Akin Gump Advises Yorktown Partners in Connection with the $2.7 Billion Merger of Indigo Natural Resources with Southwestern Energy Company
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(Dallas and Houston) – Southwestern Energy Company today announced that it has entered into a definitive merger agreement with Haynesville producer Indigo Natural Resources, LLC, under which it will acquire Indigo for approximately $2.7 billion. A team from Akin Gump represented Yorktown Partners, a financial sponsor of Indigo Natural Resources, in connection with the sale.
The transaction is expected to close early in the fourth quarter of 2021, subject to customary closing conditions. To learn more, please click here.
The Akin Gump team advising Yorktown Partners was led by corporate partners Jesse Betts and David Elder.
Mr. Betts joined Akin Gump last month alongside fellow partner Cole Bredthauer as among the latest additions to the firm’s corporate team in Dallas.
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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