Patrick Y. Moneypenny

Since joining Kirkland, Patrick's representative matters have included:

• TPG Rise Climate in its $500 million convertible preferred equity investment into Nextracker, a leader in the solar tracking space 
• Bernhard, an energy-as-a-service solutions company, in connection with a sale to DIF Capital Partners 
• Black Rifle Coffee Company in its $1.7 billion business combination with SilverBox Engaged Acquisition Corp I, a special purpose acquisition company co-sponsored by SilverBox Capital and Engaged Capital
• Brookfield Infrastructure Partners and Oaktree Capital Management in their co-purchase of the preferred equity in EnLink Midstream Partners from Enfield Holdings, L.P., a joint venture between affiliates of Goldman Sachs and TPG Global
• Alamo Frac Holdings and Alamo Pressure Pumping on the carveout sale of their pressure pumping business to NexTier Oilfield Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: NEX) for $268 million in cash and newly issues shares of NexTier stock, plus earn-out 
• Warburg Pincus in its strategic investment in Global Healthcare Exchange, a leading provider of cloud-based supply chain solutions for healthcare organizations
• CleanCapital in its $300 million equity raise for a new solar and storage platform, associated equityholder arrangements, and acquisition of two C&I solar portfolios from affiliates of BlackRock and IGS Energy, respectively
• The Carlyle Group in the acquisition of a controlling interest in a marine terminal joint venture
• JAWS Spitfire Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Barry Sternlicht, in its $1.6 billion business combination with VELO3D
• Charter Communications in its convertible preferred equity investment in Comscore
• KKR on its definitive agreements with NextEra Energy Resources (NYSE: NEE) and NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) to acquire a large portfolio of renewables assets
• BCE-Mach III LLC, an affiliate of Bayou City Energy Management and Mach Resources, in its acquisition of Alta Mesa Holdings, LP and its subsidiaries’ upstream oil and gas assets and Kingfisher Midstream, LLC and its subsidiaries’ midstream assets as part of the 363 sales process of the debtor sellers
• EIG Global Energy Partners in its $750 million acquisition of equity interests in South Texas Midstream, LLC, a newly-formed joint venture with NextEra Energy Partners, LP
• Partners Group in its acquisition of a 50% stake in EnfraGen, LLC, a developer, owner and operator of thermal power generation, solar and hydropower assets in Latin America
• Huntsman Corporation in the $2.1 billion sale of its chemical intermediates and surfactants businesses to Indorama Ventures
• KKR in its $900 million acquisition of an equity interest in a newly-formed partnership with NextEra Energy Partners, LP that owns a portfolio of 10 utility scale wind and solar projects across the U.S.
• An affiliate of The Carlyle Group in a strategic equity investment in Crimson Midstream Holdings, LLC, a provider of crude oil transportation and storage services

Prior to joining Kirkland, Patrick's representative matters included:

• A master limited partnership's $1.3 billion acquisition of a private natural resources company and related preferred equity and debt financings

• A major private equity group’s investment in a private E&P company

• A global asset management firm’s investment in a private E&P company

• A major offshore drilling company’s divestiture of its rig and liftboat fleets

• A public E&P company’s $500 million offering of secured first-lien notes

• A public E&P company’s exchange of secured second-lien notes for a combination of common stock, preferred stock, and warrants

• A master limited partnership's $450 million offering of unsecured notes and related tender offer and redemption of outstanding notes

• An investment bank’s initial purchase in a public E&P company’s $150 million tack-on offering of unsecured notes

• A public E&P company’s $750 million offering of investment-grade notes and related tender offer and redemption of outstanding notes

• A master limited partnership's $142 million offering of common units

• A public E&P company’s $144 million offering of common stock

Associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP