Kirkland Counsels RES and KKR on New and Continued Investments into RES
Kirkland & Ellis represented Resource Environmental Solutions, LLC (RES), the largest ecological restoration company in the United States, and investment funds affiliated with its existing investor Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP (KKR), in connection with the signing of definition documentation for investments into RES by affiliates of Onex Partners and KKR. Financial terms were not disclosed.
The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Kyle Watson and John Pitts and associates Daniel Cadis, Abbey Zuech and Evan Chavez, tax partner David Wheat and associate Ryan Phelps, environmental transactions partners Paul Tanaka and James Dolphin, executive compensation partner Rob Fowler and associate Karsten Busby, employee benefits partner Alexandra Mihalas and associate Kairvi Tijoriwala, employment and labor partners RD Kohut and Christine Lacku and associate Alexis Grinstead, debt finance partners Yuli Wang and Eric Wedel, real estate partner Andy Van Noord and associate Callie Poorman, antitrust and competition partner Carla Hine and with assistance from corporate associate Fernanda Langa.
