Marco Chan

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

• Newfield Exploration Co. (NYSE: NFX) on its acquisition in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $5.5 billion by Encana Corp. (TSX, NYSE: ECA)
• Jones Energy Inc. and its affiliates in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Texas. Jones Energy is an Austin, Texas based independent oil and gas company engaged in the exploration, development, production, and acquisition of oil and gas properties in the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma and Texas that fully equitized over $1 billion in funded debt and preferred equity obligations. Jones obtained confirmation of its uncontested plan just three weeks after filing. (OTCQX: JONE)
• BP Energy Company in connection with a $200 million secured letter of credit facility used to backstop plugging and abandonment obligations provided to affiliates of Cox Oil, LLC, a privately-owned oil and gas company operating in the Gulf of Mexico, in the acquisition of Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. (NASDAQ: EGC)

Prior to joining Kirkland, Marco was involved in the following representations:

• Texas Central Partners in a $300 million delayed draw credit facility in connection with the development of a high speed rail project between Houston and Dallas
• CSI Compressco LP in connection with its SEC-registered offering of $350 million aggregate principal amount of 7.500% senior secured first lien notes
• Daseke, Inc., the largest flatbed and specialized transportation and logistics solutions company in North America, in connection with its merger agreement with Aveda Transportation and Energy Services, one of the largest oil rig moving companies in North America
• Daseke, Inc., in connection with the acquisition of three top-tier flatbed and specialized carriers: Tennessee Steel Haulers & Co., the Roadmaster Group and Moore Freight Service
• Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as lead left arranger and administrative agent, in a $240 million revolving credit facility and term loan to a hedge funds investment manager
• Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as lead left arranger and administrative agent, in a $125 million secured revolving credit facility to a midstream oil and gas company
• A private equity firm, as borrower, in a $400 million revolving credit facility.
• Clearlake Capital Partners in connection with the restructuring and financing facilities of Knight Energy Holdings