Bracewell & Giuliani and Weil, Gotshal & Manges represent Kinder Morgan Inc. (KMI) of Houston in its pending acquisition of all outstanding equity securities of Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP), Kinder Morgan Management (KMR) and El Paso Pipeline Partners (EPB) in a transaction that will consolidate the company into KMI.

The deal is valued at about $70 billion, including assumed debt.