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Andrew Ketner is a senior associate in King & Spalding’s Corporate, Finance and Investments practice group. Andrew advises clients on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactions, strategic investments, and other corporate transactions, with a focus on the energy industry.  

Andrew represents clients in the midstream, downstream, renewable energy and power sectors in connection with a variety of corporate and commercial transactions involving energy and infrastructure assets, including acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, equity investments, and project financing and development matters. He also has experience as in-house counsel supporting corporate and transactional matters for Cogentrix Energy, an independent power producer and power generation asset manager owned by The Carlyle Group.  

In addition to his energy practice, Andrew represents clients across the manufacturing, industrial services, technology, transportation and logistics, and financial services industries. He counsels public and private businesses, private equity firms, portfolio companies, and executive management teams on a variety of corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital-raising transactions, strategic investments, corporate restructurings and general corporate and commercial matters.

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Credentials

J.D., South Texas College of Law, Magna Cum Laude

B.A. Government, The University of Texas at Austin, with honors

Texas

Intern, Jeff Bohm, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas

Association of International Energy Negotiators

Houston Bar Association - Mergers & Acquisitions Section

State Bar of Texas - Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section

The Institute for Energy Law (IEL)

Rising Star (Mergers & Acquisitions)


Texas Super Lawyers, 2020-2023

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Matters

Represented Quantum Capital Group in its $3 billion acquisition of Cogentrix Energy from The Carlyle Group. The Cogentrix platform is comprised of 5.3 gigawatts of efficient and flexible natural gas-fired power plants, located throughout PJM, ERCOT and ISO-NE.

Represented Brookfield Renewable Partners in its sale of a 50% interest in Shepherds Flat, an 845 MW wind farm located near Arlington, Oregon. Shepherds Flat is the third largest windfarm in the United States and the largest repowered wind farm in North America.

Represented LyondellBasell in the $700 million sale of its ethylene oxide and derivatives business to INEOS Americas.

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Represented Quantum Capital Group in its $3 billion acquisition of Cogentrix Energy from The Carlyle Group. The Cogentrix platform is comprised of 5.3 gigawatts of efficient and flexible natural gas-fired power plants, located throughout PJM, ERCOT and ISO-NE.

Represented Brookfield Renewable Partners in its sale of a 50% interest in Shepherds Flat, an 845 MW wind farm located near Arlington, Oregon. Shepherds Flat is the third largest windfarm in the United States and the largest repowered wind farm in North America.

Represented LyondellBasell in the $700 million sale of its ethylene oxide and derivatives business to INEOS Americas.

Represented The Carlyle Group and its portfolio company, Cogentrix Energy, in the sale of a 600 MW portfolio of six operating wind projects in upstate New York to the AES Corporation.

Represented The Carlyle Group and its affiliate Southeast PowerGen in the sale of two natural gas-fired power plants in Georgia with over 890 MW of combined capacity to an investment fund managed by Harbert Management Corporation.

Represented The Carlyle Group and its affiliate Mackinaw Power in the sale of Walton County Power, a 465 MW natural gas-fired power plant located in Monroe, Georgia, to Oglethorpe Power Corporation.

Represented EnerSol, a joint venture between Abu Dhabi-based ADNOC Drilling Company and Alpha Dhabi Holding, in its acquisition of a 95% stake in Deep Well Services from White Deer Energy.

Represented Kinder Morgan in its $310 million acquisition of Kinetrex Energy, a leading renewable natural gas developer and one of the largest suppliers of liquefied natural gas in the Midwest.

Represented Kraton Corporation in its $2.5 billion sale to DL Chemical Co.

Represented Sun Coast Resources in its sale to RelaDyne LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners.

Represented Cerberus Capital Management in its acquisition of Resonant Sciences.

Represented AeroTech Miami Inc. and its affiliates in connection with the companies’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and subsequent 363 sale to Eastern Airlines.

