Kirkland & Ellis counseled Ares Management's Infrastructure Opportunities and Alternative Credit strategies on its strategic investment into Bluepeak, a leading provider of fiber broadband to residential and commercial customers in communities across the Great Plains region. Ares joins existing investor GI Data Infrastructure to help accelerate Bluepeak's fiber-to-the-home expansion. Read GI Partners’ press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Rob Goodin and Alec Manzer; debt finance partners Rohit Chaudhry and Sebastian Chan; and tax partner Bill Dong; and included corporate associates Jessica Berkowitz, Kara Von Schnackenberg, and Claire Wolf; and tax associate David Gilbert.