Catharine Hansard

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

• Tailwater Capital, together with its portfolio company, Blue Tide Environmental, in the sale of a 49% interest in Blue Tide Environmental to Pennzoil-Quaker State, a subsidiary of Shell plc, to establish a joint venture that builds, owns and operates a global network of lubricant recycling facilities
• Allegion plc (NYSE: ALLE) in the $900 million acquisition of Stanley Access Technologies, a carveout divestiture from Stanley Black & Decker (NYSE: SWK) 
• Crescent Energy Company (NYSE: CRGY) in its $815 million all-cash acquisition of Uinta Basin assets from Verdun Oil Company II LLC  
• Montage, the controlling shareholder of Ubiquity, in the sale of Ubiquity's fiber networks, and subsequent formation of a $400 million joint venture between Montage and Generate Capital to build high-quality fiber-to-the-premises networks and complementary sustainable digital infrastructure 
• ORIX Capital Partners and its portfolio company Specialty Welding and Turnarounds, LLC (SWAT), a petrochemical and oil and gas refinery turnaround services company, in its acquisition of Midwest Cooling Tower Services (Midwest) 
• Tailwater Capital, together with its portfolio company, Producers Midstream II, in the acquisition of Midcoast Energy’s Anadarko gathering and processing (G&P) system and a 35% interest in the Texas Express Gathering (TEG) system
• ORIX Capital Partners in its acquisition of Odin Construction Solutions, a leading provider of environmental remediation and geotechnical construction services

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

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Brazos Delaware, LLC in the $1.75 billion sale of its Delaware Basin subsidiary to Bison Midstream Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc.
• Ajax Resources LLC in the sale of its northern Midland Basin assets to Diamondback Energy Inc. for $1.25 billion, consisting of $900 million in cash and 2.58 million shares of Diamondback common stock
• BP Energy Partners, LLC in its sale of Pinnacle Midstream, LLC, a subsidiary focused on midstream solutions in the Delaware Basin, to I Squared Capital
• A Dallas-based clothing brand in its acquisition by a privately-held accessories company, bringing revenues for the combined entities to more than $1 billion
• Independent aircraft engineering and maintenance company in its acquisition of a Texas-based jet fuel company
• An international clothing brand in the acquisition of intellectual property and other inventory from a California-based clothing line
• Leading provider of pipeline construction supplies and services for companies in the oil and gas industry in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a subsidiary of a specialty construction and infrastructure company
• An oil and gas company focused on exploration and production in the Anadarko Basin in a Joint Development Agreement to finance the drilling of 30 joint wells with a maximum commitment of approximately $100 million

Private Equity

• Old Ironsides Energy Fund III in the formation of Longhorn Midstream Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company focused on midstream development and acquisition opportunities throughout the United States
• Private equity fund sponsor in a joint venture with an unaffiliated fund sponsor to pursue renewable energy investments
• Private equity fund sponsor in the formation of a renewable energy co-investment fund
• Midland-based portfolio company focusing on development of upstream oil and gas assets in the Delaware Basin in its $127 million capitalization
• A leading Dallas-based private equity fund in the restructuring of two of its portfolio companies focused on midstream development

Shearman & Sterling LLP

Thompson & Knight LLP