Kirkland Advises Speedcast on Sale of Teleport Infrastructure Business to SatPort

Kirkland & Ellis advised Centerbridge Partners-backed Speedcast, a connectivity, IT services and edge intelligence provider for remote operations, on the sale of its teleport infrastructure business to SatPort Infrastructure, a carrier-neutral ground infrastructure platform provider backed by EQT Infrastructure. The transaction will accelerate Speedcast’s transformation from a connectivity provider to an AI-enabled network and edge intelligence company and streamline its operations through a more asset-light model.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Corey Fox, Maggie Flores, Josh Cowin and Jimin He; debt finance lawyers Jud Oswald, Andrew Hurley and Sydnee Hertle; tax lawyers Polina Liberman and Ethan Matthews; international trade & national security lawyers Luci Hague, Evan Sills and Nick Perez; and technology & IP transactions lawyers Matt Darch and Mike James.