Robert P. Goodin

Since joining Kirkland, Rob's representative transactions have included: 

• Infrastructure fund in its arrangement with a strategic partner to invest in and deliver sustainable essential infrastructure projects throughout the U.S. to municipalities, universities, schools and health care systems (MUSH), and the related third party financing for such projects

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

• Transportation Infrastructure Partners, a joint venture between Ridgewood Infrastructure, LLC and Savage Enterprises, LLC, in the acquisition of Carolina Marine Terminal, a multi-modal marine dry good bulk port facility in Wilmington, North Carolina

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

• Atlas Technical Consultants, a construction engineering firm owned by Bernhard Capital Partners, in its $700 million combination with Boxwood Merger Corp., a special purpose acquisition company

• Innovex Downhole Solutions and its sponsor Intervale Capital in the acquisition of Quick Connectors, Inc. and its exclusive Permian distributor, Enerserv

• GIC in its acquisition of a minority stake in WaterBridge Resources LLC from funds affiliated with Five Point Energy LLC and WaterBridge management

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

• Private equity investor in connection with the formation of a new oil and gas royalty interests acquisition platform and the simultaneous acquisition of certain oil and gas royalty interests in the Midland Basin

• Haymaker Resources and its sponsor KKR in the $404 million sale of oil and gas mineral and royalty interests to Kimbell Royalty Partners

Prior to joining Kirkland, Rob’s representative transactions included:

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Representation of the acquirer in a $2.1 billion acquisition of a public e-commerce and television retail company

• Representation of the seller in a $1.5 billion sale of natural gas utility assets

• Representation of the private sponsor in a $275 million sale to its affiliated master limited partnership of midstream assets and equity interests in two midstream subsidiaries

• Representation of the acquirer in a $100 million acquisition of a public company

• Representation of the seller in a $110 million sale of upstream assets

• Representation of the acquirer in a $400 million acquisition of upstream assets

• Representation of the acquirer in a $320 million acquisition of upstream assets

Private Equity & Venture Capital

• Representation of the seller in a $250 million sale of gas-fired and oil-fired peaker power plants to a private equity fund

• Representation of the private equity investor in a $100 million Registered Direct Offering

• Representation of a payment solutions provider in a $30 million private equity investment

• Representation of the strategic lead investor in a $20 million Series A investment in an open-source SaaS provider

• Representation of the venture capital fund lead investor in a $20 million Series D investment in a clinical and commercial stage dermatology company

• Representation of the venture capital fund lead investor in a $10 million Series A investment in a nanotechnology-enabled biotech company

• Representation of medical device manufacturer in connection with multiple venture financings totaling more than $10 million

• Representation of a developer of online security authentication software in a $1 million venture financing

Capital Markets

• Representation of an e-commerce integration and fulfillment solutions provider to eCommerce merchants in its spin-off

• Representation of an NYSE-listed oil and gas company in a $450 million offering of senior secured first lien notes pursuant to Rule 144A

• Representation of an NYSE-listed oil and gas company in a $140 million financing involving concurrent public offerings of common stock and convertible preferred stock

• Representation of an NYSE-listed oil and gas company in a $50 million secondary offering

• Representation of the initial purchaser investment bank in a $160 million offering of preferred equity pursuant to Rule 144A

Commercial Transactions

• Representation of leading nanopore DNA and single molecule sensing technology growth company in connection with university technology licenses, domestic and international commercialization and supply agreements

• Representation of digital advertising agency in connection with commercial and technology transactions

• Representation of medical device manufacturer in connection with domestic and international commercialization

• Representation of a global provider of enterprise technology solutions in connection with off-shore development outsourcing agreement with global outsourcing service provider