James H.M. Sprayregen, P.C.

Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Energy Future Holdings Corp. (EFH) on its agreement with Berkshire Hathaway Energy Company (BHE) for newly formed subsidiaries of BHE to acquire via merger 100 percent of the equity of EFH and certain of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including EFH’s approximately 80 percent indirect interest in Oncor Electric Delivery Company (Oncor), with a total enterprise value of about $18.1 billion. The merger agreement will be filed publicly as part of the restructuring of EFH currently before the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. The merger agreement is part of an overall plan of reorganization that is designed to allow EFH to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Bankruptcy court approval of EFH entering into the merger agreement is required for the agreement to be binding upon EFH and Energy Future Intermediate Holding Company LLC (EFIH). The parties will request that the bankruptcy court approve EFH’s entry into the agreement as soon as practicable. The full release is available here. The Kirkland team that led this deal includes corporate partners Andrew Calder, John Pitts and Veronica Nunn and associates David Thompson, David Moore and Stella Tang; restructuring partners James Sprayregen, Edward Sassower, Marc Kieselstein and Chad Husnick and associates Aparna Yenamandra, Rebecca Chaikin, Kevin McClelland, Christopher Kochman, Patrick Venter and Daniel Rudewicz; tax partners Todd Maynes, Gregory Gallagher and Sara Zablotney and associate Anthony Sexton; litigation partners Mark McKane, Bryan Stephany and Jonathan Ganter; and capital markets partners Dennis Myers and Wayne Williams.

Jul 7

1 min

In the 2018 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Kirkland & Ellis is ranked in Band 1 in 20 categories, and is recognized as a leading law firm in 42 additional categories. Chambers & Partners produces the internationally recognized guide to the legal profession in the U.S. market by conducting thousands of interviews with private practice attorneys and clients. A summary of Kirkland's rankings is here. Chambers & Partners also recognized the following 157 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months: Kenneth Adamo Richard Aftanas Adam Alper Gregory Arovas Eugene Assaf Christian Atwood Jon Ballis Leora Ben-Ami Scott Berger Erica Berthou William Bos Nader Boulos Paul Brinkman Robert Brock Rachel Brown Christopher Butler Andrew Calder Rachel Cantor David Castro Dale Cendali Rohit Chaudhry Eunu Chun Paul Clement Henry DePippo Mark Director David Dixon Edward Donovan Stuart Drake Barack Echols Kevin Ehrhart Bruce Ettelson Michael Falk Scott Falk Bartow Farr David Feirstein Mark Filip Damon Fisher Michael Foradas David Fox Patrick Gallagher Andrew Genser Douglas Gessner Richard Godfrey Asheesh Goel Sandra Goldstein Samantha Good Scott Gordon Christopher Greco Leo Greenberg Nicole Greenblatt Ashley Gregory Robert Luke Guerra Jeffrey Hammes Joshua Hanna Jonathan Henes Andrew Herman Louis Hernandez Stephen Hessler Sean Hill Neil Hirshman Mark Holscher Walter Holzer James Hurst Chad Husnick Sarkis Jebejian Sonali Shah Jindal Ian John Scott Jones Chris Kallos Jason Kanner Natalie Keller Marc Kieselstein Michelle Kilkenney Gregg Kirchhoefer Christopher Kirkham Sarah Kirson Robert Kopecky Joshua Korff Mark Kovner Ross Kwasteniet Brian Land Daniel Laytin Garrett Leach Jay Lefkowitz Russell Levine William Levy Daniel Lewis Russell Light Jeremy Liss Gregg LoCascio Rick Madden Mario Mancuso Christopher Marcus Aaron Marks Peter Martelli Todd Maynes Hamed Meshki Lee Morlock Kenneth Morrison Erin Murphy Jordan Murray James Mutchnik Linda Myers Patrick Nash David Nemecek Emily Nicklin James Nowacki John O'Neil Matthew Pacey Francesco Penati Sanford Perl Daniel Perlman John Pitts Scott Price Craig Primis Jay Ptashek Claudia Ray Matt Reilly Stephen Ritchie Donald Rocap Sean Rodgers Anna Rotman Andrew Running Jared Rusman Edward Sassower Anup Sathy Jonathan Schechter Eric Schiele David Seligman Jason Serlenga Jeffrey Sheffield Dean Shulman Andrew Small Leslie Smith William Sorabella Anthony Speier James Sprayregen George Stamas Sarah Stasny Matthew Steinmetz James Stempel William Streff William Stuckwisch Joshua Sussberg Paul Tanaka Seth Traxler Andy Veit Eric Wedel Ross Weisman Michael Weisser William Welke Daniel Wolf Andrew Wright Michael Wright Thomas Yannucci Sara Zablotney David Zott

