The firm has additional offices in Hong Kong, Houston, London, Rio de Janeiro, Seoul and Sydney.

The stated reasons for the split was the energy team wanted to "own the upside" of their business and free themselves from regulatory red tape.

[17] In April 2021, a consortium led by EIG signed a deal to acquire a 49% equity stake in the oil pipelines business of Saudi Aramco for $12.4 billion.

[20] The acquisition was terminated in December 2023 after Origin shareholders led by its largest investor, AustralianSuper, opposed the deal, failing to meet the required 75% threshold.

[21] In August 2012, EIG filed a lawsuit to prevent a deal where The Carlyle Group would acquire its former parent, TCW.

However sources stated the EIG's real purpose behind the lawsuit was to server all ties with TCW by using the company's ability to block the acquisition as leverage.

Intervention at the time agreed to a deadline to receive a new loan or equity commitment to pay back EIG by November 15.

[28][29] In late October 2016, EIG made another attempt to stop the process stating that Intervention was fast approaching the deadline and it had provided no indication that it would be able to obtain such financing.

This raised the potential for conflicts of interest and prompted questions on the corporate governance and business ethics of Chesapeake's senior management.

Before McClendon's death on March 2, 2016, due to a car crash, EIG had already taken possession of his stakes of the oil wells by foreclosing on the loans.