Kirkland & Ellis advised Abaco Energy Technologies, a leading global provider of proprietary power section technologies for downhole drilling, completion and remediation operations, on definitive agreements whereby Superior Energy Services, Inc. will acquire Abaco. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2026. Read the transaction press release The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Stephen Noh, Jack Chadderdon, Shubi Arora, Samantha Siegler, Tyler Ciavarra, Alexa Wachsman, Jon Welfelt and Matt Bartnovsky; tax lawyers Stephen Butler, Brian Senie and Ally Nelson; capital markets lawyers Michael Rigdon, Erin Meziere, Robbie Dillard and Hannah Miller; debt finance lawyers Lucas Spivey, James Bedotto and Jacob Sims; antitrust & competition lawyers Michael Thorpe, Chris Brassfield, Maria Raptis and Nicholas Cagle; environmental transactions lawyers Paul Tanaka and Julie Molina; energy regulatory lawyers Damien Lyster and Ethan Borrasso; employment & labor lawyers Christie Alcala and Frank Policastri; employee benefits lawyers Justin Coddington and Jack Amaro; executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson, Jabir Yusoff and Kristen Tyler; technology & IP transactions lawyers Derek Ventling and Matt Darch; transactional liability lawyers Anna Geml, Jessica Sicsu and Hayley Hollender; litigation lawyer Nick Niles; and real estate lawyers John Goldman, Gina Garcia and Natalia Ortiz.