Debbie P. Yee, P.C.

Since joining Kirkland, Debbie has been involved in the following transactions:

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: XPDI), a special purpose acquisition company, on its approximately $4.3 billion combination with Core Scientific Holding Co., a 100% net carbon neutral, vertically integrated blockchain infrastructure and mining company, and Blockcap, Inc., a leader in digital asset mining
• Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $3.6 billion combination with SES Holdings Pte. Ltd., a developer and manufacturer of high-performance Hybrid Lithium-Metal (Li-Metal) rechargeable batteries for electric vehicles
• Penn Virginia Corp. (NASDAQ: PVAC) in its $370 million merger with Lonestar Resources US Inc. (OTCQX: LONE)
• HealthCor Catalio Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: HCAQ), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $580 million combination with Hyperfine, Inc., creator of the first U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared portable magnetic resonance imaging device, Swoop™, and Liminal Sciences, Inc., a medical device development company dedicated to non-invasive measurement of key vital signs in the brain
• Noble Corporation in its acquisition of Pacific Drilling Co. LLC in an all-stock transaction
• Vector Acquisition Corporation on its $4.1 billion definitive merger agreement with Rocket Lab USA, Inc. 
• Peridot Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: PDAC) on its $1.67 billion combination agreement with Li-Cycle Corp
• Penn Virginia Corporation (NASDAQ:PVAC) in Juniper Capital Advisors, L.P.’s $188 million strategic investment in the company, including $150 million of cash and certain oil and gas assets, in exchange for 59 percent of Penn Virginia’s equity
• WPX Energy, Inc. (NYSE: WPX) in its $12 billion all-stock merger of equals with Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN)
• Bruin E&P Partners, LLC and its subsidiaries in connection with their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of TerraForm Power, Inc., in Terraform Power’s $1.58 billion sale to Brookfield Renewable Partners
• Bristow Group Inc. on its all-stock business combination with Era Group Inc.

Capital Markets

• Portage Fintech Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $240 million initial public offering
• Shelter Acquisition Corporation I, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $200 million initial public offering
• Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. 2, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $185 million initial public offering
• Orion Biotech Opportunities Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by affiliates of MSD Partners, L.P. and Panacea Venture Healthcare in its $200 million initial public offering
• MSD Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of MSD Partners, L.P., in its $575 million initial public offering
• Lead Edge Growth Opportunities Ltd, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $300 million initial public offering
• Accelerate Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $400 million initial public offering
• Peridot Acquisition Corp. II, a blank check company sponsored by an affiliate of Carnelian Energy Capital Management, L.P in its upsized $360 million initial public offering
• Vector Acquisition Corporation II, a special purpose acquisition company that will target business in the technology and technology-enabled services sectors, with its upsized $450 million initial public offering
• Corner Growth Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Corner Ventures and focusing on target businesses in the technology industry, in its upsized $400 million initial public offering
• Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp., a blank check company sponsored by XPDI Sponsor LLC, on its upsized $300 million initial public offering
• Pontem Corporation (NYSE: PNTM), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $690 million initial public offering
• Authentic Equity Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: AEAC), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $230 million initial public offering
• Peridot Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $300 million initial public offering. Peridot is sponsored by an affiliate of Carnelian Energy Capital Management, LP and will target businesses in the electrification, clean fuel transportation, self-directed and autonomous mobility and related infrastructure, energy storage and efficiency, smart grid technology and renewable energy sectors
• Vector Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company that will target businesses in the technology and technology-enabled services sectors, in its $300 million initial public offering
• Centennial Resource Development, Inc. in its $254 million debt-for-debt exchange

Prior to joining Kirkland, Debbie was involved in the following transactions:

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Energy Transfer LP – $5.1 billion acquisition of Sem Group
• Enagás – Co-investment in $3.3 billion acquisition of the GP interest and 44% LP interest in Tallgrass
• Energy Transfer LP – $24.9 billion acquisition of Energy Transfer Partners
• Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II – $3.8 billion acquisition of Alta Mesa Holdings, LP and Kingfisher Midstream, LLC
• Andeavor Logistics, LP – $1.8 billion acquisition of Western Refining Logistics, LP
• Ensco plc – $860 million acquisition of Atwood Oceanics, Inc.
• Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. – $20 billion acquisition of Energy Transfer Partners by Sunoco Logistics Partners L.P.
• Centennial Resource Development Inc. – $855 million acquisition of the leasehold interests and related upstream assets in Reeves County of Silverback Exploration
• Riverstone Holdings LLC / Silver Run Acquisition Corporation – $1.575 billion acquisition of an 89% stake in Centennial Resource Production
• Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. – $18 billion acquisition of Regency Energy Partners LP
• Buckeye Partners – $1.15 billion acquisition of 50% stake in VTTI
• Plains Exploration & Production Company – $9 billion acquisition by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. of Plains Exploration & Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Company
• Suburban Propane Partners LP – $1.8 billion acquisition of Inergy Propane LLC
• Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. – $9.2 billion acquisition of Southern Union Company
• Questar Corporation – $5 billion spin-off to its shareholders of QEP Resources, a natural gas and oil exploration, production, and midstream field services company
• Plains Exploration & Production Company – $450 million sale of a 20% interest in Plains Offshore Operations, Inc., the US-based Gulf of Mexico assets of Plains Exploration & Production Company

Capital Markets

• RMG Acquisition Corp. – $200 million IPO
• Centennial Resource Development, Inc. – $340 million PIPE offering
• PennTex Midstream Partners, LP – $30 million pre-IPO convertible preferred offering
• PennTex Midstream Partners, LP – $225 million IPO
• Enduro Royalty Trust – $290 million IPO
• Energy Transfer Operating, L.P. – multiple debt and common and preferred equity offerings totaling over $20.6 billion in aggregate
• Sunoco LP – multiple debt offerings and PIPE totaling more than $2 billion in aggregate
• Regency Energy Partners LP – multiple debt and equity offerings totaling over $3.55 billion in aggregate
• Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P. – multiple debt offerings totaling over $1 billion in aggregate
• Rosetta Resources Inc. – multiple debt and equity offerings totaling over $2 billion in aggregate
• Underwriters – IPO of Enviva Partners, Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., Enable Midstream Partners, LP, Eclipse Resources Corporation, and EP Energy Corporation