Jonathan E. Kidwell

Jonathan counsels a broad range of clients including private equity firms and public companies on environmental compliance and liability issues, and has extensive experience in the following industries: upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas; waste management, treatment and disposal; manufacturing; conventional and renewable energy; automotive, aerospace and transportation; chemicals; paper and packaging; consumer care products; food production and services; pharmaceuticals; and telecom.

Oil and Gas

• Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. on its decision to acquire the Williston Basin properties of VEN Bakken, LLC for $310 million.
• Maverick Natural Resources, LLC on its acquisition of producing properties in the Overton field in East Texas.
• HG Energy II Appalachia LLC on its agreement to sell certain producing gas assets to Diversified Gas & Oil Corp. for approximately $400 million.
• KKR/Venado Oil and Gas, LLC in its $300 million acquisition of certain of EXCO Resources, Inc.’s oil and natural gas properties in South Texas.
• Blackstone on its acquisition with Sanchez Energy Corp. of Anadarko Petroleum Corp.’s working interest in approximately 318,000 gross acres in the Western Eagle Ford for approximately $2.3 billion.
• Indigo Haynesville on its agreement to purchase from Chesapeake Energy Corp. a portion of its acreage and producing properties in its Haynesville Shale operating area for approximately $450 million.
• GEP Haynesville LLC, the consortium of GeoSouthern Haynesville, LP and GSO Capital Partners LP, that agreed to acquire from indirect, wholly-owned subsidiaries of Encana Corporation its Haynesville Shale assets for $850 million.
• The Blackstone Group and Vine Oil & Gas LP on their acquisition of the Haynesville assets of SWEPI LP and Shell Gulf of Mexico, Inc., affiliates of Royal Dutch Shell plc

Waste Management

• Macquarie Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Wheelabrator Technologies Inc., the second largest U.S. waste-to-energy business.
• Kinderhook Industries in its:
  
  • acquisition of Gold Medal Enviro Services, a waste and recycling services company
  • acquisition of Intergulf Corp., an industrial liquids management company
  • Intergulf’s add-on acquisition of Lonestar Ecology, LLC, a centralized wastewater treatment plant operator
  • sale of Rizzo Environmental Services, a provider of municipal solid-waste collection services
  • acquisition of Allstate Power Vac, an environmental and industrial services provider
  • acquisition of Sumter Transport, a provider of waste removal, transportation and disposal solutions
  • acquisition of CVCC (d/b/a Clean Venture and Cycle Chem), an environmental clean-up contractor that provides hazardous and non-hazardous waste management services.

Manufacturing/Chemicals

• The Carlyle Group on its acquisition alongside TA Associates of WU Holdco, Inc. (Weiman), a manufacturer and distributor of specialty cleaning products.
• L Catterton in its joint sale with the Lang family of Ainsworth Pet Nutrition to The J.M. Smucker Company for $1.9 billion.
• Madison Dearborn Partners in its acquisition of Alcami Corporation, a leading provider of contract development and manufacturing solutions for the pharmaceutical and biotechnical industries.
• GTCR in its acquisition of EaglePicher Technologies, LLC, a leading U.S. battery manufacturer.
• Bain Capital Private Equity and Consolidated Container Co. in the $1.2 billion sale of Consolidated Container Co. to Loews Corp.
• Madison Dearborn Partners in connection with its £268.0 million recommended cash tender offer for Powerflute, a Finland-based, London-listed manufacturer of high performance semi-chemical fluting and other packaging papers.
• Olympus Partners in its sale of The Waddington Group, a major global packaging manufacturer, to Jarden Corp. for $1.35 billion.
• Vestar Capital Partners on the acquisition of Woodstream, a leading manufacturer and marketer of branded pest and animal control as well as lawn and garden products.
• Infineon Technologies AG on the acquisition of International Rectifier Corporation for $3 billion.
• Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. on the acquisition of the sensing portfolio of Custom Sensors & Technologies, Inc. for $1 billion.

Other Matters

• Nexstar Media Group, Inc. on its definitive agreement to acquire Tribune Media Company for $6.4 billion.
• Cogeco Communications Inc. and its subsidiary, Atlantic Broadband, in connection with its acquisition of MetroCast Cable Systems from Harron Communications, L.P. for $1.4 billion.

Legislative Assistant, U.S. House of Representatives, 2002–2005