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Drew Baldinger is an energy transactions lawyer with almost 20 years’ experience representing clients in private equity, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project and other development and project financings across the upstream, midstream, downstream, conventional and renewable power, transmission, transitional and other energy sectors.

Drew frequently counsels sponsors and investors on their project agreements and investments in key emerging areas of the energy industry areas including gas-to-liquids, sustainable aviation fuels (SAF), hydrogen, ammonia, carbon capture, transport and sequestration, and renewable power (including solar, wind and battery- and energy storage), including agreements related to offtake, equipment supply, technology licensing, EPC, O&M, interconnection and feedstock. Additionally, Drew advises clients in connection with complex midstream, gas sales, participation and joint operating arrangements.

Further, he has a deep background in counseling private equity funds on investments in management teams.

Prior to joining King & Spalding, Drew was a partner at another international AmLaw 3 firm, and before that served as U.S. co-chair of the Energy practice at another international AmLaw 50 firm, as well as U.S. vice-chair of its M&A practice.

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Credentials

J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, with honors

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

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In the News · Source: Law360, Bloomberg Law, Texas Lawyer, The Texas Lawbook, Reuters Daily Docket, Attorney at Law Magazine, The American Lawyer, Law360 and Houston Bar Association

September 10, 2024
Energy transactional partner Drew Baldinger joins the firm’s Corporate practice group in Houston

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Private Equity M&A and Investments

Parasol Renewable Energy LLC (KKR investment) in the sale of Clenera at an enterprise value of $433,000,000 to Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. Clenera is developing a portfolio of 12GWdc solar generation facilities and 5.5 GWh of energy storage in 20 states

Spur Energy Partners LLC (owned by KKR and EMG) in its $925,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in New Mexico from Concho Resources, which included the acquisition of material midstream asset

Kayne Anderson Energy Funds:

in its $2,400,000,000 (cash and stock) sale of Silver Hill Energy Partners, LLC and Silver Hill E&P II, LLC to oil producer RSP Permian Inc.

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Private Equity M&A and Investments

Parasol Renewable Energy LLC (KKR investment) in the sale of Clenera at an enterprise value of $433,000,000 to Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. Clenera is developing a portfolio of 12GWdc solar generation facilities and 5.5 GWh of energy storage in 20 states

Spur Energy Partners LLC (owned by KKR and EMG) in its $925,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in New Mexico from Concho Resources, which included the acquisition of material midstream asset

Kayne Anderson Energy Funds:

in its $2,400,000,000 (cash and stock) sale of Silver Hill Energy Partners, LLC and Silver Hill E&P II, LLC to oil producer RSP Permian Inc.

Terra Energy Partners LLC (also owned by Warburg Pincus) in the $910,000,000 million acquisition of WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC from WPX Energy, Inc., which included the acquisition of oil and gas properties in Colorado and material midstream assets

Silver Hill Energy Partners Holdings, LLC in the sale of Silver Hill’s midstream assets — including Outrigger Delaware Operating, LLC, a joint venture to build scalable natural gas gathering, natural gas processing and crude gathering infrastructure in the Delaware Basin — to Targa Resources Corp. in an aggregate transaction for up to $1,490,000,000 in the $404,000,000 in cash and stock sale (along with KKR as co-seller) of Haymaker Minerals & Royalties to Kimbell Royalty Partners

a portfolio company of two private funds in the sale of solar and battery storage projects for aggregate consideration of approximately $250,000,000, which involved a unique buyer development financing and securitization

a portfolio company of two private equity funds in the $1,600,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in Texas

a portfolio company of a private equity fund in the $225,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in North Dakota and Montana

a portfolio company of a private equity fund in the $900,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in North Dakota and Montana, which also involved the acquisition of material midstream facilities

a private equity fund in the $1,250,000,000 acquisition and joint ownership of a partial interest in multiple interstate oil pipelines

a private equity fund in the acquisition of overriding royalty interests in Ohio and West Virginia valued at approximately $250,000,000

a private equity fund in the approximately $400,000,000 sale of multiple natural gas gathering and processing facilities and pipelines in Texas and Oklahoma, which included the negotiation of a debt financing for certain of such facilities and a workout with lenders

