Melissa Kalka, Patrick Moneypenny, Andy Calder, Jacqueline Scioli, Steve Butler, Joseph Tootle, Kelann Stirling, Reese Gwin
January 24, 2026
Kirkland Represents Global Infrastructure Partners in Connection with the Sale of Equity Stake in NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG Project to ADNOC
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- Kirkland & Ellis represented Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP) in the sale of an equity stake in Phase 1 (Trains 1-3) of NextDecade Corporation’s Rio Grande LNG project in Texas to ADNOC
- The legal team included corporate partners Melissa Kalka, Patrick Moneypenny, Andy Calder, and Jacqueline Scioli, tax partners Steve Butler and Joseph Tootle, debt finance partner Kelann Stirling, and corporate associate Reese Gwin.
Kirkland & Ellis advised Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), one of the world’s premier infrastructure investors, on the sale of an equity stake in Phase 1 (Trains 1-3) of NextDecade Corporation’s (Nasdaq: NEXT) Rio Grande LNG, a leading liquefied natural gas export project located in Texas, to ADNOC. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Melissa Kalka, Patrick Moneypenny, Andy Calder and Jacqueline Scioli; and included tax partners Steve Butler and Joseph Tootle; debt finance partner Kelann Stirling; and corporate associate Reese Gwin.
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Melissa Kalka, Patrick Moneypenny, Andy Calder, Jacqueline Scioli, Steve Butler, Joseph Tootle, Kelann Stirling, Reese Gwin
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