Kirkland & Ellis advised Blackstone on its definitive agreement to acquire a majority interest in Westwood Professional Services, Inc., a leading engineering and design firm focused on renewables, power, real estate and public infrastructure end markets. Westwood provides front-end engineering design services supporting the development of renewable energy generation, investment in the power grid and the continued buildout of public and private infrastructure across the United States. Read Blackstone’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Cy Jones and Zach Savrick and associates Peter Hyams, Bridget Hamway, Alexiz Magro-Malo, Tristan Prentice and Clare Hughes; executive compensation partners Stephen Jacobson and Jabir Yusoff; debt finance partners Yuli Wang and Michelle Williamson; and tax partners Mark Dundon and Rebecca Fine.