Alia Y. Heintz

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.