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Environment: Mainly Transactional - Texas

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What the Team is Known For

Kirkland & Ellis has an outstanding specialist environmental transactional practice group that principally focuses on deals in the energy and infrastructure space. The firm regularly provides environmental diligence support to clients engaged in the most significant of transactions.

Work Highlights

  • Kirkland & Ellis led the environmental due diligence on behalf of EQT in connection to its $35 billion merger with Equitrans Midstream.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Paul Tanaka
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Paul Tanaka
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Paul Tanaka is an environmental transactions specialist who manages compliance and liability issues, with a strong focus on the energy, chemical and infrastructure sectors.

Paul Tanaka is a fantastic leader and a great manager.

Paul Tanaka is not just a great lawyer, but a fantastic person who is easy to talk to.

Jonathan Kidwell
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Jonathan Kidwell
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Jonathan Kidwell is an accomplished environmental transactional attorney and acts for clients across a range of sectors, including in his thriving energy practice.

Jonathan Kidwell is an incredibly adept and thoughtful attorney. We value him for his good depth of knowledge in the environmental arena and his business ability.

Jonathan always pushes to get the best outcome for the client.

James Dolphin
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James Dolphin
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Up and Coming

James Dolphin operates a strong environmental transactional support practice, with particular expertise in advising petroleum clients.

James is exceptionally thoughtful on complex environmental issues and fully literate in the transactional sphere. He makes deals easy.

He is incredibly talented and smart.

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Environment: Mainly Transactional

Paul Tanaka
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Paul Tanaka
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Jonathan Kidwell
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Jonathan Kidwell
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Band 2
James Dolphin
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James Dolphin
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Up and Coming

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