Kirkland & Ellis LLP advised Canadian Non-Operated Resources L.P. (CNOR), the sole shareholder of Pipestone Oil Corp. (Pipestone), in connection with Pipestone’s combination with Blackbird Energy Inc. (TSXV: BBI) and related equity and debt capital raises to fund drilling and other operational capital expenditures of the new combined entity, Pipestone Energy Corp. (Pipestone Energy). At closing, CNOR will be entitled to receive 103.75 million common shares of Pipestone Energy. Blackbird’s full release can be found here.

The Kirkland team was led by corporate partners Kevin Crews and Benjamin Adelson and associate Alex Poor; and tax partner Lane Morgan.

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