Parasol Renewable Energy LLC (KKR investment) in the sale of various solar and battery storage projects to Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. with consideration up to $103,000,000

two private equity funds in connection with the investment in a water technology business and the joint development of produced water purification systems

a portfolio company of a private equity fund in connection with multiple sales of solar facilities with approximately aggregate 2,100MW across Arizona, Montana, California, Louisiana and Utah

Arc Light, Warburg Pincus, Kayne Anderson Energy Funds, Five Points Energy and other private equity funds (or their portfolio companies) in connection with over 20 acquisitions, swaps, investments or divestitures in oil and gas properties, pipeline assets or energy transition investments across New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia and offshore, as well as a portfolio company of two private equity funds in connection with various acquisition bids valued between $700,000,000 and $1,200,000,000 for oil and gas assets in Colorado or Texas

Kayne Anderson Energy Funds:

in its $500,000,000 investment (and other advisement) in Canyon Midstream Partners II, LLC and Canyon Midstream Partners I LLC

in its joint investment with Warburg Pincus for the $910,000,000 acquisition of WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC from WPX Energy, Inc., which included negotiation of fund formation documents and negotiation with limited partners

in negotiating seven management team investments with aggregate commitments of over $800,000,000

Warburg Pincus in its undisclosed commitment to Ossidiana Energy Holdings LLC

ArcLight Capital in its $100,000,000 commitment to Legends II LLC

Strategic M&A and Investments

a publicly-traded company in connection with multiple acquisitions of oil & gas properties in Texas with an aggregate value of over $300,000,000

a private investor in the negotiation of a minority interest in a sustainable aviation fuel refinery with anticipated capital costs of over $3,000,000,000 and the joint ownership and operation thereof

a large publicly-traded energy company in the $250,000,000 acquisitions of oil and gas properties in Texas from two private equity funds. This transaction involved negotiating multiple overriding royalty interests and material midstream assets

a large independent energy company in the acquisition of, and the joint venture for the ownership and operation of, natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines along the Gulf Coast with a value of over $300,000,000

Calpine in the $240,000,000 acquisition of Crane Champion Holdco LLC

a large public energy company in its $175,000,000 sale of oil and gas properties in Louisiana to a private equity fund

a developer in connection with the acquisition of an 80MW solar photovoltaic generation facility in Idaho

a developer in connection with a joint venture to own, construct or operate solar and battery storage projects throughout the U.S., with over 1.25GW in construction or operation

a foreign company in the joint ownership and sale of its interest in a hydroelectric generation facility in Colombia and the acquisition of a construction company in California

a major international company in connection with the portfolio sale of nine wind generation facilities located across the U.S. representing over 1,000MW

a developer in connection with the acquisition of three solar photovoltaic generation facilities in California representing over 120MW

a major international company in connection with the portfolio sale of 12 solar photovoltaic generation facilities in California, representing approximately 240MW

a utility company in connection with the acquisition of a 50% interest in a 200MW wind energy generation facility located in Nevada and Idaho and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof

a developer in connection with various aspects of the development and sale of a 300MW solar project in New Mexico with 150MWh of battery storage

a developer in connection with the sale of a 68% interest in an approximately 110MW solar thermal energy generation facility located in Nevada and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof

two utilities in connection with the joint acquisition of a collective 25% interest in a 500kV above-ground transmission line development located in Nevada and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof

a utility in connection with the acquisition of a 50% interest in an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility development located in Nevada and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof

a domestic company in connection with the sale of an approximately 28% interest in an above-ground international transmission line located in California and Mexico and the joint ownership and operation thereof

an international developer in connection with the sale of a majority interest in an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility development in Texas

