Kirkland Advises Cureton Front Range in Acquisition of Midstream Assets From Aka Energy Group
Kirkland advised Cureton Front Range, a midstream oil and gas company based in Denver, Colorado, and a portfolio company of Ares Management and Tailwater Capital, in its acquisition of a portfolio of midstream assets located in the state of Colorado, including the Gilcrest Gas System, from Aka Energy Group, and in associated financing arrangements.
The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Thomas Laughlin, Chad Smith and Tony Johnston and associates Will Eiland, Jonathan Strom and Zach Scott, debt finance partners Lucas Spivey and Arthur Lotz and associates Layton Bell, Purun Cheong and Jina Chung, tax partners David Wheat and Lane Morgan and associate Victoria Chang, and included environmental transactions partner Jonathan Kidwell, of counsel Jennifer Cornejo and associate Courtney Tibbetts, employee benefits partner Alexandra Mihalas and of counsel Patrick Ryan, investment funds partner Liz Dyer and derivatives partner Drue Santora.
