John Kaercher, P.C.

Since joining Kirkland, John's representative transactions have included:

• Representation of North Hudson Resources Partners and its affiliated funds in the $402 million purchase of LOGOS Resources II LLC, an operator of oil and gas assets in the San Juan Basin, from affiliates of ArcLight Capital Partners. 
• Representation of Atrium Hospitality in its business combination with Alpine Acquisition Corp., a publicly traded SPAC.  
• Representation of Blackstone, a leading alternative investment manager, in its transformative partnership with Hipgnosis Song Management to deliver c.$1 billion to acquire and manage song catalogues, with follow-on catalogue purchases from iconic artists including Kenny Chesney and Leonard Cohen.
• Representation of Thoma Bravo in connection with:
  • its strategic growth investment in Circle Cardiovascular Imaging Inc.
  • Riskonnect’s growth investment by TA Associates
  • the sale of a majority stake in Nintex to TPG Capital 
• Representation of Diversified Energy Company (LSE:DEC) in the closing of a sustainability-linked asset backed securitization (ABS) of certain Barnett Shale assets in North Texas 
• Representation of RedTeam Software, LLC, a construction management software provider, on its acquisition of PASKR Inc., a cloud-based construction management solution
• Representation of JettyCove Holdings in multiple growth-equity investments across various industries
• Representation of Willoughby Capital in multiple growth-equity investments across various industries
• Representation of Avenue Capital and Echo Energy in their divestiture of certain oil and gas mineral interests to Brigham Minerals 
• Representation of L&F Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: LNFA), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.4 billion business combination that will result in a combined ZeroFox, Inc., an enterprise software-as-a-service (Saas) leader in external cybersecurity, and ID Experts Solutions, a leading digital privacy protection and data breach response services company, becoming a publicly traded company.
• Representation of Diversified Energy Company PLC (LSE: DEC) in its acquisition of certain upstream assets, field infrastructure, equipment and facilities within the company's Central Region from Tapstone Energy Holdings, LLC and its related party KL CHK SPV, LLC
• Representation of HGGC in connection with:
  
  • the sale of a controlling interest in Beauty Industry Group
  • the pending investment of $1.2 billion by third party investors in Integrity Marketing Group
• Representation of Cleanhill Partners on its partnership with CleanJoule LLC, a leading producer of full-performance sustainable aviation fuels
• Representation of Black Rifle Coffee Company in connection with its business combination with SilverBox Engaged Merger Corp.
• Representation of Mosaik Equity Partners in connection with its sale of Payveris to Paymentus Holdings
• Representation of Vegvisir Capital in connection with its acquisition of Royal Alliances, a software-enabled mail services company
• Representation of Mountain Valley Pipeline in connection with its agreement to purchase Verified Emissions Reductions from affiliates of NextEra Energy

Prior to joining Kirkland, John’s representative transactions included:

Technology/Media/Telecommunications

• Representation of technology/media/telecommunications-related clients, including Liberty Media Corporation, Liberty Latin America Ltd., Qurate Retail Inc., Barnes & Noble, Inc., ESO Solutions, Inc., AffiniPay Holdings, LLC, JettyCove Holdings, LLC, Toshiba Corporation, WellSky Corporation, Wolters Kluwer, DXC Technology, Dell Technologies, in multiple domestic and cross-border buy- and sell-side M&A transactions of $10 billion
• Representation of AffiniPay in $580 million sale to TA Associates
• Representation of ESO Solutions in connection with its sale to Vista Equity Partners
• Representation of ESO Solutions in connection with its acquisitions of certain assets from Conduent
• Representation of ESO Solutions in connection with its acquisition of DICORP
• Representation of RedTeam Software, a portfolio company of JettyCove Holdings, in connection with its acquisition of Fieldlens
• Representation of SHUAA Capital psc. in connection with the acquisition of Anghami by Vistas Merger Acquisition Company, Inc.
• Representation of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Barnes & Noble, Inc. in its pending acquisition by Elliott Advisors (UK)
• Representation of NASCAR Holdings in its pending acquisition of International Speedway Corporation
• Representation of Liberty Latin American in its cross-border acquisition of Telefonica’s Costa Rica business
• Representation of Liberty Latin America in its cross-border acquisition of United Telecommunication Systems NV (Curacao)
• Representation of Starz in its $4.4 billion merger with Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.
• Representation of SLM Corporation in its spin-off of Navient Corporation
• Representation of Liberty Media Corporation in primary and secondary offerings totaling $2.3 billion
• Representation of placement agents and initial purchasers in 144A equity offerings totaling $500 million
• Representation of institutional investors and placement agents in PIPE offering totaling $200 million

Energy and Energy Transition

• Representation of energy-focused clients, including Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation, Colonial Pipeline Company, Riverstone Holdings, LLC, The Energy & Minerals Group, Equitrans Midstream Corporation, EQT Corporation, EQM Midstream Partners, Jones Energy, American Resource Development, Hyridge Energy and WhiteWater Midstream, in connection with M&A transactions and joint ventures of $17 billion
• Representation of Diversified Gas & Oil Corporation in multiple upstream oil and gas acquisitions
• Representation of Colonial Pipeline Company in connection with acquisitions representing their entry into the Terminals business as a new vertical
• Representation of industrial manufacturers and distributors in M&A transactions totaling $500 million
• Representation of multiple buyers and sellers, in acquisitions and dispositions pursuant to section 363 of the bankruptcy code
• Representation of Equitrans Midstream Corporation in connection with its spin-off from EQT Corporation
• Representation of NYSE-listed oil and gas company in $376 million financing through a combination of an underwritten public offering, a registered direct offering and a private placement of senior notes
• Representation of NYSE-listed oil and gas company in $140 million financing involving concurrent offerings of common stock and convertible preferred stock
• Representation of NYSE-listed midstream MLP in its $282 million initial public offering
• Representation of various underwriters in initial public offerings totaling $1.0 billion

General Investments

• Representation of energy- and tech-focused private equity firms in investments and joint ventures totaling $3.5 billion
• Representation of management teams in private equity financings totaling $2.0 billion
• Representation of energy-focused private equity firm in co-investments totaling $2.0 billion
• Representation of institutional investors in investments totaling $1 billion to funds managed by Och-Ziff
• Representation of multiple life sciences and technology companies in early and late stage venture capital financings and general corporate matters
• Representation of a venture capital fund in several early and late stage venture capital financings
• Representation of a clean energy company issuer in multiple convertible and senior notes offerings