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12/22/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 12/22/2025 10:24

Kirkland Advises Verdad Resources on Membership Interest Purchase Agreement with Peoria Resources

Kirkland & Ellis advised Verdad Resources Intermediate Holdings, LLC in connection with a definitive agreement whereby Peoria Resources, LLC, a subsidiary of JAPEX (U.S.) Corp., the overseas consolidated subsidiary of Japan Petroleum Exploration Co. Ltd., will acquire the operated oil and gas business of Verdad in the Colorado DJ Basin.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Will Eiland, Thomas Laughlin, Alex Lippert, Jake Johnson and Rachel Miller; environmental transactions lawyers Jonathan Kidwell and Courtney Tibbets; and tax lawyers David Wheat, Joe Tobias and Brooke Schafer.

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