Kirkland & Ellis bankruptcy practice leader James Sprayregen told The Am Law Daily in February that his firm was eyeing opportunities to advise energy companies coping with the fallout from the oil slump.
Since then, Sprayregen has made good on his word as the firm picked up out-of-court restructuring roles for Sabine Oil & Gas and Samson Resources, both of which are backed by longtime Kirkland private equity clients First Reserve and KKR, respectively. (Kirkland advised KKR on its $7.2 billion buy of Samson in late 2011.)
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