Since joining Kirkland, Alia has been involved in the following matters:
- HPS Investment Partners LLC in its $32.96 million acquisition of Echo Energy Partners I LLC’s assets out of bankruptcy.
Prior to joining Kirkland, Alia was involved in the following matters:
Acquisitions & Divestitures
- International energy company in its $10.8 billion divestiture of U.S. shale assets located collectively in the Permian, Eagle Ford, Haynesville and Fayetteville plays.
- Private energy company in its $1.375 billion acquisition (with up to a $250 million contingent payment option) of offshore Gulf of Mexico assets.
- Large energy company in its $5.6 billion divestiture of its Alaska operations and interests.
- Public energy company in its $201.5 million merger.
- Australian oil and gas company in connection with its $400 million acquisition of oil assets in the Alaska North Slope area.
- Public energy company in its $170 million divestiture of Merge oil and gas assets.
- Portfolio company in its $150 million acquisition of equity interests.
- Private energy company in a series of three divestitures of Eagle Ford oil and gas assets that totaled $104.5 million.
- Public energy company in a series of divestitures of SCOOP oil and gas assets that totaled $91 million.
- Private energy company in its $14 million divestiture of Marcellus oil and gas assets and related farmout agreement.
"Drillco" Transactions, and Other Project Development Arrangements
- Continuous representation of a large international oilfield services company regarding multiple drillco/participation arrangements.
- Upstream portfolio company in entering into a joint development arrangement of certain assets in the Austin Chalk formation.
