Kirkland Advises Quantum Energy Partners on Formation of Bison Oil & Gas Partners IV and Closing of Multiple DJ Basin Acquisitions
Kirkland & Ellis advised Quantum Energy Partners, a leading provider of private equity capital to the global energy industry, on its partnership with the management of Bison Oil & Gas (Bison) to form Bison Oil & Gas Partners IV, LLC (Bison IV) with equity capital commitments in excess of $500 million. Building on the success of prior Bison entities, Bison IV will focus on the acquisition and responsible development of oil and natural gas assets in the Denver-Julesburg Basin of Colorado and Wyoming. Since inception, Kirkland & Ellis has advised Bison IV with respect to closing multiple acquisitions covering more than 75,000 net acres and with current production in excess of 25,000 boepd.
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The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners David Castro, Cyril Jones, Stephen Noh and Alia Heintz; debt finance partners Will Bos and Chad Davis; and tax partner Mark Dundon. Also advising were corporate partner John Pitts and associates Lauren Stelck, Jack Chadderdon, Brittany Scheier, Austin Johnson, William Kelly and John Ryan Isaacson; tax associate David Gilbert; environmental partners Paul Tanaka and Jennifer Cornejo and associate Courtney Tibbetts; energy regulatory partners Brooksany Barrowes and Marcia Hook and associate Lilla Grisham; employee benefits partner Alexandra Mihalas and associates Jack Amaro and Abbi Semnisky; executive compensation partners Rob Fowler and Stephen Jacobson and associates Katherine Nemeth, Rebekah Kostelak and Kristen Franco; labor & employment partner Christie Alcala and associate Alexis Grinstead; debt finance associates Michelle Williamson, Weston Kowert and Brandon Ricaurte; antitrust partners Carla Hine and Chuck Boyars; technology transactions & IP partner Matt Darch and associate Andrew White; and derivatives partner Drue Santora.
