James has been involved in the following representations:
- Chesapeake Energy Corporation and 40 of its subsidiaries in their Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Chesapeake is a premier oil and natural gas exploration and production company with a high-quality, unconventional oil and natural gas asset portfolio, with substantial positions in top U.S. onshore plays. Chesapeake and its debtor-affiliates had more than $9 billion of funded debt obligations as of the commencement of their Chapter 11 cases. Prior to commencing the Chapter 11 cases, Chesapeake obtained commitments from certain of its secured creditors for over $4 billion of new capital, including a $925 million new money debtor-in-possession financing facility, a $600 million fully backstopped rights offering, and $2.5 billion of exit facilities as part of a comprehensive restructuring support agreement that would eliminate approximately $7 billion of Chesapeake’s funded debt obligations.
- HighPoint Resources Corp. (NYSE: HPR) on its $376 million combination with Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (NYSE: BCEI).
- BJ Services, LLC and its affiliates in the sale of its legacy fracturing business to CSL Capital Management LP.
- BJ Services, LLC in the sale of its cementing business division to Argonaut Private Equity.
- Special Committee of the Board of Directors of TerraForm Power, Inc. (NASDAQ: TERP), in its $1.58 billion sale to Brookfield Renewable Partners (NYSE: BEP).
- Revolution II WI Holding Company, LLC, an affiliate of Mountain Capital Partners, LP, in its approximately $201.5 million acquisition of Jones Energy II, Inc. (OTC: JEII) in an all-cash transaction.
- Brookfield Asset Management Inc., on its agreement with Dominion Energy, Inc. (NYSE:D) to transfer a 25 percent equity interest in Cove Point to Brookfield in exchange for cash consideration of just over $2 billion, excluding working capital. The announcement is part of Dominion Energy's previously communicated intention to establish a permanent capital structure for Cove Point.
- Parsley Energy, Inc. (NYSE: PE) in its $2.27 billion all-stock acquisition of Jagged Peak Energy Inc. (NYSE: JAG).
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 specializing 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.
