Kirkland & Ellis is advising middle market private equity firm Brightstar Capital on the acquisition of Ausenco. Brightstar, along with holding company Eldridge and investment firm Claure Group, announced a definitive agreement on September 21, 2023 to buy a majority stake in Ausenco from Resource Capital Fund VI LP and other co-investors. Australia-based Ausenco is a global integrated engineering and consulting services provider to the minerals and metals industries, and energy transition market. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team includes corporate partners Matthew Arenson, Michael Weisser and Ned Schultheis.