Kirkland & Ellis advised Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo), one of Canada’s largest and most diversified institutional investment managers with more than $150 billion of assets under management, on its acquisition of Astatine Investment Partners’ (formerly Alinda Capital Partners) stake in Howard Energy Partners. As a result of this transaction, AIMCo holds a total ownership stake of 87 percent in Howard Energy Partners (HEP). HEP is a diversified energy platform business with strategically located midstream and downstream assets in the United States, where long-term, fixed-fee contracts make up the majority of revenues.