Kirkland & Ellis counseled the Power Opportunities Group of Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. on its partnering with Richards Manufacturing, which manufactures and services, among other things, network protectors, electrical connectors and related supplies and electrical equipment for the distribution utility sector, with members of the Bier Family. Read Richards Manufacturing’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Karen Flanagan and Hamed Meshki and associates Jonathan Khoury, Philippe Simard and Tammy Adereti; debt finance partners Andy Veit and Brian Ford and associates Scott Reid, Brittany Taylor, Ryan McNulty and Ryan McNamara; and tax partners Mike Beinus, Devin Heckman and Meredith Levy and associate Erin Mitchell.