Kim Hicks

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

• Warburg Pincus in its lead role in a $1 billion equity commitment to WildFire Energy I LLC, a Houston-based exploration and production company focused on U.S. basins
• C&J Energy Services in an approximately $1.8 billion merger-of-equals with Keane Group
• Ensign Natural Resources LLC, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and Kayne Anderson, in its acquisition of all of Pioneer Natural Resources USA, Inc.’s Eagle Ford acreage in South Texas
• Amplify Energy Corp. in an all-stock merger-of-equals with Midstates Petroleum Company, Inc.
• ArcLight Energy Partners Fund V, L.P. in its affiliate’s acquisition by merger of the outstanding common units that ArcLight and its affiliates did not own of American Midstream Partners, LP
• ArcLight Energy Partners Fund VI, L.P. in its subsidiary TLP Finance Holdings, LLC’s $536 million acquisition by merger of the outstanding common units that ArcLight and its affiliates do not currently own of TransMontaigne Partners L.P.
• GenOn Energy, Inc. and its wholly owned indirect subsidiary, NRG Wholesale Generation LP, in the $314 million sale of the Choctaw facility, a combined cycle, natural gas-fueled electrical generation plant, to Entergy Mississippi, Inc.
• Warburg Pincus in its $300 million capital commitment to Citizen Energy Holdings LLC, an Oklahoma-based oil and gas company
• GenOn Energy Inc. on its $320.0 million sale of electricity generating facilities, Canal Units 1 and 2, to Stonepeak Kestrel Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
• GenOn Energy Inc. on its approximately $520 million sale of the Hunterstown CCGT power generation facility to Platinum Equity
• Bonanza Creek Energy on its proposed $746 million sale to SandRidge Energy
• Warburg Pincus and Zenith Energy U.S., L.P. in the approximately $750 million acquisition of Arc Logistics Partners LP and its general partner, Arc Logistics GP LLC, along with certain related assets held by owners of Arc Logistics Partners

Prior to joining Kirkland, Kim's representative matters included:

• Represented Tall Oak Midstream, an EnCap Flatrock portfolio company, in its $1.55 billion sale of assets to EnLink Midstream Partners, LP and EnLink Midstream, LLC
• Represented Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC in its $614 million public-to-public merger with Eagle Rock Energy Partners, LP
• Represented the conflicts committee of Crestwood Midstream Partners LP in the $7.5 billion merger of CMLP with Crestwood Equity Partners LP
• Represented OGE Energy in its $11 billion joint venture to form a master limited partnership with CenterPoint Energy and ArcLight Capital Partners
• Represented Chevron U.S.A. in its sales of four refined products terminals in the United States to various strategic buyers
• Represented Micron Technology in restructuring its joint venture with Intel Corporation
• Represented Texas Instruments Incorporated in its $6.5 billion acquisition of National Semiconductor Corporation

Paul Hastings LLP, Houston, TX

Jones Day, Houston, TX