capital Markets Luke Scott Investment Funds Will Seal Restructuring Daniel Stathis Restructuring Yanru Tao Investment Funds Ben Zeris Technology & IP Transactions Los Angeles Name Practice Area Maisie Allison Litigation Elena Babakhanyan Debt Finance Spencer Brass M&A and Private Equity Timothy M. Cory Investment Funds Aura Gilham Investment Funds Nathaniel Edward Haas Litigation Sarkis Haroutunian Real Estate Phillip M. Kim Real Estate Leland Langston Investment Funds Peter Liskanich M&A and Private Equity Ugo Nwasike Investment Funds Joe Porter M&A and Private Equity Christian Rivas Debt Finance Michael J. Shea Investment Funds Philippe Simard M&A and Private Equity Van Whiting Capital Markets Andrew Won Debt Finance Arman Zadeh Investment Funds Miami Name Practice Area Gardner Bell M&A and Private Equity Paige S. Comparato Litigation Ashley Garcia Investment Funds Ngozi J. Nezianya M&A and Private Equity Alex Roggio Investment Funds Munich Name Practice Area Johannes Lappe Restructuring Maximilian Liegl M&A and Private Equity Ann-Kathrin Ziegler Restructuring New York Name Practice Area Marie-Joe Abi-Nassif M&A and Private Equity Nicholas Adzima Restructuring Vinicius A. Beraldo Debt Finance Maria L. Bourdeau Trusts & Estates Travis Bruno Executive Compensation Lisa S. Cha Executive Compensation Bradley Cho Debt Finance Julia Y. Choi Debt Finance Erica D. Clark Restructuring Paige N. Costakos Executive Compensation Ross J. Fiedler Restructuring John Folkerth Investment Funds Gina Park Garcia Real Estate Adamantia Giannakis Real Estate Amanda B. Gottlieb M&A and Private Equity Ethan Green Investment Funds Ashley Grolig Litigation Raghav Gupta Debt Finance Zahraa Hadi M&A and Private Equity Yoonie Han Debt Finance Matthew B. Hershkowitz Intellectual Property Litigation Adam Holzschuh M&A and Private Equity Alee Jamel Tax Anusheh Khoshsima Employment & Labor Esther Kim Investment Funds David B. Kobray Debt Finance Amanda Lamothe-Cadet Litigation Alexander Lazar Investment Funds Sandra Lewitz M&A and Private Equity Dan Li M&A and Private Equity Eric Li M&A and Private Equity Zachary R. Manning Restructuring Sumer Marquette M&A and Private Equity Ashley Martin Debt Finance Callie McBreen Investment Funds Annemarie Mierzejewski Executive Compensation Adam Mohamed Debt Finance Giorgia A. Nagalli M&A and Private Equity Ashlee Newman Investment Funds Patrick O'Connor M&A and Private Equity Abbey Quigley Intellectual Property Litigation Alix Simnock M&A and Private Equity Divya Suwasini Investment Funds Oliver Yee M&A and Private Equity Paris Name Practice Area Louise Chappey Tax Riyadh Name Practice Area Husni Almousli Restructuring Salt Lake City Name Practice Area Robert M. Ahlander Investment Funds Michael Farrell Tax Mike Lehr Litigation Garrett W. Messerly Litigation Jonathan R. Palmer Investment Funds David R. Williams Litigation Washington, D.C. Name Practice Area Chris Brassfield Antitrust & Competition Ashley Cade Intellectual Property Litigation Soowan Julia Choi Litigation Nicole M. Cleminshaw Government, Regulatory & Internal Investigations Kayla M. Davis Employment & Labor Leah Hamlin Litigation Bradley Jensen Debt Finance William P. Lane Investment Funds Luke P. McGuire Litigation Matthew J. McIntee Intellectual Property Litigation Yaffa A. Meeran Litigation Camille Mott Investment Funds Meredith Pohl Litigation Chad Richards Energy Regulatory James C. Robinson Litigation Lauren Taylor Antitrust & Competition Lany L. Villalobos Executive Compensation Note: For certain partners, admission will take effect when any necessary regulatory requirements have been satisfied.

Oct 1

5 min

Kirkland & Ellis is advising LM Energy, a Dallas-based midstream company backed by Old Ironsides Energy, on the carveout sale of LM Energy’s crude oil gathering business in the Delaware Basin. The transaction includes 130 miles of crude pipelines and two terminals with 136,000 barrels of crude storage capacity in Eddy and Lea Counties, New Mexico. The transaction is expected to close during the fourth quarter of 2023. LM Energy will continue to operate its gas midstream system in the Delaware Basin. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team is led by corporate partners Kevin Crews and Adam Garmezy and associates Jessica Berkowitz, Max Chaffetz and Daly Brower; debt finance partners Lucas Spivey and James Bedotto and associates James Kelly and Michael Brunetti; tax partners David Wheat and Joe Tobias and associate David Gilbert; real assets partner Pat Corrigan; energy regulatory partner Brooksany Barrowes and associate Chad Richards; environmental transactions partners Jon Kidwell and Jennifer Cornejo and associate Courtney Tibbetts; employee benefits partner Maureen O’Brien; employment & labor partners Christie Alcala and R.D. Kohut; executive compensation partner Stephen Jacobson; and antitrust partner Michael Thorpe.

Sep 26

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis counseled Ares Management's Infrastructure Opportunities and Alternative Credit strategies on its strategic investment into Bluepeak, a leading provider of fiber broadband to residential and commercial customers in communities across the Great Plains region. Ares joins existing investor GI Data Infrastructure to help accelerate Bluepeak's fiber-to-the-home expansion. Read GI Partners’ press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Rob Goodin and Alec Manzer; debt finance partners Rohit Chaudhry and Sebastian Chan; and tax partner Bill Dong; and included corporate associates Jessica Berkowitz, Kara Von Schnackenberg, and Claire Wolf; and tax associate David Gilbert.

Feb 29

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis counseled Braya Renewable Fuels, a Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada-based producer of low-emission renewable fuels, on a $300 million preferred equity investment from Energy Capital Partners (ECP), a leading energy transition focused investor in the electricity, clean energy, renewable and sustainable infrastructure sectors. Read Braya’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Tony Johnston and associate Jessica Berkowitz with support from associates Colleen Haile and Daly Brower; and included tax partner Stephen Butler and associate Nicole Martin.

Apr 21

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis represented Braemont Capital, a relationship-driven investment firm that partners with entrepreneurs, family business owners and management teams to capitalize on key growth catalysts, on its investment in VFN Holdings, Inc. (Vero Networks), a fiber infrastructure business and broadband internet provider. The combined $500 million investment was made in partnership with Hamilton Lane (Nasdaq: HLNE) and Delta-v Capital. The investment supports Vero Networks’ next phase of growth, accelerating the expansion of its fiber-to-the-premise and wholesale fiber networks, as well as continuing strategic M&A across new and existing U.S. markets. Read Braemont’s press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Thomas Laughlin, Jessica Berkowitz and Nicole Faria; tax lawyers David Wheat, Stephen Butler, Grant Newman and Griffin Peeples; and investment funds lawyers Matt Nadworny, Nathan Wolcott, Reem Ahmed and Allie Varra.

Feb 25

1 min