Mark Dundon, P.C.

Since joining Kirkland, Mark’s representative matters have included:

• Tellurian Inc. (NYSE: TELL) $250 million senior secured notes and $83.334 million senior secured convertible notes
• Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (NYSE: KGS) in its $256 million initial public offering
• Lux Vending LLC dba Bitcoin Depot® in its business combination with GSR II Meteora Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: GSRM), a special purpose acquisition company
• Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV) in its $4.275 billion acquisition of all leasehold interest and related assets of Black Swan Oil & Gas, PetroLegacy Energy and Piedra Resources, and the concurrent $825 million sale of its Bakken assets
• Atlas Technical Consultants, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATCX), a leading provider of infrastructure and environmental solutions, in its acquisition by funds managed by GI Partners in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.05 billion
• Savage Enterprises, LLC in the sale of EnviroServe Inc., a provider of environmental and waste management services, to an affiliate of One Rock Capital Partners, LLC
• Blackstone in its successful underwritten secondary offering of 8,050,000 shares of Altus Power, Inc. (NYSE: AMPS) common stock for a price of $92,575,000, including the full exercise of the underwriters’ overallotment option
• Magnetar Capital’s Energy & Infrastructure group in connection with a $1.7 billion investment round in Double Eagle Energy Holdings IV and Tumbleweed Royalty IV 
• Blackstone Infrastructure Partners on its participation in a consortium of investors that secured an almost 84,000 acre lease for $645 million in the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management’s New York Bight offshore wind auction 
• Bernhard Capital Partners as lead investor in a Series B investment round in Elevation, a fully integrated residential energy solutions company 
• Blackstone Infrastructure Partners on its $3 billion equity investment in Invenergy Renewables Holdings LLC in one of the largest renewables investments in North American history
• Magnetar Capital’s Energy & Infrastructure group in a $100 million preferred equity investment round in PosiGen, a renewable energy solutions provider
• Swiftmerge Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: IVCPU), a blank check company sponsored by Swiftmerge Holdings LP, on its $200 million initial public offering  
• Blackstone Energy Partners in its acquisition of Irth Solutions, a leading provider of cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions that automate processes for damage prevention and asset protection across critical network infrastructure assets 
• Array Technologies, Inc. in its $375 million upsized offering of convertible senior notes to finance its acquisition of STI Norland
• Apollo (NYSE: APO) in its acquisition of a 50 percent stake in Broad Reach Power LLC, a leading renewable energy and energy storage developer 

• Vine Energy Inc. (NYSE: VEI) in its $2.2 billion acquisition by Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NASDAQ: CHK)

• The Blackstone Group and its portfolio companies, Swallowtail Royalties and Swallowtail Royalties II, on the definitive purchase and sale agreement with Viper Energy Partners LP, a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc., to acquire certain mineral and royalty interests from Swallowtail

• Primexx Energy Partners on the $788 million acquisition of its leasehold interests and related oil, gas and infrastructure assets by Callon Petroleum Company 

• Therma Holdings, a Blackstone portfolio company, in its acquisitions of CMTA and Building Systems Holdings 

• Colgate Energy in its $508 million definitive agreement to acquire certain upstream oil and gas assets from subsidiaries of Occidental 

• Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. (NASDAQ: XOG) in Civitas Resources, Inc.’s $4.5 billion acquisition of Crestone Peak Resources 

• Indigo Natural Resources LLC in its $2.7 billion merger with Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN)

• Star Peak Corp II (NYSE: STPC), a special purpose acquisition company, on its $1.35 billion business combination with Benson Hill, Inc., a sustainable food technology company 

• Encino Acquisition Partners (EAP) on its inaugural 144A offering of $700 million in senior unsecured notes 

• ECP in connection with the acquisition of Liberty Tire Recycling from The Carlyle Group 

• Vine Energy Inc. (NYSE: VEI), in its initial public offering, resulting in an aggregate net proceeds received by Vine of $324 million

• Pike Corporation, one of the largest providers of infrastructure solutions to utilities in the United States, in connection with a majority investment by Lindsay Goldberg

• Guidon Operating LLC in the divestiture of all leasehold interests and related assets to Diamondback Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: FANG) for a mixture of cash and shares of Diamondback common stock

• Underwriters in the $110 million follow-on equity offering by Golar LNG Limited (NASDAQ: GLNG) 

• Star Peak Energy Transition Corp. (NYSE: STPK), a special purpose acquisition company, on its $1.35 billion business combination with Stem, Inc., a global leader in clean energy storage systems

• Custom Truck One Source (CTOS), a Blackstone portfolio company, in its $1.475 billion sale to Nesco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NSCO) 

