Kirkland & Ellis LLP
06/15/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/15/2026 09:13
Kirkland Advises Ridgewood Infrastructure on Acquisition of Dauntless Air, Premier Provider of Emergency Management Infrastructure
Kirkland & Ellis advised Ridgewood Infrastructure LLC, a leading infrastructure investor in the U.S. lower middle market, on its acquisition of Dauntless Air, a market-leading aerial firefighting company that provides emergency management infrastructure for wildfire response. Dauntless owns and operates the nation's largest and most technologically advanced fleet of Fire Boss aircraft. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Read Ridgewood Infrastructure's press release
The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Rob Goodin, Bill Benitez, Bo Cook and Max Chaffetz; tax lawyer Mark Dundon; and debt finance lawyers Lucas Spivey and Layton Bell.
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