Justin Thekkekara

Since joining Kirkland, Justin has been involved in the following matters:

• Skydeck Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $200 million initial public offering 

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

Mergers and Acquisitions

• A public waste management company in its initial $4.9 billion agreement to take private a competitor
• A major infrastructure fund in its acquisition of a 49.99% interest in an enterprise telecommunications business with an implied enterprise value of $3.2 billion
• A major private equity fund in its $1.5 billion acquisition of a public energy company's 50% interest in a midstream company
• A major infrastructure fund in its $1.375 billion acquisition of an integrated U.S. renewable energy platform
• A private oil and gas container solutions company in its 50-50 joint venture with a major competitor
• A major infrastructure fund in its $950 million take-private acquisition of a fiber-based data and broadband service provider
• A major infrastructure fund in its majority acquisition of a fiber-based data and broadband service provider
• A major infrastructure fund in its $750 million convertible equity portfolio financing of a public energy company's acquisition of a portfolio of wind and solar projects
• A major infrastructure fund and its portfolio company in connection with a $500 million growth capital investment from a sovereign wealth fund
• A private water company in its acquisition of a water and wastewater utility system
• A private telecommunications provider in its $240 million take-private acquisition of a fiber-based network, cloud and IT services and cybersecurity provider
• A major infrastructure fund in its $170 million convertible equity portfolio financing of a public energy company's acquisition of a 50% interest in an intrastate natural gas pipeline
• A major private equity fund in series of acquisitions of retail fuel distribution and convenience store chain businesses
• A private equity fund in its $100 million divestiture of certain oil and gas assets in the Powder River Basin
• A private equity fund as lead arranger of first-lien creditors in connection with the restructuring and subsequent bankruptcy of a natural gas exploration and production company
• A financial institution in connection with its joint acquisition of a majority of the producing assets of an oil and gas exploration and production company in bankruptcy
• A major private equity fund in its acquisition of a minority interest of an Asian alternative asset manager

Investment Funds

• A major private equity sponsor in the implementation of Luxembourg structuring in connection with the fundraise of multiple closed-ended and open-ended investment funds in the U.S., Europe, and Asia
• A major private equity sponsor in the fundraise of a $26 billion closed-ended private equity fund focused on global private equity investments
• A major private equity sponsor in the fundraise of a $14 billion open-ended infrastructure fund focused on "core" and "core+" infrastructure investments in the United States
• A major private equity sponsor in the fundraise of a $14 billion closed-ended real estate fund focused on global real estate investments
• A major private equity sponsor in the fundraise of multi-billion dollar open-ended real estate funds focused on "core" and "core+" real estate investments in (i) Europe and (ii) Asia
• A major private equity sponsor in the fundraise of an $11.1 billion closed-ended private equity fund focused on investments in the secondary private market
• A major private equity sponsor in the fundraise of a multi-billion dollar closed-ended energy fund focused on energy and certain infrastructure investments in the United States
• A private equity sponsor in the fundraise of a $500+ million fund focused on equity-related investments in the software/technology-enabled services sectors
• A private equity sponsor in the fundraise of (i) a $267 million fund and (ii) a $144.4 million fund, each focused on minority investments in U.S.-based community banks
• A private equity sponsor in the fundraise of its inaugural $560 million fund focused on control investments across the technology sector