Kelann Brook Stirling

Renewables / Energy Transition

• Advising private equity fund in connection with a potential investment in small scale battery storage development company
• Advising infrastructure fund in its arrangement with a strategic partner to invest in and deliver sustainable essential infrastructure projects throughout the U.S. to municipalities, universities, schools and health care systems (MUSH), and the related third party financing for such projects
• Advised The Forest Road Company LLC on its $50 million investment in Cherry Street Energy LLC, a distributed generation renewable energy platform that designs, builds and operates projects under long-term power purchase agreements for large-scale municipal, university, commercial and industrial businesses
• Advising a private equity fund in connection with a potential investment in a carbon capture and sequestration joint venture with a subsidiary of a large oil and gas exploration company
• Advised a direct lender in connection with a proposed mezzanine financing for a retail hydrogen refueling station company participating in the California low carbon fuels standards program
• Advised global renewable power company in connection with preparation of a form corporate power purchase agreement for wind and solar projects across the U.S.
• Represented sponsors in connection with a $303 million private placement “green bond” financing of a 306 MW wind farm in Tamaulipas, Mexico*
• Represented Invenergy, Inc. in connection with the construction financing of Upstream Energy Center, a 202.5 MW wind farm in Nebraska*
• Represented sponsor in connection with the $2.3 billion financing of the AES Southland project, which included two battery energy storage systems totaling 110 MW in Arizona and California. This transaction was named the “2017 North American Power Deal of the Year” by PFI*
• Represented private equity sponsor in connection with the acquisition of a portfolio of 13 hydroelectric facilities in the U.S. totaling 584 MW of generating capacity*
• Represented bank lenders and note purchasers in connection with the refinancing of a 138 MW wind farm in the U.S.*
• Represented a private equity fund in the development of, and the later sale of, a 300 MW offshore wind farm project, located on the Kentish Coast of the UK*
• Represented Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and certain of its affiliates in connection with the US$95 million financing of Altra lnc.'s acquisition of Phoenix Bio Industries, LLC, the owner and operator of an ethanol plant in California*
• Represented the initial lender and arranger in the $90 million project financing of an ethanol production plant near Canton, Illinois, for Central Illinois Energy, an energy cooperative*
• As in house counsel at InterGen Services Inc., advised financing and commercial teams in connection with development and operation of the 155 MW Energia Sierra Juarez wind farm in Baja California

Other Power

• Advising infrastructure fund in its arrangement with a strategic partner to invest in and deliver sustainable essential infrastructure projects throughout the U.S. to municipalities, universities, schools and health care systems (MUSH), and the related third party financing for such projects 
• Represented MUFG in connection with refinancing of a gas-fired district energy system in the United States
• Represented Investec in connection with an amended-and-extend $329 million financing for the Rhode Island State Energy Center gas fired power plant
• Represented the lenders in the financing of 1,875 MW Guernsey Power Project
• Represented the lenders in connection with a letter of credit facility to support construction financing for a green field CCGT project in Pennsylvania
• Represented Macquarie in connection with the amendment and repricing of the project finance debt associated with the 940 MW Lordstown Energy Center in Ohio
• Represented sponsor in connection with the $2.3 billion project financing, including a private placement, construction loan and liquidity facilities, for the development of the AES Southland Energy
• Project, a portfolio of two gas fired power plants totaling 1244 MW, and two battery energy storage systems*
• Represented a US private equity fund in its acquisition of a gas-fired peaker power plant and an oil-fired peaker power plant in Ohio*

LNG

• Represented agent in connection with the $3.4 billion Train 3 refinancing for Freeport LNG
• Represented a syndicate of international and regional banks and export credit agencies in connection with the $7.5 billion financing of the Cameron LNG project in Louisiana. This transaction was named the “Project Finance Deal of the Year” by IFLR in 2015*
• Represented an Asian investment company in connection with a bid to purchase equity in an LNG project in the U.S.*
• Represented a syndicate of international and regional banks and export credit agencies in connection with the $8.6 billion financing of the Australia Pacific LNG project in Queensland, Australia. This transaction was named “Asia-Pacific Oil & Gas Deal of the Year” for 2012 by PFI*
• Represented the mandated lead arranger in connection with $1 billion refinancing of a liquefied natural gas facility in Damietta, Egypt. This transaction was named "Middle East Refinancing Deal of the Year" for 2007 by PFI*
• Represented a syndicate of international and regional banks in connection with the $4 billion financing of the Qatargas 4 LNG project in Qatar. This transaction was named "Middle East Oil and Gas Deal of the Year" for 2007 by PFI*

Midstream

• Representing private equity fund in connection with the acquisition of a compressed natural gas distribution company
• Represented credit fund in $750 million unitranche financing for publicly filed midstream services company
• Represented Brookfield in connection with the US/CAD ~$1.4 billion financing of its acquisition of Canadian natural gas gathering and processing assets from Enbridge
• Representing private equity / creditor investment fund in connection with a term loan facility and debtor in possession financing facility in the Chapter 11 cases of Furie Operating Alaska, LLC, Cornucopia Oil & Gas Company, LLC, and Corsair Oil & Gas LLC, a gas production project

Other

• Valaris plc and 89 of its subsidiaries in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases. Valaris, which is incorporated in the United Kingdom, is the world’s largest offshore driller by fleet size, owning 67 drilling rigs and operating in every major offshore hydrocarbon basin throughout the globe. Valaris filed Chapter 11 with a restructuring support agreement and backstop commitment agreement to fully equitize all $7.1 billion of its prepetition funded debt, consisting of an unsecured revolving credit facility and 15 series of unsecured notes. The noteholders supporting the restructuring also have committed to a fully backstopped rights offering for $500 million of new secured notes upon emergence from Chapter 11 as well as to provide a $500 million DIP financing facility
• Represented Ares portfolio company in connection with out of court restructuring of over $1 billion of opco and holdco financing
• Represented Savage Companies in connection with 4(a)(2) private placement financing of a rail facility in the United States
• Represented private equity fund in connection with financing and project related aspects of the purchase, together with a strategic partner, of an interest in a gas station operator with gas station and convenience stores across the United States
• Represented lenders to an investment management company in connection with the financing of its acquisition of a crude oil pipeline in Oklahoma*
• Represented Korean sponsor in connection with a bid to acquire a U.S. petrochemical facility, including committed financing from the Export-Import Bank of Korea and the Korea Trade Insurance Corporation*
• Represented a syndicate of international and domestic commercial banks in connection with a Nigerian oil forward-sale financing*

*Matter completed prior to joining Kirkland

Associate, Latham & Watkins LLP

Director and Corporate Counsel, InterGen Services Inc.