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 Chemtron Corporation, a leading hazardous waste management provider in the Midwest
  • 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

• Greenbriar Equity Group in the acquisition and subsequent sale of EDAC Technologies Corp.
• 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

• Murray Energy Holdings Co. and certain of its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio. Murray is the largest privately-owned coal company in the United States, headquartered in St. Clairsville, Ohio, and has operations primarily in Ohio, West Virginia, Kentucky, Alabama, Illinois, Utah, and Colombia, South America.
• Westmoreland Coal Company and certain of its affiliates for environmental matters in Chapter 11 restructuring. Westmoreland is the sixth largest North American coal producer, maintaining domestic coal operations in Montana, Wyoming, North Dakota, Texas, New Mexico, and Ohio, and Canadian coal operations in Alberta and Saskatchewan, and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado.
• Patriot Coal Company for environmental matters in Chapter 11 restructuring.
• Nexstar Media Group, Inc. in its acquisition of 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