Kirkland Advises Talos Energy on $800 Million Offering of Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes
Kirkland & Ellis advised Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) in connection with an offering of $800 million of second-priority senior secured notes by its wholly owned subsidiary, Talos Production Inc., which closed on July 13, 2026. The company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to fund a portion of the cash consideration for its recently announced pending acquisition of certain deepwater assets in the Gulf of America from Shell Offshore Inc., to redeem certain of the company’s existing second-priority senior secured notes and to pay related fees and expenses. Talos Energy is a technically driven, innovative, independent energy company focused on safely maximizing long-term value through its Exploration & Production business in the United States Gulf of America and offshore Mexico.
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The Kirkland team included capital markets lawyers Julian Seiguer, Ieuan List, Hunter Richey, Courtney Wax Lewis, David Kopp and Akash Kurupassery; debt finance lawyers Will Bos, Steven Keithley, Graham Owen, Daly C.S. Brower and Zander Bush; and tax lawyers Mark Dundon and Sarah Gehr.
