Kirkland & Ellis advised Antero Resources Corporation (NYSE: AR), an independent natural gas and natural gas liquids company engaged in the acquisition, development and production of unconventional properties located in the Appalachian Basin in West Virginia and Ohio, in connection with its entry into a new unsecured credit facility with lender commitments of $1.65 billion. Read the transaction press release The team was led by debt finance partners Rachael Lichman and Layton Bell and associates James Kelly, Daly Brower and Samiya Javed, with assistance from tax partner Mark Dundon and associate Sydney Jensen; government, regulatory & internal investigations partner Nick Niles; environmental transactions partner Jon Kidwell and associate Thomas Boynton; and investment funds regulatory partner Phil Giglio.