Kirkland’s Energy & Infrastructure Practice Recognized at IJ Global’s Americas Awards

IJ Global honored Kirkland with four awards at the 2025 IJ Investor Americas Awards, which recognize the best fundraising and deployment, as well as M&A activity, in the energy and infrastructure sector.   

Kirkland was named “Legal Adviser of the Year: North America,” and was recognized for the Firm’s role in the following “Transactions of the Year” for 2025:
 
1.  Digital Infrastructure Deal of the Year: Kirkland advised GIC on a circa $15 billion joint venture with Equinix and CPP Investments to capitalize, acquire and develop a U.S.-centric digital infrastructure platform.
 
2.  Oil & Gas Deal of the Year: Kirkland advised ONEOK, Inc. on its definitive agreement with EnLink Midstream, LLC to acquire all outstanding publicly held common units of EnLink for $4.3 billion.
 
3.  Securitization Deal of the Year: Kirkland advised Metronet on multiple securitization financings to refinance existing indebtedness in connection with its acquisition and restructuring by KKR and T-Mobile.