Blake X. Longoria

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

• Talen Energy in the $785 million sale of its 1,710 MW portfolio of natural gas-fired generation facilities in ERCOT to CPS Energy
• Talen Energy in the $650 million sale of its nuclear-powered Cumulus data center campus to Amazon Web Services
• NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc. in an all-stock merger of equals transaction with Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc., resulting in a combined enterprise value of approximately $5.4 billion
• Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATCX), a leading provider of infrastructure and environmental solutions, in its acquisition by funds managed by GI Partners in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.05 billion
• VLS Environmental Solutions, an I Squared Capital portfolio company, in its acquisitions of Texas Molecular and SRE Environmental
• TPG Rise Climate in the formation of Rubicon Carbon as a next generation carbon solutions provider and Rubicon Carbon’s $1 billion capital raise (including co-investment)
• Red Bluff Resources and Bricktown Energy on their sale to Citizen Energy of substantially all of their oil and gas properties, which included ~13,000 BOEPD (56% liquids), 200 operated wells and 739 non-op wells and ~80,000 net acres
• I Squared Capital in its acquisition of VLS Environmental Solutions, a sustainability solutions and ESG-friendly waste services company
• TPG Rise Climate, a global impact investing platform managed by TPG Global, on its 1/3 equity investment in Monarch Bioenergy, a joint venture between Roeslein Alternative Energy and Smithfield Foods that is a leader in capturing agricultural methane emissions and converting them into carbon-negative renewable natural gas 
• Bernhard, an energy-as-a-service solutions company, in connection with a sale to DIF Capital Partners 
• HGGC in its sale of a majority stake in Beauty Industry Group (BIG), a leader in professionally installed and DIY hair extension products

Prior to Joining Kirkland, Blake was involved in the following matters:

Mergers and Acquisitions

• A grocery store operator in its agreement to acquire a grocery store chain with more than 250 stores from a major private equity fund for approximately $620 million
• A public company in its reorganization from a business trust into a Delaware corporation, whose market capitalization was approximately $6.2 billion prior to the market opening on the date of reorganization
• A major infrastructure investment fund in its acquisition of a North American provider of biosolids and residuals solutions to more than 800 municipal and industrial water and wastewater facilities
• A major infrastructure investment fund in its sale of an international rail line to a Canadian Class I Railway
• An integrated transportation management software developer in a controlling equity sale to a private equity fund
• A contract lifecycle management software developer in its sale to a strategic acquirer
• A private equity fund in its capital commitment in a management team pursuing acquisition and development opportunities in the Permian Basin
• A wind developer in the sale of a wind energy generation project
• A private equity fund in a $250 million preferred investment in a midstream company
• A management team in a $117 million acquisition of midstream and upstream assets in Arkansas

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