Press Release

Kirkland Advises Quantum Capital Group, 547 Energy and ConnectGen on Sale of ConnectGen to Repsol

Kirkland & Ellis advised Quantum, a provider of capital to the global energy and energy transition industries, its global renewable energy development platform, 547 Energy, and renewable energy platform ConnectGen, on the sale of ConnectGen to Repsol for approximately $768 million. Based in Houston, Texas, ConnectGen is a renewable developer with a multi-technology approach and full in-house development capabilities. ConnectGen’s development pipeline includes 20,000 MW of onshore wind, solar and energy storage projects at different levels of maturity across the U.S.

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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners John Pitts and Zach Savrick and associates Abbey Zuech and Cat Leveque; debt finance partners Rob Eberhardt and Jordan Roberts; tax partners David Wheat and Ryan Phelps; and executive compensation partners Stephen Jacobson and Jabir Yusoff.