Kirkland Represents NexCore in Acquisition of Kennedy Mechanical and Ryan Plumbing & Heating
Kirkland & Ellis advised NexCore, a commercial HVAC service platform backed by Dallas-based private equity firm, Trinity Hunt Partners, in its partnership with Kennedy Mechanical and Ryan Plumbing & Heating in Rochester, New York. The addition of Kennedy and Ryan continues NexCore’s expansion in the CHVAC services space, which began with the platform’s initial investment in Alliance Group and subsequent partnerships with Pratt & Smith and Sylvester and Cockrum.
The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Thomas Laughlin and associates Bridget Hamway and Sarah Walden; debt finance partners Lucas Spivey and James Bedotto and associates Daniel Kirksey and Aaron Shubert; tax partners David Wheat and Jon Nelsen; real estate partners Andrew Van Noord and John Thomas Goldman; investment funds partner Ian Jelsma; employment & labor partner Christie Alcala; employee benefits partner Justin Coddington; executive compensation partner Stephen Jacobson; environmental transactions partner Jonathan Kidwell; and technology & IP transactions partner Matt Lovell.