Represented Blue Torch Capital as credit bid purchaser of substantially all the assets of Troika Media Group, Inc. and its affiliates in connection with their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Represented Antares Capital as joint-venture purchaser of substantially all the assets of Never Slip Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries in connection with their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Represented Brightwood Capital as joint-venture purchaser of substantially all the assets of Delphi Behavioral Health Group, LLC and its affiliates in connection with their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Represented Blue Torch Capital as credit bid purchaser of substantially all the assets of Near Intelligence, Inc. and its affiliates in connection with their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Represented Blue Torch Capital as joint-venture purchaser of substantially all the assets of PGX Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates in connection with their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Matters

Represented Quantum Capital Group in its $3 billion acquisition of Cogentrix Energy from The Carlyle Group. The Cogentrix platform is comprised of 5.3 gigawatts of efficient and flexible natural gas-fired power plants, located throughout PJM, ERCOT and ISO-NE.

Represented Brookfield Renewable Partners in its sale of a 50% interest in Shepherds Flat, an 845 MW wind farm located near Arlington, Oregon. Shepherds Flat is the third largest windfarm in the United States and the largest repowered wind farm in North America.

Represented LyondellBasell in the $700 million sale of its ethylene oxide and derivatives business to INEOS Americas.

See more

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Matters

Represented Quantum Capital Group in its $3 billion acquisition of Cogentrix Energy from The Carlyle Group. The Cogentrix platform is comprised of 5.3 gigawatts of efficient and flexible natural gas-fired power plants, located throughout PJM, ERCOT and ISO-NE.

Represented Brookfield Renewable Partners in its sale of a 50% interest in Shepherds Flat, an 845 MW wind farm located near Arlington, Oregon. Shepherds Flat is the third largest windfarm in the United States and the largest repowered wind farm in North America.

Represented LyondellBasell in the $700 million sale of its ethylene oxide and derivatives business to INEOS Americas.

Represented The Carlyle Group and its portfolio company, Cogentrix Energy, in the sale of a 600 MW portfolio of six operating wind projects in upstate New York to the AES Corporation.

Represented The Carlyle Group and its affiliate Southeast PowerGen in the sale of two natural gas-fired power plants in Georgia with over 890 MW of combined capacity to an investment fund managed by Harbert Management Corporation.

Represented The Carlyle Group and its affiliate Mackinaw Power in the sale of Walton County Power, a 465 MW natural gas-fired power plant located in Monroe, Georgia, to Oglethorpe Power Corporation.

Represented EnerSol, a joint venture between Abu Dhabi-based ADNOC Drilling Company and Alpha Dhabi Holding, in its acquisition of a 95% stake in Deep Well Services from White Deer Energy.

Represented Kinder Morgan in its $310 million acquisition of Kinetrex Energy, a leading renewable natural gas developer and one of the largest suppliers of liquefied natural gas in the Midwest.

Represented Kraton Corporation in its $2.5 billion sale to DL Chemical Co.

Represented Sun Coast Resources in its sale to RelaDyne LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners.

Represented Cerberus Capital Management in its acquisition of Resonant Sciences.

Represented AeroTech Miami Inc. and its affiliates in connection with the companies’ Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases and subsequent 363 sale to Eastern Airlines.

Represented Blue Torch Capital as credit bid purchaser of substantially all the assets of Troika Media Group, Inc. and its affiliates in connection with their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Represented Antares Capital as joint-venture purchaser of substantially all the assets of Never Slip Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiaries in connection with their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Represented Brightwood Capital as joint-venture purchaser of substantially all the assets of Delphi Behavioral Health Group, LLC and its affiliates in connection with their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Represented Blue Torch Capital as credit bid purchaser of substantially all the assets of Near Intelligence, Inc. and its affiliates in connection with their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Represented Blue Torch Capital as joint-venture purchaser of substantially all the assets of PGX Holdings, Inc. and its affiliates in connection with their Chapter 11 bankruptcy cases.

Credentials

J.D., South Texas College of Law, Magna Cum Laude

B.A. Government, The University of Texas at Austin, with honors

Texas

Intern, Jeff Bohm, U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas

Association of International Energy Negotiators

Houston Bar Association - Mergers & Acquisitions Section

State Bar of Texas - Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section

The Institute for Energy Law (IEL)

Rising Star (Mergers & Acquisitions)


Texas Super Lawyers, 2020-2023

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Recognition

Rising Star (Mergers & Acquisitions)


Texas Super Lawyers, 2020-2023