May 3

2 min

In the 2019 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Kirkland & Ellis is ranked in Band 1 in 21 categories, and is recognized as a leading law firm in 41 additional categories. Chambers & Partners produces the internationally recognized guide to the legal profession in the U.S. market by conducting thousands of interviews with private practice attorneys and clients. A summary of Kirkland's rankings is here. Chambers & Partners also recognized the following 161 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months: Kenneth Adamo Adam Alper Gregory Arovas Eugene Assaf Christian Atwood Jon Ballis Brooksany Barrowes Leora Ben-Ami Scott Berger Erica Berthou Pippa Bond William Bos Nader Boulos Paul Brinkman Robert Brock Rachel Brown Christopher Butler Andrew Calder Rachel Cantor David Castro Dale Cendali Rohit Chaudhry Eunu Chun Paul Clement Armand Della Monica Henry DePippo David Dixon Edward Donovan Stuart Drake Barack Echols Neil Eggleston Kevin Ehrhart Bruce Ettelson Michael Falk Scott Falk Alexandra Farmer Bartow Farr Mark Filip Damon Fisher Robert Fleishman Michael Foradas Brian Ford David Fox Patrick Gallagher Douglas Gessner Richard Godfrey Asheesh Goel Sandra Goldstein Samantha Good Scott Gordon Christopher Greco Leo Greenberg Nicole Greenblatt Ashley Gregory Jeffrey Hammes Joshua Hanna Brendan Head Jonathan Henes Louis Hernandez Stephen Hessler Sean Hill Neil Hirshman Mark Holscher Walter Holzer James Hurst Chad Husnick Sarkis Jebejian Sonali Shah Jindal Ian John Chris Kallos Jason Kanner Natalie Keller Marc Kieselstein Michelle Kilkenney Anne Kim Gregg Kirchhoefer Christopher Kirkham Sarah Kirson Robert Kopecky Joshua Korff Mark Kovner Ross Kwasteniet Brian Land Daniel Lavon-Krein Daniel Laytin Garret Leach Jay Lefkowitz Russell Levine William Levy Russell Light Jeremy Liss Gregg LoCascio Rick Madden Mario Mancuso Christopher Marcus Aaron Marks Peter Martelli Todd Maynes Hamed Meshki Lee Morlock Kenneth Morrison Erin Murphy Jordan Murray James Mutchnik Linda Myers Steven Napolitano Patrick Nash David Nemecek Emily Nicklin James Nowacki John O'Neil Matthew Pacey Francesco Penati Sanford Perl Daniel Perlman John Pitts Scott Price Craig Primis Jay Ptashek Claudia Ray Matt Reilly Stephen Ritchie Donald Rocap Sean Rodgers Anna Rotman Andrew Running Jared Rusman Kelly Ryan Edward Sassower Anup Sathy Jonathan Schechter Eric Schiele Mark Schneider David Seligman Jason Serlenga Monica Shilling Dean Shulman Joshua Simmons Andrew Small Leslie Smith Anthony Speier James Sprayregen Matthew Steinmetz James Stempel William Stuckwisch Joshua Sussberg Paul Tanaka Rahul Vashi Andy Veit Eric Wedel Ross Weisman Michael Weisser William Welke David Wheat Sean Wheeler Daniel Wolf Michael Woronoff Andrew Wright Thomas Yannucci Sara Zablotney David Zott

