Kirkland Advises Riverbend on its Divestment of Non-operated Portfolios

Kirkland & Ellis counseled Riverbend Energy Group and certain of its affiliates, on the execution of a definitive agreement with a private buyer for the sale of all of the equity interests in Riverbend Oil & Gas VI, LLC, Riverbend Oil & Gas VI-B, LLC and Riverbend Oil & Gas VIII, LLC, for total consideration of $1.8 billion.

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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Chad Smith and Lindsey Jaquillard and associate Jonathan Strom; with substantial assistance from corporate partners Bill Benitez and Josh Teahen; debt finance partners Will Bos and Jordan Roberts; tax partner David Wheat; and investment funds partners Susan Eisenberg and Luzia Vaczy.