James Long

Prior to joining Kirkland, James was involved in the following matters:

• Represented KMG Chemicals, Inc., a global specialty chemicals supplier, in its $1.6 billion cash and stock merger with Cabot Microelectronics Corporation pursuant to which KMG became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Cabot.
• Represented Archer Systems, LLC in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Providio MediSolutions, LLC and Providio Lien Counsel, LLC, leading providers of a comprehensive suite of settlement solutions for single-event, mass-tort and class action lawsuits.
• Represented Goodman Manufacturing Company, L.P., a manufacturer of heating, ventilation and air conditioning products, in its acquisition of the assets of Thermal Mechanics, Inc., an HVAC services company headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, and of the assets of certain affiliates thereof.
• Represented Lasergen, Inc., an emerging biotechnology company specia izing in research and development of innovative technologies for DNA sequencing, in a $105 million merger with Agilent Technologies Inc., a life sciences, diagnostics, and applied chemicals company.
• Represented TETRA Technologies, Inc., an oil and gas services company, in its divestment of its offshore services business engaged in offshore heavy lift, plugging and abandonment, decommissioning, cutting, diving and related consulting services, and its Maritech operations along with all of Maritech’s related asset retirement obligations.
• Represented TETRA Technologies, Inc, an oil and gas services company, in its acquisition of SwiftWater Energy Services, LLC, a company engaged in the business of providing water management and water solutions to oil and gas operators in the Permian Basin market.