Kirkland, V&E Get Work on Texas Water Infrastructure Deal
Kirkland & Ellis and Vinson & Elkins are involved in TPG Capital's acquisition of Goodnight Midstream.
March 18, 2019 at 05:13 PM
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Kirkland & Ellis is representing private equity company TPG Capital in its pending acquisition of a majority stake in Dallas' Goodnight Midstream for about $930 million. Goodnight Midstream, a produced water management infrastructure company, turned to Vinson & Elkins.
A team from Willkie Farr & Gallagher, led by Houston partner Michael De Voe Piazza, advised Goodnight Midstream management
In a press release announcing the deal, TPG, of Fort Worth, said it would acquire the majority stake in Goodnight Midstream from private equity firm Tailwater Capital and private investors, and the existing shareholders, including management, would retain a minority interest in the company.
The transaction, announced on March 11, is expected to close during the second quarter of this year, subject to customary closing conditions.
Goodnight Midstream operates a network of dedicated pipeline to gather and transport oilfield water. The company gathers, transports and disposes of produced water in the Permian, Bakken and Eagle Ford basins.
The Kirkland team for TPG is led by corporate partners Adam Larson of Houston and Kevin Crews of Dallas, with assistance from Houston partner Sam Peca. Others involved in the deal from Kirkland are debt finance partners Jason Kanner of New York and Kristen Derhaag of San Francisco; tax partners David Wheat of Dallas and Houston and Lane Morgan of Dallas; and environmental transactions partners Paul Tanaka of San Francisco and Houston and Alexandra Farmer of Washington, D.C.
At V&E, Houston corporate partner Gillian Hobson leads the deal team for Goodnight Midstream. Others on that team are Houston corporate partner Christopher Collins and tax partners Ryan Carney of Houston and James Meyer of Dallas.
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