Ryan D. Gorsche

Since joining Kirkland, Ryan has been involved in the following transactions: 

• Newfield Exploration Co. in its approximately $5.5 billion acquisition by Encana Corp. in an all-stock transaction

• Rowan Companies plc in its $12 billion combination with Ensco plc in an all-stock transaction

• Ascent Resources in its equity investment by Riverstone and the simultaneous acquisition of Utica Shale assets from Salt Fork Resources, a Riverstone-backed company

• Funds managed by Apollo Global Management, LLC in connection with a $200 million equity commitment to Freestone Midstream Holdings, LLC to invest in water assets serving the oil and gas industry with an initial focus on the Powder River Basin in Wyoming

Prior to joining Kirkland, Ryan was involved in the following transactions:

• Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corporation in its $44 billion acquisition by Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

• Johnson & Johnson in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Mentor Corporation

• Johnson & Johnson in its $170 million acquisition of HealthMedia, Inc.

• IBM in its acquisition of National Interest Security Company LLC

• Barnes & Noble in its adoption of a “poison pill” and successful takeover defense against Ron Burkle and The Yucaipa Companies

• Magnesita Refratarios S.A. in its joint venture with Krosaki Harima Corporation

• SoftBank Group Corp. in its $3.3 billion acquisition of Fortress Investment Group LLC

• General Motors in its $4.2 billion acquisition of Ally Bank's European and Latin American auto finance operations and its share in a Chinese joint venture

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

• WPX Energy, Inc. in its $2.75 billion acquisition of RKI Exploration & Production, LLC

• LIN Media LLC in its $2.6 billion merger with Media General, Inc.

• CEC Entertainment, Inc. in its $1.3 billion take-private by Apollo Global Management, LLC

• Apco Oil & Gas International, Inc. in its $427 million sale to Pluspetrol Black River Corporation

• Capital Z Partners in its $239 million sale of Permanent General Companies, Inc. to American Family Insurance Company

• Innospec, Inc. in its $225 million acquisition of the European surfactants business of Huntsman Corporation

• Azure Midstream Partners, LP in the $189 million 363 bankruptcy sale of its midstream business, assets and operating subsidiaries to Enterprise Products Operating LLC

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

• CVC Capital Partners in its acquisition of majority control of Cunningham Lindsey Group Limited

• ORIX USA Corporation (a subsidiary of ORIX Corporation) in its acquisition of Lancaster Pollard Holdings, LLC

• OUTFRONT Media (f/k/a CBS Outdoor Americas) in its acquisition of Reynolds Outdoor Media, Inc.

• Primoris Services Corporation in its acquisition of Willbros Group, Inc.

• Providence Equity Partners in its provision of equity to Blackboard Inc. to finance Blackboard's acquisition of Higher One Holdings, Inc.

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