Press Release

Kirkland Counsels Colgate on Agreement to Acquire Assets from Occidental for $508 Million

Kirkland & Ellis advised Colgate Energy Partners, III in its definitive agreement to acquire certain upstream oil and gas assets in Reeves and Ward Counties, Texas from subsidiaries of Occidental for approximately $508 million. 

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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Chad Smith and Anthony Speier and associates William Eiland, Isaac Bate and Caleb Martin; with assistance from tax partner Mark Dundon and associate Ryan Phelps; and environmental transactions partner Jonathan Kidwell and associate Madison McMurray.