Kirkland Counsels C&J Energy Services on Merger With Keane Group

Kirkland & Ellis advised C&J Energy Services (NYSE: CJ) on its definitive merger agreement with Keane Group  (NYSE: FRAC). The companies will combine in an all-stock merger of equals. The combined company will be positioned as an industry-leading, diversified oilfield services provider with a pro-forma enterprise value of approximately $1.8 billion, including $255 million of net debt.

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The deal team was led by transactional partners Adam Larson, Doug Bacon, Kim Hicks and Alex Rose, with assistance from transactional associates Erik Shoemaker, Taylor Anthony, Chad Barton, Colin Mize, Logan Weissler, Adam Wojcik and Cameron McCollum; capital markets partner Matthew Pacey and associates Sara-Ashley Moreno, Caleb Lowery and Andrew Allen; executive compensation partner Scott Price and associates Laura Gallo and Bryan Belok; tax partner Mark Dundon and associates William Dong and Melanie Rosin; debt finance partners William Bos and Kimberly Perdue and associates Lech Wilkiewicz, Shan Khan and Marco Chan; environmental transactions partner Paul Tanaka and associates James Dolphin and Lindsay Dofelmier; energy regulatory partner Brooksany Barrowes and associate Drew Stuyvenberg; technology and IP transactions partner David MacDonald and associate Chris Hinman; antitrust & competition partners Ian John, Marin Boney, Carla Hine, Sarah Jordan and Mike Robert-Smith and associate Brittany Lischinsky; employee benefits partner Alexandra Mihalas and associate Emily Morrison; and employment & labor partner Michael Schulman and associate Melissa Soares.