Iron Oak Energy Solutions LLC has announced the acquisition of all of the operating assets of Signal Peak Silica LLC. The Signal Peak acquisition increases Iron Oak’s exposure to the Anadarko and Eagle Ford basins. On a combined basis, Iron Oak sells nearly 40 million tons per year of proppant to oil and gas producers from 15 active mining facilities.
Latham & Watkins LLP represented Iron Oak Energy on the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Houston partners Ryan Maierson, Nick Dhesi, and Clayton Heery, with associates Ana Leycegui,* Braydon Jones, and Josh Horn. Advice was also provided on finance matters by New York partner Joshua Tinkelman, with associates Max Fin, Jenny Lyubomudrova, Josh Haberl, Peter Shen, with assistance from Lily Law; on tax matters by Houston partner Bryant Lee, with associate Christopher Garza; on employee compensation and employee benefits matters by Los Angeles partner Michelle Carpenter, with associate Gabriela Alvarez; on labor and employment matters by New York partner Sandra Benjamin, with associates Jocelyn Wexler* and Alexis Pinzon; on antitrust matters by Washington, D.C. partners Jason Cruise, Peter Todaro, and counsel Francesca Pisano, with associate Rebecca Frumento; on data privacy matters by Houston partner Robert Brown, with associate Stuart Cobb; on intellectual property matters by associate Andrew Abokhair; on environmental matters by Houston/Los Angeles partner Joshua Marnitz, with associate Jacqueline Zhang; on RWI matters by partner Harrison White, with associate Donara Aghajani; on real estate matters by Chicago partner Rachel Bates, with associate Thomas Ficchi; and on litigation matters by Houston partner Scott Thomas.
