Jonathan R. Sapp

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

• CECO Environmental (Nasdaq: CECO) in its $2.2 billion merger with Thermon Group (NYSE: THR)
• Coterra Energy (NYSE: CTRA) in its $58 billion merger with Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN)
• HA Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc. (NYSE: HASI) in connection with the formation of its Neogenyx Fuels joint venture with Ameresco (NYSE: AMRC)
• Central Midstream in its sale of a majority interest to Tailwater Capital
• SM Energy (NYSE: SM) in its $12.8 billion merger with Civitas Resources (NYSE: CIVI)
• 89bio (Nasdaq: ENTB) in its $3.5 billion sale (including a CVR arrangement) to Roche
• Ardian in its approximately $1 billion sale of the Hill Top Energy Center to Blackstone
• Audax Management Company in several M&A transactions, including its acquisition of Aerospheres
• Aris Water Solutions (NYSE: ARIS) in its $2 billion sale to Western Midstream Partners (NYSE: WES)
• Alcon (NYSE: ALC) in its $1.5 billion acquisition of STAAR Surgical Company (Nasdaq: STAA)
• Lone Star Funds in several transactions, including its sale of Meridian Brick
• Juniper Capital in the merger of its portfolio companies with PEDEVCO Corp. (NYSE American: PED)
• Diversified Energy (NYSE: DEC) in its $1.275 billion acquisition of Maverick Natural Resources, a portfolio company of EIG Global Energy Partners
• Pioneer Natural Resources (NYSE: PXD) in its $65 billion merger with a subsidiary of ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM)
• Coterra Energy (NYSE: CTRA) in its $3.95 billion acquisition of Franklin Mountain Energy and Avant Natural Resources
• Centerbridge Partners in the sale of its majority interest in IPC to Strategic Value Partners
• Juniper Capital in the proposed sale of its upstream Rocky Mountain portfolio companies to Amplify Energy (NYSE: AMPY)
• Fortress Investment Group in its investment in Stellar Blu Solutions
• AT&T (NYSE: T) in its joint venture with BlackRock to form a leading fiber telecommunications provider
• Freeman Spogli in its platform acquisition of WhiteWater Express
• Algonquin Power & Utilities (TSE: AQN) in its $2.5 billion sale of its renewables business to LS Power
• SilverBow Resources (NYSE: SBOW) in its $2.1 billion sale to Crescent Energy (NYSE: CRGY)
• CenterOak Partners in multiple M&A transactions, including its platform acquisition of Shamrock Environmental
• Daikin Industries and its subsidiary Goodman Manufacturing in over 15 public and private M&A transactions, including its joint venture with Copeland, a portfolio company of Blackstone, and the acquisition of publicly-traded CCOM Group, Inc.
• energyRe in its $1.2 billion investment from Glentra Capital and Elia Group
• Patterson-UTI (Nasdaq: PTEN) in its $5.4 billion merger of equals with NexTier (NYSE: NEX) and the sale of its well service rig business to Clearwell Dynamics
• ATL Partners in its acquisition of Valence Surface Technologies
• D.R. Horton (NYSE: DHI) in its $291 million tender offer acquisition of Vilder Water Resources (Nasdaq: VWTR)
• Pharos Capital in its platform acquisition of Vantage Outsourcing
• Atlas Corp. (NYSE: ATCO) in its $11 billion take-private transaction by a management and stockholder consortium
• Foundation Building Materials (NYSE: FBM) in its $1.4 billion sale to American Securities
• Primoris (NYSE: PRIM) in its $470 million acquisition of PLH Group
• Berkshire Residential Investments in its joint venture involving commercial mortgage-backed securities
• Pine Gate Renewables in several M&A transactions, including its $650 million investment from Generate Capital and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
• USD Partners (NYSE: USDP) in the sale of its Casper, Wyoming rail terminal to Midstream Energy Partners
• Forterra (Nasdaq: FRTA) in its $2.74 billion sale to Quikrete
• The management team of Ladish Valves in its sale to Oaktree Capital
• P10 (NYSE: PX) in its acquisition of Western Technology Investment, an alternative asset manager
• IRIS CRM in its sale to NMI, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners
• Blueknight Energy Partners (Nasdaq: BKEP) in several transactions, including its take-private transaction by Ergon and the sale of its terminal business to Enbridge
• Paceline Equity Partners in several co-investment transactions in connection with platform acquisitions
• Thorntons Inc. on its sale to a joint venture between affiliates of ArcLight Capital Partners LLC and BP plc (NYSE: BP)
• Antero Midstream GP LP (NYSE: AMGP) and its related entities in a simplification transaction
• MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates Ltd. (TSX: MDA) in its $2.4 billion acquisition of DigitalGlobe, Inc. (NYSE: DGI)