Weil Gotshal Advises Richard D. Kinder and his Senior Management Team in Kinder Morgan, Inc. Privatization

NEW YORK, May 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, the international law firm, advised Kinder Morgan (KMI) Chairman and CEO Richard D. Kinder and Kinder Morgan senior management on the acquisition of KMI, which closed today.

Additional investors in the landmark privatization transaction, valued at approximately $23 billion, include other senior members of KMI management, co- founder Bill Morgan, board members Fayez Sarofim and Mike Morgan, and affiliates of Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, American International Group, Inc., The Carlyle Group and Riverstone Holdings LLC.

Mr. Kinder continues as Chairman and CEO following the close of the transaction and has reinvested all of his 24 million KMI shares.

Kinder Morgan, Inc. is one of the largest energy transportation, storage and distribution companies in North America. KMI owns the general partner interest of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. , one of the largest publicly traded pipeline limited partnerships in the United States.

The Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP Team included: Partners: Corporate James S. Westra (Boston); R. Jay Tabor (Dallas) Tax Marc L. Silberberg (New York) Tax/Executive Compensation Michael Nissan (New York) Antitrust Steven A. Newborn (Washington); Laura A. Wilkinson (Washington) Employee Benefits Andrew L. Gaines (New York) Litigation Joseph Allerhand (New York); James Messenger (Boston) *Counsel: Seth Goodchild (New York) Associates: Corporate Adam D. Nelson (Dallas); Ben Bodamer (Dallas); Cody C. Tibbetts (Boston) Tax Keith L. Cooper (Houston); Stanley E. Ramsay (New York); Max A. Goodman (New York) Employee Benefits Jill D. Chesler (New York); Nancy Y. Tong (New York) Antitrust Jeff L. White (Washington) Litigation Scarlett Collings (Houston); Erin Law (New York) About Weil, Gotshal & Manges

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