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January 23, 2026
Kirkland Advises Summit on its Shipping Partnership with Valero

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- Kirkland & Ellis advised Summit Carbon Solutions in a collaboration with Valero, a major corn ethanol producer and low-carbon transportation fuels leader, which will participate as a shipper on Summit’s pipeline
- This partnership is part of the largest proposed carbon capture and storage project globally
- The Kirkland team included partners and associates from corporate, tax, debt finance, and environmental transactions practices, led by Chad Smith and supported by several other attorneys.
Kirkland & Ellis counseled Summit Carbon Solutions on a collaboration with Valero, the world’s second-largest corn ethanol producer and a leader in low-carbon transportation fuels production, which will become a shipper on Summit’s pipeline, as part of the largest proposed carbon capture and storage project in the world. The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Chad Smith and associates Jarrod Gamble and Lyle Paul; tax partner Sam Kamyans and associate Amirali Azinfar; debt finance partners Rob Eberhardt, Tatiana Monastyrskaya and Jacqueline Trudeau; and environmental transactions partner Sam Dykstra; and included corporate partner Pat Corrigan.
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