Luis Guillermo Andrade III

• Represented Macquarie Asset Management in its $1.725 billion minority equity investment in DESRI.
• Represented Emirates Global Aluminum in its acquisition of an 80% equity interest in Spectro Alloys.
• Represented Lightsource bp in sale of 395 MW solar operating portfolio to Jera Nex.
• Represented Lotus Infrastructure in sale of its interest in the 1,304 MW Compass natural gas power portfolio to EGCO.
• Represented Safanad in digital infrastructure joint venture with Mercuria, Arctos, and 26North Partners.
• Represented White Energy in its merger with a Gate City Renewable Fuels subsidiary.
• Represented Bolder Industries in equity raise to Tiger Infrastructure Partners.
• Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments, a North American private equity fund, in the sale of an 88 MW portfolio of solar projects to Altus Power, Inc.
• Represented Instar Asset Management, a North American private equity fund, in the contribution of its Oilfield Water Logistics portfolio company to Pilot Water Solutions in exchange for equity interests in Pilot.
• Represented Macquarie Asset Management's Green Energy Group in its investment in Galehead Development, an early-stage solar developer operating across the United States.
• Represented Axium Infrastructure, a Canadian and U.S. private equity fund, in the acquisition of interests in a 1.06 GW portfolio of seven wind projects from BlackRock.
• Represented Axium Infrastructure in the platform acquisition of BlueWave, a solar developer operating in the east and northeastern United States.
• Represented Axium Infrastructure in the acquisition of a 49% interest in a 1.3 GW portfolio of wind and solar projects managed by Constellation Energy (formerly the power generation division of Exelon Corporation).
• Represented budget auto insurer in exit merger of business to a large U.S. insurer for $400 million cash consideration.
• Represented a large international private equity fund in the ~$750 million acquisition and roll-up of U.S. hotel operations business.
• Represented a private equity fund in the $1.8 billion sale of heavy industry portfolio company.

Luis is experienced advising public and private equity clients on both buy and sell side transactional matters with a focus on energy and infrastructure.

Luis is also experienced with corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, stock purchase acquisitions, asset acquisitions, equity financings, joint venture arrangements, and other corporate law matters in a variety of industries including energy and infrastructure, healthcare, finance, automotive, and telecommunications. In addition to U.S.-based clients, Luis has advised clients from Canada, Mexico, Brazil, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, and various European countries on their U.S. transactions.