V&E and Kirkland Advise in $1 Billion Private Equity Investment

© 2015 The Texas Lawbook.By Natalie Posgate (March 31) – Washington, D.C.-based EIG Global Energy Partners announced Tuesday that it has agreed to commit a $1 billion strategic investment to Los Angeles-based Breitburn Energy Partners that will likely help the independent oil and gas company repay borrowings under its credit facility. Vinson & Elkins represented Breitburn, with Dallas partner Robert Kimball and New York partners Shelley Barber and David Wicklund leading the corporate team. They received assistance from partners Brett Santoli and Tzvi Werzberger and associates Jessica Bennett, Lee Davis, Stancell Haigwood, Sunjung Kim, Rachel Packer and Frankie Shulkin, who are all based in either New York or Washington, D.C. V&E’s tax team included Houston partners Ryan Carney and Judy Blissard, associate James Melchers and Washington, D.C. partner Joe Garcia. EIG hired Houston corporate partners John Pitts and Mary Kogut of Kirkland & Ellis to lead its end of the deal. They received assistance from Houston partners Will Bos and Andrew Calder, as well as a few of the firm’s New York-based attorneys. EIG associate counsel of transactions Amy Springs, who is based in Houston, also worked on the deal. Before joining EIG, Spring was the associate general counsel at…