Daniel Elizondo

Willkie represented Glendale Energy Ventures in the transaction. TPG Sixth Street Partners, a global finance and investment business, and Glendale Energy Ventures, LLC, a private Houston-based energy company, announced a new oil and gas investment partnership with an initial $500 million in capital commitments. The new partnership will use its flexible capital mandate to directly invest in the development and acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets across the United States. Glendale will work closely with TPG Sixth Street’s Houston-based energy team to provide capital solutions to operators by structuring investments in non-operated interests and operated-by-others (OBO) acquisitions. The partnership has already deployed funds with the completion of $55 million in acquisitions of non-operated interests in drilling pads located in Oklahoma’s premier STACK play. TPG Sixth Street Partners is a global finance and investment business with over $30 billion in assets under management. Glendale Energy Ventures makes direct asset level investments in upstream oil and gas assets across the United States. Glendale provides capital solutions to operators through joint ventures, non-operated joint development partnerships, and non-operated acquisitions. The transaction was handled by partner Michael Piazza, counsel Daniel Elizondo and associate Will Thanheiser at Willkie. Partner Robert Jacobson and associate Yaniv Maman provided tax advice.

Jun 18

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Unified Women’s Healthcare on its strategic partnership with CCRM Fertility, a leading network in fertility care and research. Unified is a practice management platform in women’s healthcare backed by Altas Partners, funds managed by the Private Equity Group of Ares Management and Oak HC/FT. Financial terms of the transaction, which was announced on June 18, 2021, were not disclosed. Read the Unified press release The team was led by corporate partners Christopher Wu and Daniel Elizondo and associates Kristina Mooradian and Sam Raffa and included debt finance partners Ashley Gregory and Kathryn Keves Leonard and associate Adam Mohamed, tax partner Vin Thorn and associate Liz Allison and executive compensation partner Jack Stratton and associates Tom Kotlowski and Anthony Ji.

Jun 23

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Snowhawk Partners, a newly formed private equity infrastructure firm focused on middle market companies supporting the digital transition in the cloud, connectivity and technology service sectors, on a strategic partnership with investment management firm Nuveen. The investment was announced on Tuesday, December 5, 2023. Nuveen is the $1.1 trillion asset manager of TIAA. With Snowhawk, Nuveen will have a broader access to attractive investing opportunities across the digital landscape, further building out Nuveen’s globally diversified infrastructure platform. The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Daniel Elizondo and investment funds partners Peter Vaglio and Stefan Paulovic, and included corporate associates D. Ryan Slaugh and Gilda Sophie Prestipino; investment fund partners Matthew Nadworny, Laura Stake and associates Misha Checkovich and Adam Pile; investment funds regulatory partners Alpa Patel and Olga Kamensky; tax partners Stephen Butler, Adam Nguyen and Jacob Walley; employment & labor partners Risa Salins and R.D. Kohut and associate Mallory Elise McKenzie; employee benefits of counsel Jack Bernstein and associate Caitlin Pyrce; and executive compensation partner Jack Stratton and associate Lany Villalobos.

Dec 6

1 min

Willkie Advised Houston Energy on the venture. On May 16, Houston Energy, L.P. ("Houston Energy") announced that it has entered into a strategic agreement with a private equity firm for deepwater Gulf of Mexico non- operated exploration projects. Houston Energy, L.P. is a privately held independent oil and gas company exploring the Offshore Gulf of Mexico, South Louisiana, and Texas Gulf Coast. Formed in 1988, Houston Energy is an industry leader in oil and gas prospect generation, recognized as a partner of choice for many of the Gulf of Mexico's top oil and gas operators based on its top-tier track record for economically finding and developing oil and gas reserves. The transaction was handled by partners Cody Carper, Michael Piazza, Robert Jacobson, counsel Daniel Elizondo and associate Lynn Abell.

May 17

1 min

Kirkland & Ellis advised Interblock, a leader in the development and supply of electronic table gaming products, in the strategic acquisition of specific assets from Aruze Gaming America Inc. The transaction marks a significant step in Interblock's ongoing growth strategy. Kirkland advised Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. on its original acquisition of Interblock in 2022. Read the Interblock press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Hamed Meshki and Daniel Elizondo and associate Michael Chung; and restructuring partner Patrick Nash and associate Evan Swager.

Jul 20

1 min