Kirkland Advises ArcLight Capital Partners on Sale to DigitalBridge for up to $1.05 Billion

Kirkland & Ellis advised ArcLight Capital Partners, one of North America's leading specialist investors in power and electric infrastructure, on a definitive agreement to be acquired by DigitalBridge Group, Inc. (NYSE: DBRG), a leading global alternative asset manager dedicated to digital infrastructure, for a total transaction value of up to $1.05 billion. The base purchase price is $650 million and includes up to an additional $400 million of contingent consideration. The combination forms a leading alternative asset manager at the convergence of power, AI and digital infrastructure, bringing together two specialist platforms with combined assets representing more than $150 billion.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Michael Reeves, Rami Totari, Jared Maher, Tarah Sullivan, Joseph Grib, Baxter DiFabrizio, Garrett Cook and Kristen Law; investment funds lawyers Erica Berthou, Matthew Nadworny, Nathan Wolcott, Nabil Sabki and Jina Yun; tax lawyers Steve Butler and Grant Solomon; energy regulatory lawyers Erin Bartlett and Damien Lyster; and executive compensation lawyers Stephen Brecher and Lany Villalobos.