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Akin Gump advises Tapstone Energy in Sale to Diversified Energy Company
Tapstone Energy Holdings, LLC (“Tapstone”) and its affiliate KL CHK SPV, LLC have entered into definitive agreements with Diversified Energy Company PLC (“DEC”) pursuant to which DEC will acquire Tapstone and substantially all of the assets of KL CHK SPV, LLC, which includes upstream assets, field infrastructure, equipment and facilities in the Anadarko Basin of Oklahoma.
Read MoreClimate change and sustainability veteran Kenneth Markowitz joins Akin Gump as partner in Washington, D.C.
Kenneth Markowitz, a veteran practitioner with more than three decades’ experience in environmental law and as an advisor on climate change and sustainability issues to companies, governments and environmental groups, has been named a partner in Akin Gump’s Washington, D.C. office.
Read MoreIan Patrick McGinley joins Akin Gump as a partner in their white collar defense and government investigations practice
Akin Gump announces that Ian Patrick McGinley, former co-chief of the Complex Frauds and Cybercrime Unit in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York (SDNY), has joined the firm as a partner in New York in its white collar defense and government investigations practice.
Read MoreTax equity and project finance partner Shariff Barakat joins Akin Gump in Washington, D.C.
Shariff Barakat, who brings substantial experience advising on the development, acquisition and tax equity financing of renewable energy projects, joins Akin Gump as a partner in the firm’s Washington, D.C. office and a member of the firm’s project finance & development and tax practices.
Read MoreAkin Gump advises Stonebriar Commercial Finance in issuance of $227 million of fixed-rate reset cumulative preferred shares
Stonebriar Commercial Finance, a leading large-ticket independent commercial finance company, announces that it has issued and sold $227 million of Series A 7.50 percent Fixed-Rate Reset Cumulative Preferred Shares in a private offering. A team from Akin Gump advised Stonebriar in the transaction.
Read MoreAkin Gump advises U.S. Shipping Corp in acquisition by SEACOR Holdings Inc.
SEACOR Holdings Inc. announces the completion of its acquisition of U.S. Shipping Corp (USSC), a privately owned, leading provider of long-haul marine transportation for chemical and petroleum cargoes in the U.S. coastwise trade, operating under the Jones Act.
Read MoreAkin Gump advises Viper Energy Partners in Midland Basin acquisition
Viper Energy Partners LP, a subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc., announces it has entered into a definitive purchase and sale agreement to acquire certain mineral and royalty interests from Swallowtail Royalties LLC and Swallowtail Royalties II LLC in exchange for 15.25 million units of Viper common stock and $225 million of cash, subject to customary adjustments.
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