Kirkland Advises M6 Midstream on $5.5 Billion Sale to The Williams Companies
Kirkland & Ellis advised Momentum Midstream (M6), a leading independent midstream energy company, on a definitive agreement to be acquired by The Williams Companies, Inc. (NYSE: WMB) for up to $5.5 billion, consisting of $3.5 billion in cash and debt consideration and approximately $2 billion of Williams equity. The transaction is subject to regulatory approval and customary closing conditions.
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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers John Pitts, Mike Marek, Jess Lepper, Morgan Olle, Walter Deere, Marissa Kinsey and Jake Bregman; executive compensation lawyers Stephen Jacobson, Jabir Yusoff and Nick Carter; real assets lawyers Chad Smith and Lauren Stelck; debt finance lawyers Mary Kogut, Brittany Taylor and Savannah Soto; environmental transactions lawyers Paul Tanaka, Jim Dolphin and Julie Molina; real estate lawyers Lanre Williams, Christina Wa and Catherine Garner; tax lawyers David Wheat, Joe Tobias, Griffin Peeples and Sarah Gehr; capital markets lawyers Matthew Pacey and Lanchi Huynh; employment & labor lawyers Christie Alcala and Jon Link; employee benefits lawyers Justin Coddington and Carly Krause; energy regulatory lawyers Drew Stuyvenberg, Kevin Hivick, Damien Lyster, Darren Fernandez and Ethan Heben; technology & IP transactions lawyers Matt Lovell, Ben Kovach and Aseem Jha; litigation lawyer Nick Niles; and antitrust & competition lawyers Steve Mohr, Psalm Cheung, Mike Thorpe, Bethany Thomas and Katie Ledbetter.
