Austin S.
Paalz

Represented Quanta Services, Inc. in its acquisition of Cupertino Electric, Inc., a California based electrical infrastructure solutions provider to the technology, renewable energy and data center industries, for $1.54 billion in cash and Quanta common stock.

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 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 a US development company on the sale of various battery energy storage projects totaling approximately 2.65 gigawatts of anticipated operational capacity.

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

Represented a NASDAQ-listed oilfield services company in conjunction with its acquisition of two private-equity owned energy services companies focused on supplying proprietary oilfield services technology

Represented ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC in connection with the acquisition of a natural gas gathering system in the Haynesville basin of Louisiana and Texas.

Represented Sunny Sky Products, LLC, a portfolio company of Seidler Equity Partners, on its sale to a subsidiary of The Jordan Company.

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 a Houston based producer and midstream services company on its sale and related joint venture arrangement with a major Mexican private investment company.

Represented a Houston-based investment firm and its portfolio company in a merger with and into a technology-based provider of security and automation services.

Represented Shell New Energies US LLC, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, on the purchase of Inspire Energy Capital LLC, a renewable energy residential retailer serving approximately 235,000 residential customers across the U.S.

Represented Amarillo Midstream, LLC & Rattler Ajax Processing LLC on the divestment of the Amarillo Rattler, LLC joint venture to EnLink Midstream Operating, LP.

Represented Kinder Morgan, Inc. on its acquisition of Indianapolis-based Kinetrex Energy, a rapidly growing renewable natural gas player, from an affiliate of Parallel49 Equity.