Apr 25

2 min

Milbank LLP Singapore-based partner Jacqueline Chan will speak on a panel discussion titled “Healing Businesses in a New World: Problems, Opportunities and Solutions” at the Singapore (SG) Courts “Conversations with the Community” event on March 27.~~The session will examine several key issues impacting the global insolvency and restructuring terrain, including a rapidly changing geopolitical landscape that has seen an increasingly fragmented world and a resetting of globalization norms and free trade assumptions; an evolving regulatory environment and the use of sanctions to shape business decisions and conduct; and the growing concern over climate change and the progressively strident voice of environmental activism. The panelists will address whether the present architecture for resolving insolvencies is able to rise to the challenge, particularly in the context of the often-competing interests of debtors and creditors. The session will also explore the thesis that an effective regime is designed to facilitate entrepreneurship and innovation, as well as the comparative positions of a debtor-in-possession model and a creditor-driven model.~~Ms. Chan will be joined by keynote speaker Justice Kannan Ramesh; moderator Professor Hans Tjio of the National University of Singapore; James Sprayregen, founder of Kirkland & Ellis’ worldwide Restructuring Group and former partner at Kirkland & Ellis; Manoj Sandrasegara, partner at WongPartnership LLP; Lim Lian Hoon, partner and Managing Director of Alix Partners; and Harold Foo, Deputy Director in the Policy Advisory Division at the Ministry of Law.~~Regularly recognized as an exceptional leader and dealmaker by key industry publications, Ms. Chan advises on many of the most innovative, cutting-edge M&A, restructuring and corporate finance transactions in the Asia region. She was recently named “Lawyer of the Year” by The Best Lawyers 2024 in Insolvency and Reorganization Law in Singapore, an honor awarded to only a single lawyer in each practice area.~~Learn more about the SG Courts Conversations with the Community event series, which brings together leaders from the judiciary, academia and legal sectors to forge multi-sector collaboration aimed at galvanizing and propelling communities to act for the common good.

Mar 22

1 min

In the 2017 edition of Chambers USA, America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Kirkland is ranked in Tier 1 in 17 categories, and is recognized as a leading firm in 43 additional categories. Chambers & Partners produces the internationally recognized guide to the legal profession in the U.S. market by conducting thousands of interviews with private practice attorneys and sophisticated end-users of legal services. Chambers & Partners also recognized the following 139 Kirkland lawyers for their individual achievements over the past 12 months: Kenneth Adamo Richard Aftanas Adam Alper Gregory Arovas Eugene Assaf Jon Ballis Paul Basta Leora Ben-Ami Scott Berger William Bos Nader Boulos Robert Brock Rachel Brown Christopher Butler Andrew Calder Rachel Cantor Dale Cendali Eunu Chun Paul Clement Andrew Clubok Michael De Vries Henry DePippo Mark Director David Dixon Edward Donovan Stuart Drake Barack Echols Kevin Ehrhart Bruce Ettelson Michael Falk Scott Falk Bartow Farr David Feirstein Mark Filip Damon Fisher Michael Foradas David Fox Patrick Gallagher Bruce Gelman Douglas Gessner Richard Godfrey Samantha Good Scott Gordon Leo Greenberg Nicole Greenblatt Ashley Gregory Robert Luke Guerra Jeffrey Hammes Joshua Hanna Jonathan Henes Andrew Herman Louis Hernandez Stephen Hessler Neil Hirshman Mark Holscher Walter Holzer Vicki Hood James Hurst Chad Husnick Sarkis Jebejian Sonali Shah Jindal Chris Kallos Natalie Keller Robert Khuzami Marc Kieselstein Michelle Kilkenney Gregg Kirchhoefer Christopher Kirkham Sarah Kirson Robert Kopecky Joshua Korff Mark Kovner Brian Land Christopher Landau Daniel Laytin Jay Lefkowitz Russell Levine William Levy Daniel Lewis Russell Light Mark Lillie Gregg LoCascio Walter Lohmann Rick Madden Mario Mancuso Todd Maynes Hamed Meshki Kenneth Morrison Erin Murphy James Mutchnik Linda Myers Patrick Nash David Nemecek Emily Nicklin John O'Neil Francesco Penati Sanford Perl Daniel Perlman John Pitts Scott Price Craig Primis Jay Ptashek Claudia Ray Matt Reilly Yosef Riemer Stephen Ritchie Donald Rocap Sean Rodgers Andrew Running Edward Sassower Anup Sathy Jonathan Schechter David Seligman Joseph Serino Jeffrey Sheffield Dean Shulman Andrew Small Leslie Smith Matthew Solum William Sorabella Anthony Speier James Sprayregen George Stamas Sarah Stasny Matthew Steinmetz James Stempel William Streff William Stuckwisch Joshua Sussberg Seth Traxler Ross Weisman Michael Weisser William Welke Daniel Wolf Andrew Wright Michael Wright Thomas Yannucci Sara Zablotney David Zott

May 26

2 min