Midstream Development

a foreign company in connection the negotiation/amendment to multiple gathering and gas sales agreements in Texas

a portfolio company of two private equity funds in the negotiation of a life-of-lease gathering, hydrating, treating and processing agreement valued at over $5,000,000,000

an E&P company in negotiating or advising on 20+ natural gas gathering, treating and processing agreements, natural gas gathering facility construction agreements, natural gas sales agreements and NGL sales agreements

multiple developers in connection with several precedent, natural gas transportation and/or carbon dioxide transportation and natural gas supply arrangements for two gas-to-methanol facilities in Louisiana, as well as carbon sequestration facilities, and multiple ammonia plants and/or generation facilities in Texas, Louisiana and Illinois

multiple portfolio companies of Kayne Anderson Energy Funds and two other private equity firms in connection with water gathering and natural gas gathering, processing and sales agreements in Wyoming, New Mexico, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Montana and North Dakota

Project Development and Financing

the developer in an approximately $6,000,000,000 offtake agreement (with floor, netback and natural gas pass-through pricing), along with an approximately $1,600,000,000 fully wrapped engineering, procurement and construction agreement for a gas-to-liquids facility in Louisiana, along with associated other offtake agreements, terminal use agreements, gas supply agreements, nitrogen agreements, technology process licensing agreements (carbon dioxide and liquids) and operation and maintenance agreements

SolarReserve, LLC in connection with construction, operation and equipment supply agreements for the Crescent Dunes concentrated solar power project, which was financed by utilizing a Department of Energy loan guarantee for $737,000,000

First Solar in the negotiation of the interconnection, construction, equipment and operations agreements in connection with the $1,460,000,000 financing and construction of the 550 MW Desert Sunlight solar project

a developer in connection with the negotiation of a solar panel supply agreement for up to approximately $700,000,000 and related prepayment and security arrangements, which also included negotiating supply agreements for inverters, batteries and other equipment supplies

a developer in connection with the restructuring of a solar and battery storage development platform and associated debt and equity ownership due to changes in law that would have impacted the development and sale of the platform

a utility company in connection with multiple power purchase agreements for the back-to-back resale of the output of several renewable energy generation facilities, including wind, biogas and geothermal, and in reviewing, advising and/or negotiating with regard to multiple RFPs for wind, geothermal and solar facilities

multiple developers in connection with shared facilities arrangements for 15+ wind, solar and battery storage projects throughout the U.S., both at the asset and equity levels

a developer in connection with a power purchase agreement for the output of an approximately 161MW wind energy generation facility located in Texas

a utility in connection with a power purchase agreement for the output of an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility located in Nevada

a major domestic energy company in the negotiation of a joint venture to develop, construct and license carbon capture technology

the borrower in the $967,000,000 financing of the 290MW Agua Caliente project located in Arizona

the borrower in connection with a non-recourse construction bridge loan for a 300MW solar project in New Mexico with 150MWh of battery storage

the lead arranger in a non-recourse, recapitalization secured by a coal energy generation facility and gas-fired generation facility located in Wyoming

Some experience handled prior to joining K&S

News

In the News · Source: Law360, Bloomberg Law, Texas Lawyer, The Texas Lawbook, Reuters Daily Docket, Attorney at Law Magazine, The American Lawyer, Law360 and Houston Bar Association

September 10, 2024
Energy transactional partner Drew Baldinger joins the firm’s Corporate practice group in Houston

View all

Matters

Private Equity M&A and Investments

Parasol Renewable Energy LLC (KKR investment) in the sale of Clenera at an enterprise value of $433,000,000 to Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. Clenera is developing a portfolio of 12GWdc solar generation facilities and 5.5 GWh of energy storage in 20 states

Spur Energy Partners LLC (owned by KKR and EMG) in its $925,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in New Mexico from Concho Resources, which included the acquisition of material midstream asset

Kayne Anderson Energy Funds:

in its $2,400,000,000 (cash and stock) sale of Silver Hill Energy Partners, LLC and Silver Hill E&P II, LLC to oil producer RSP Permian Inc.

See more

Close

Matters

Private Equity M&A and Investments

Parasol Renewable Energy LLC (KKR investment) in the sale of Clenera at an enterprise value of $433,000,000 to Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. Clenera is developing a portfolio of 12GWdc solar generation facilities and 5.5 GWh of energy storage in 20 states

Spur Energy Partners LLC (owned by KKR and EMG) in its $925,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in New Mexico from Concho Resources, which included the acquisition of material midstream asset

Kayne Anderson Energy Funds:

in its $2,400,000,000 (cash and stock) sale of Silver Hill Energy Partners, LLC and Silver Hill E&P II, LLC to oil producer RSP Permian Inc.

