Thomas L. Evans

A private company in the issuance of over $100 million of asset-backed securities secured by operated producing oil and gas wells

Carvana Co. (“Carvana”), the leading e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars, in various capital markets transactions, including an exchange offer for up to $1 billion of Carvana’s five tranches of unsecured notes and related transactions

loanDepot, Inc., the second largest retail non-bank lender in the United States and leading retail mortgage lender, in its initial public offering 

Olympus Partners in its sale of Ennis-Flint Inc. 

Audio Visual Services Group, Inc. (PSAV) (portfolio company of Olympus Partners) in its acquisition of Hargrove, an events and exhibitions production company

PPC Partners in its acquisition of C.H. Guenther & Son, a leading manufacturer of branded and private label foods

The Pritzker Group and ProAmpac in its acquisition of Gateway Packaging Company, one of the largest pet food packaging manufacturers in North America

Peak Rock Capital and it's portfolio company CloudNine in the acquisition of the eDiscovery business from LexisNexis

MidOcean Partners in its pending sale of its majority interest in LegalShield to Stone Point Capital LLC

MidOcean Partners in its $1 billion sale of Water Pik, Inc. to Church & Dwight Co., Inc.

Blackstone Energy Partners and Sanchez Energy Corporation in the definitive purchase agreement to acquire Anadarko Petroleum Corporation’s working interest in approximately 318,000 gross operated acres in the Western Eagle Ford for approximately $2.3 billion

Sithe Global Power, an affiliate of The Blackstone Group, in its $1.2 billion sale of interests in two coal-fired power plants in The Philippines to Aboitiz Power Corp.

MidOcean Partners and Penton in the $1.56 billion sale of Penton to Informa plc

MidOcean Partners in its acquisition of Travelpro Group

Indigo Minerals LLC in its $375 million equity capital raise and the acquisition of certain producing properties and undeveloped acreage in the core of the Cotton Valley and Haynesville plays from a private exploration and development company

Seneca Resources Corporation in the formation of its drilling partnership to develop unconventional resources in Pennsylvania with an affiliate of IOG Capital, LP and Fortress Investment Group, LLC

GEP Haynesville LLC in its $850 million acquisition of Encana Corporation subsidiaries

Formation and structuring of Vine Film Finance Fund II and III, and subsequent offering to limited partners

Irving Place Capital Management in restructuring of its $2.7 billion Irving Place Capital Fund III

Numerous financings and securitizations as issuers’ counsel on behalf of Ally Bank, World Omni, CarMax, Wyndham, and others

Blackstone Energy Partners in its $700 million equity commitment to Windy Cove Energy LLC to acquire and develop carbon dioxide-enhanced oil recovery properties in the United States

Acquisition by Fleur de Lis Energy, LLC of LINN Energy’s Wolfberry positions in Ector and Midland counties in the Permian Basin

The Blackstone Group in its partnership with Black Rhino, an African infrastructure development company, to develop large-scale infrastructure projects across Sub-Saharan Africa with a focus on the energy industry

IPO by SunEdison Inc. of its SemiConductor business

IPO by SunEdison Inc. of its “YieldCo” subsidiary owning various solar projects

Acquisition by Zebra Technologies of Enterprise Business from Motorola Solutions for $3.45 billion

Acquisition by The Carlyle Group of industrial Packaging Segment from Illinois Tool Works for $3.2 billion

BP America in the sale of its aviation turbine engine oil business to Eastman Chemical

Arlington Capital in its acquisition of Delta Industries (Delaware) Limited Partnership

Marubeni Power International in its 90% acquisition of the 102.5 MW Shiloh IV wind project from EDF Renewable Asset Holdings

Landmark Partners in its acquisition of HM Capital’s Energy Portfolio

Arlington Capital Partners in its acquisition of MB Aerospace Holdings

Exelon Corporation in its joint venture with Constellation Energy Nuclear Group

MidOcean Partners in its acquisition of Water Pik

MidOcean Partners in its majority equity acquisition of Agilex Flavors & Fragrances

MidOcean Partners in its equity investment in All System Holding

Corporate Executive Board in its acquisition of SHL

MidOcean Partners and Crestview Partners in its sale of OneLink Communications

Francisco Partners in its acquisition of Kewill PLC.

The Corporate Executive Board Company in its acquisition of Valtera Corporation

American Industrial Partners in its acquisition of the U.S. subsidiaries of Hampson Industries

Marubeni Power International in MC Lakefield Holdings acquisition of LWP Lessee

MD Investors Corporation in the sale of Metaldyne LLC to American Securities

The Hardt Group GmbH in the sale of its Cenco and Atas Refinery assets to Cals Refineries Ltd.

Brookfield Power Inc. in its acquisition of a majority stake in 99 MW Granite Reliable Wind Farm

Tutor Perini Corporation in its acquisition of GreenStar Services Corporation

Sumitomo Corporation of America in its investment in Caithness Shepherds Flat

Tutor Perini Corporation in its acquisition of Lunda Construction Co.

Arlington Capital Partners in its acquisition and recapitalization of Iron Data

Irving Place Capital in its acquisition of Dots

Multi Packaging Solutions, Inc. in its acquisition of CD Cartondruck AG and its subsidiaries

Parthenon Capital in its acquisition of Austin Provider Solutions, Inc.

Vision Capital in its acquisition of United Initiators GmbH & Co. KG and Sweet Ovations Corporation from Speyside Equity

Constellation Energy in its acquisition of Colorado Bend Energy Center and Quail Run Energy Center, two natural gas combined-cycle generation facilities

Constellation Energy in its pending sale of UniStar Nuclear Energy to EDF S.A.

TNS, Inc. in its acquisition of Cequint, Inc.

MidOcean Partners in its equity investment in Olympus Holdings Group, LLC

June 2008–Current — Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Illinois

March 2001–June 2008 — Partner, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C.

1997–2001 — Senior Tax Counsel, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton, New York

1989–2001 — Professor of Law, University of Texas School of Law Austin, Texas (on leave of absence from 1997–1999)

1985–1988 — Associate Tax Legislative Counsel, U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Tax Policy (Tax Legislative Counsel). (From 1985–1987, Attorney-Advisor). Served under James A. Baker, III, Secretary of the Treasury, and Richard G. Darman, Deputy Secretary of the Treasury

1983–1985 — Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Illinois