Kirkland Represents Blackstone Energy Transition Partners on Acquisition of DarkVision from Koch Engineered Solutions

Kirkland & Ellis advised Blackstone on a definitive agreement for funds managed by Blackstone Energy Transition Partners to acquire DarkVision Technologies Inc., the leader in advanced ultrasound imaging technologies used for the inspection of critical industrial infrastructure, from Koch Engineered Solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Mike Marek, Chandler Spinks, Phil Greenfield, Cade Luedde, Matias Joseph, Miles Matey, Pete Wojtal and Will Burdick; technology & IP transactions lawyers Matt Darch, Matt Lovell, Ellisen Turner and Christina Welch; tax lawyers Mark Dundon and Christina King; debt finance lawyers Yuli Wang and Timothy Hughes; employee benefits lawyers Alexandra Mihalas and Nick Carballo; labor & employment lawyers Jackie Heffernan and Cassie Lagana; executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson and Lilibeth Clelo-Garcha; environmental transactions lawyers Jim Dolphin and Isaac Lawrence; antitrust & competition lawyers Chris Brassfield, Andrew Schilling, Joel Gory, Chris Thomas and Sarah Lonvick; real estate lawyer Lanre Williams; transactional liability lawyer Hayley Hollender; and litigation lawyers Meghan Dolan, Jason Klein and Diana Benton.