Kirkland & Ellis represented Bluescape Energy Partners LLC in a common equity investment of approximately $115 million in Evergy Inc. Additionally, C. John Wilder, Executive Chairman of Bluescape, and former U.S. Senator Mary L. Landrieu, will join the Evergy board effective March 1. As part of the transaction, Evergy’s Finance Committee charter has been amended to include competitive analysis and benchmarking of key operating, customer, financial and sustainability performance metrics.
The Kirkland team was led by transactional partners Shubi Arora and Enoch Varner, and associate Josh Teahen; capital markets partner Julian Seiguer; and debt finance partner Arthur Lotz.
