Rustin M. Brown

Since joining Kirkland, Rustin has been involved in the following matters: 

• EIG Global Energy Partners in its $750 million acquisition of equity interests in South Texas Midstream, LLC, a newly-formed joint venture with NextEra Energy Partners, LP
• Brookfield Super-Core Infrastructure Partners, an infrastructure fund managed by Brookfield Asset Management Inc., in its approximately $2 billion acquisition of a 25 percent equity interest in Dominion Energy, Inc.’s Cove Point LNG LP.

Prior to joining Kirkland, Rustin was involved in the following matters:

• Represented Blackstone Group and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in the financing of its $2.0 billion acquisition of Ascend Learning LLC
• Represented MB Aerospace, a Blackstone Group portfolio company, in the financing of its acquisition of Asian Compressor Technology Services
• Represented Riverstone Holdings in the financing of its $1.6 billion acquisition of Lucid Energy Group II LLC
• Represented Centerbridge Partners in the financing of its $1.4 billion acquisition of Civitas Solutions, Inc.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Associate

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, Associate