Lanchi D. Huynh

Since joining Kirkland, Lanchi has been involved in the following matters:

• EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) in its $35 billion merger with Equitrans Midstream Corporation (NYSE: ETRN)

• Daseke Inc. (NASDAQ: DSKE) in its $1.1 billion sale to TFI International Inc. (NYSE: TFII)

• Rice Acquisition Corp II (NYSE: RONI), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.459 billion business combination with NET Power LLC, a clean energy technology company

• EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) in its $5.2 billion acquisition from THQ Appalachia I, LLC and THQ-XcL Holdings I, LLC (affiliates of Quantum Energy Partners and Tug Hill Operating) of their direct and indirect upstream and midstream subsidiaries and associated oil and gas assets, properties and gathering systems in the Appalachian Basin

• Archaea Energy Inc. (NYSE: LFG), an industry-leading renewable natural gas company, in its $4.1 billion sale to bp p.l.c. (NYSE: BP)

• Nine Energy Service, Inc. in its registered offering of units consisting of $300 million in aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes and 1.5 million shares of common stock

• Archaea Energy Inc. (NYSE: LFG) in the underwritten offering of 14.9 million shares of the Company’s Class A common stock by an affiliate of Ares Management Corporation 

• Rice Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $300 million initial public offering 

• Rice Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.15 billion business combination with Aria Energy LLC and Archaea Energy LLC to form Archaea Energy, a publicly-traded renewable natural gas platform 

• Neiman Marcus, the Dallas-based luxury retailer and operator of Bergdorf Goodman, in its upsized $1.1 billion private offering of senior secured notes

• Ascena Retail Group, Inc. and its affiliates in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Virginia. Ascena is a leading specialty retailer for women and girls with a collective of seven brands, including Ann Taylor, LOFT, Lou & Grey, Lane Bryant, Cacique, Catherines, and Justice, and over 2,800 stores, approximately 37,000 employees, and $1.6 billion in funded debt

• The selling stockholders, including Warburg Pincus, Yorktown Partners and Pine Brook Road Advisors, in connection with offerings of approximately $325 million of common stock of Brigham Minerals, Inc.

• J. C. Penney Company, Inc. and 17 of its affiliates in their pre-arranged Chapter 11 cases. JCPenney, an iconic American retail staple tracing its roots back to 1902, includes private brands such as Liz Claiborne, St. John’s Bay, Stafford, and Arizona Jean Co. JCPenney employs more than 85,000 people, manages a massive supply chain with nearly 3,000 vendors and eleven domestic shipping facilities, and operates approximately 850 stores in the United States and Puerto Rico, in addition to a substantial e-commerce business. With approximately $4.9 billion in debt, JCPenney entered bankruptcy with a Restructuring Support Agreement that carries broad first lien stakeholder support and is expected to substantially de-lever the company’s balance sheet

• EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) in its Rule 144A offering of $500 million in aggregate principal amount of convertible senior notes and associated derivatives transactions

• EQT Corporation on its 15-year gas gathering agreement with EQM Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: EQM) covering Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and the associated buyback of 25.3 million of EQT’s shares held in Equitrans Midstream Corporation

• EQT Corporation in its $1.75 billion registered offering of senior notes

• Magnetar Capital in its up to $250 million preferred equity investment in WaterBridge Holdings, as part of an equity capital raise involving Five Point Energy, an affiliate of GIC and WaterBridge management to fund strategic acquisitions of water infrastructure from Primexx Energy Partners, Tall City Exploration III and Jetta Permian 

• SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. in its Rule 144A offering of $400 million of convertible senior notes

• Callon Petroleum Company in its $3.2 billion acquisition of Carrizo Oil & Gas, Inc. in an all-stock transaction

• EXCO Resources, Inc. in its Chapter 11 restructuring in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. EXCO Resources, Inc. is an oil and natural gas exploration, exploitation, acquisition, development and production company headquartered in Dallas, Texas with principal operations in Texas, North Louisiana and the Appalachia region. EXCO listed approximately $1.4 billion of funded debt obligations at the time of filing

• Riviera Resources, Inc. in its tender offer to repurchase $133 million of its common stock

• Nine Energy Service, Inc. in its Rule 144A/Reg S offering of $400 million of senior notes

Prior to joining Kirkland, Lanchi was involved in the following matters:

• SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. in its $276 million initial public offering of common stock and in a $461 million public offering of common stock by selling stockholders

• Nine Energy Service, Inc. in its $161 million initial public offering of common stock

• Daseke, Inc. in its combined $164 million public offerings of common stock

• RSP Permian, Inc. in its $448 million initial public offering of common stock and in its combined $562 million follow-on public offerings of common stock

• Pioneer Natural Resources Company in its combined $1.8 billion public offerings of common stock

• MoneyGram International Inc. in a $150 million public offering of common stock by selling stockholders

• Underwriters to Heartland Express, Inc. in a $89 million public offering of common stock by a selling stockholder

• Underwriters to Covenant Transportation Group, Inc. in its $67 million public offering of common stock

• Mewbourne Energy Partners in its combined $500+ million private placements of partnership interests

• RSP Permian, Inc. in its $500 million offering of senior notes

• CrownRock, L.P. in its combined $550 million offerings of senior notes

• IronGate Energy Services LLC in its combined $214 million offering of senior notes

• Northern Tier Energy LP in its $275 million offering of senior notes

• Southwest Airlines Co. in its $300 million investment grade offering of notes

• HollyFrontier Corporation in its $250 million investment grade offering of senior notes

• Holly Corporation in its $7 billion merger with Frontier Oil Corporation, creating one of the largest independent refiners in the United States

• Southwest Airlines in its $3.4 billion acquisition of AirTran Holdings

• Daseke, Inc. in its acquisition of Aveda Transportation and Energy Services, one of the largest oil rig moving companies in North America

• Private equity sponsor in the sale of Key 3 Casting, LLC, a manufacturer of iron and aluminum castings

• Private equity sponsor in the sale of Minyard Food Stores

• BlueScope Steel in the $145 million private auction sale of its U.S. metal and insulated panels division (Metl-Span) to NCI Building Systems

• Riverstone Holdings in the $1.275 billion sale of Dynamic Offshore Resources to SandRidge Energy

Vinson & Elkins LLP, 2006–2018