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Austin Paalz is an associate in the Corporate, Finance and Investments Practice Group of King & Spalding’s Houston office. Austin counsels clients on a variety of corporate topics, including mergers, acquisitions, commercial transactions, energy project development and corporate governance. Austin handles a broad range of energy-related transaction documentation, such as joint venture agreements, purchase agreements and acquisition and divestment transaction agreements.
Before joining King & Spalding, Austin graduated with High Honors from Emory University School of Law in 2020 and was invited to join the Order of the Coif. While in law school, he was an Executive Managing Editor on the Emory Law Journal. Austin also had his work, Patent Wars: The Attack of Blockchain, published in the Texas Intellectual Property Law Journal in 2020.
J.D., Emory University School of Law, with high honors, Order of the Coif
B.A. Political Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Business Law Certificate, with Honors
Texas
August 26, 2022
King & Spalding Advises on Impact Deal of the Year at the ITR Asia-Pacific Tax Awards
April 6, 2022
ArcLight Acquires Haynesville Gas Gathering System and Closes on Acquisition Financing
Represented CENTAURI Technologies, LP, a technology-driven manufacturer of specialty materials and chemical formulations, in its sale to Aurorium (formerly Vertellus), a portfolio company of Pritzker Private Capital.
Represented The Carlyle Group and its portfolio company, Cogentrix Energy Power Management, LLC, on the sale of a 600 MW portfolio of six operating wind projects in New York.
Represented Kraton Corporation in its $2.5 billion sale to DL Chemical Co.
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August 26, 2022
King & Spalding Advises on Impact Deal of the Year at the ITR Asia-Pacific Tax Awards
April 6, 2022
ArcLight Acquires Haynesville Gas Gathering System and Closes on Acquisition Financing
Represented CENTAURI Technologies, LP, a technology-driven manufacturer of specialty materials and chemical formulations, in its sale to Aurorium (formerly Vertellus), a portfolio company of Pritzker Private Capital.
Represented The Carlyle Group and its portfolio company, Cogentrix Energy Power Management, LLC, on the sale of a 600 MW portfolio of six operating wind projects in New York.
Represented Kraton Corporation in its $2.5 billion sale to DL Chemical Co.
See more
August 26, 2022
King & Spalding Advises on Impact Deal of the Year at the ITR Asia-Pacific Tax Awards
April 6, 2022
ArcLight Acquires Haynesville Gas Gathering System and Closes on Acquisition Financing
J.D., Emory University School of Law, with high honors, Order of the Coif
B.A. Political Science, The University of Texas at Austin, Business Law Certificate, with Honors
Texas