• Blackstone Energy Partners in its acquisitions of Therma Holdings LLC, a leading specialty mechanical, electrical and controls services company, and RE Tech Advisors, Inc., a leading energy and sustainability consulting firm, to form a single combined company that will offer customers a comprehensive suite of sustainability, carbon reduction, and energy management services 

• LyondellBasell on definitive agreements with Sasol to form a 50/50 polyethylene joint venture through which LyondellBasell acquired 50 percent of select assets in Louisiana for a total consideration of $2 billion

• Blackbuck Resources, a portfolio company of Cresta Fund Management, in its acquisition of Cimarex Energy Co.’s Whites City produced water gathering and disposal infrastructure system in Eddy County, New Mexico and execution of a long-term produced water management agreement with Cimarex that includes a 15-year dedication encompassing more than 40,000 acres

• Savage Enterprises, LLC on the formation of Transportation Infrastructure Partners LLC, a joint venture with Ridgewood Infrastructure LLC focused on transportation and logistics infrastructure

• Nesco, an industrial equipment rental business owned by ECP, in its $1.1 billion combination with Capitol Investment Corp. IV, a special purpose acquisition company

• BlackRock, GSO Capital Partners and Magnetar Capital as lead purchasers in the $1.2 billion convertible preferred equity investment in EQM Midstream Partners, LP, a growth-oriented master limited partnership operating in the Appalachian Basin

• Savage Companies in its merger with Bartlett and Company and the subsequent Savage Enterprises joint venture, a leading global provider of supply chain and industrial services spanning the agriculture, energy and chemical, and environmental sectors

• Charter Communications in its formation of a 50/50 mobile operating platform partnership with Comcast

• Warburg Pincus as lead investor in a $350 million convertible preferred equity investment in SemGroup Corporation

• Zenith Energy in the sale of a 51 percent membership interest in the Pawnee Crude Oil Terminal in Colorado to Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP

• The management team of Lucid Energy Group II in the approximately $1.6 billion sale of Lucid Energy Group II to a joint venture controlled by affiliates of Riverstone and Goldman Sachs

• Warburg Pincus and Zenith Energy U.S., L.P. in the approximately $750 million acquisition of Arc Logistics Partners LP and its general partner, Arc Logistics GP LLC, along with certain related assets held by owners of Arc Logistics Partners

• Bayou City Energy, an investor in Alta Mesa and Kingfisher Midstream, in the $3.8 billion combination of Silver Run Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ – SRUN), a special purpose acquisition company, with Alta Mesa and Kingfisher Midstream

• RimRock Oil & Gas and its sponsor, Warburg Pincus, in a $500 million acquisition of upstream assets in the Bakken Shale in North Dakota from Whiting Petroleum Corporation

• KKR in its agreement to acquire with other purchasers $550 million of Series A convertible preferred units representing limited partner interests in NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP)

• Alberta Investment Management Company in its commitment to fund, along with a syndicate of financial sponsors, Howard Midstream Energy Partners LLC’s strategic partnership with WPX Energy (NYSE:WPX) to develop crude oil and natural gas gathering and processing infrastructure in the Delaware Basin

Prior to joining Kirkland, Mark’s representative matters included:

• Apache Corporation in its $2.95 billion sale of a 33% stake in its Egypt oil and gas business to, and the formation of a joint venture with, Sinopec International Petroleum Exploration and Production Corporation

• Avista Capital Partners in its acquisition of a majority stake in Vertical Pharmaceuticals and Trigen Laboratories and combination of Vertical Pharmaceuticals and Trigen Laboratories with Osmotica Pharmaceuticals

• Facebook, Inc. in its $16 billion acquisition of WhatsApp Inc.

• The Jordan Company in various acquisitions, investments and divestitures including Capstone Logistics, Pinnacle Workforce Logistics, DiversiTech Corporation, Gulfstream and Watchfire Enterprises, Inc.

• Leucadia in its $3.7 billion tax-free merger with global investment banking firm Jefferies Group and tax-free spin-off of Crimson Wine Group

• Partners Group in its sale of Universal Services of America (Universal) to an affiliate of Warburg Pincus, and minority investment alongside Warburg Pincus into the combined Universal/Guardsmark business

• Perella Weinberg Partners in its combination with Tudor, Pickering, Holt & Co.

• PetroLogistics LP and PetroLogistics GP LLC in their $2.1 billion sale to Flint Hills Resources, LLC

• Progressive Waste Solutions Ltd. in its $2.67 billion merger with Waste Connections, Inc.

• Verizon in its $4.4 billion acquisition of AOL Inc.

• Willis Group Holdings plc in its $18 billion merger of equals with Towers Watson & Co.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, 2012–2017

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, 2008–2012