Press Release

Kirkland Advises Kimmeridge on $200 Million Investment to Launch Chestnut Carbon

Kirkland & Ellis counseled Kimmeridge, a private investment firm focused on energy solutions, on the launch of Chestnut Carbon, LLC, a leading nature-based carbon offset platform that Kimmeridge Carbon Solutions will seed with up to $200 million. Chestnut will generate high-quality forest carbon offsets that are additional, verifiable, and biodiverse to accelerate the path to net zero across a range of industries. 

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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Shubi Arora and Randy Santa Ana and associates Colleen Haile and Ben Moore; real assets partner Rahul Vashi and associate Jordan Silverman; technology & IP transactions partner Matt Lovell and associates Melissa Moreno and Neva Little; employee benefits of counsel Jack Bernstein and associate Mackenzie Packard; labor & employment partner R.D. Kohut and associates Melissa Harclerode and George Cartveli; executive compensation partner Stephen Jacobson and associates Fishel Schreiber and Mei Wang; and tax partners Adam Arikat and Stephen Butler.