Terra Energy Partners LLC (also owned by Warburg Pincus) in the $910,000,000 million acquisition of WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC from WPX Energy, Inc., which included the acquisition of oil and gas properties in Colorado and material midstream assets

Silver Hill Energy Partners Holdings, LLC in the sale of Silver Hill’s midstream assets — including Outrigger Delaware Operating, LLC, a joint venture to build scalable natural gas gathering, natural gas processing and crude gathering infrastructure in the Delaware Basin — to Targa Resources Corp. in an aggregate transaction for up to $1,490,000,000 in the $404,000,000 in cash and stock sale (along with KKR as co-seller) of Haymaker Minerals & Royalties to Kimbell Royalty Partners

a portfolio company of two private funds in the sale of solar and battery storage projects for aggregate consideration of approximately $250,000,000, which involved a unique buyer development financing and securitization

a portfolio company of two private equity funds in the $1,600,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in Texas

a portfolio company of a private equity fund in the $225,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in North Dakota and Montana

a portfolio company of a private equity fund in the $900,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in North Dakota and Montana, which also involved the acquisition of material midstream facilities

a private equity fund in the $1,250,000,000 acquisition and joint ownership of a partial interest in multiple interstate oil pipelines

a private equity fund in the acquisition of overriding royalty interests in Ohio and West Virginia valued at approximately $250,000,000

a private equity fund in the approximately $400,000,000 sale of multiple natural gas gathering and processing facilities and pipelines in Texas and Oklahoma, which included the negotiation of a debt financing for certain of such facilities and a workout with lenders

Parasol Renewable Energy LLC (KKR investment) in the sale of various solar and battery storage projects to Enlight Renewable Energy Ltd. with consideration up to $103,000,000

two private equity funds in connection with the investment in a water technology business and the joint development of produced water purification systems

a portfolio company of a private equity fund in connection with multiple sales of solar facilities with approximately aggregate 2,100MW across Arizona, Montana, California, Louisiana and Utah

Arc Light, Warburg Pincus, Kayne Anderson Energy Funds, Five Points Energy and other private equity funds (or their portfolio companies) in connection with over 20 acquisitions, swaps, investments or divestitures in oil and gas properties, pipeline assets or energy transition investments across New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming, Oklahoma, Louisiana, Pennsylvania and West Virginia and offshore, as well as a portfolio company of two private equity funds in connection with various acquisition bids valued between $700,000,000 and $1,200,000,000 for oil and gas assets in Colorado or Texas

Kayne Anderson Energy Funds:

in its $500,000,000 investment (and other advisement) in Canyon Midstream Partners II, LLC and Canyon Midstream Partners I LLC

in its joint investment with Warburg Pincus for the $910,000,000 acquisition of WPX Energy Rocky Mountain, LLC from WPX Energy, Inc., which included negotiation of fund formation documents and negotiation with limited partners

in negotiating seven management team investments with aggregate commitments of over $800,000,000

Warburg Pincus in its undisclosed commitment to Ossidiana Energy Holdings LLC

ArcLight Capital in its $100,000,000 commitment to Legends II LLC

Strategic M&A and Investments

a publicly-traded company in connection with multiple acquisitions of oil & gas properties in Texas with an aggregate value of over $300,000,000

a private investor in the negotiation of a minority interest in a sustainable aviation fuel refinery with anticipated capital costs of over $3,000,000,000 and the joint ownership and operation thereof

a large publicly-traded energy company in the $250,000,000 acquisitions of oil and gas properties in Texas from two private equity funds. This transaction involved negotiating multiple overriding royalty interests and material midstream assets

a large independent energy company in the acquisition of, and the joint venture for the ownership and operation of, natural gas liquids (NGL) pipelines along the Gulf Coast with a value of over $300,000,000

Calpine in the $240,000,000 acquisition of Crane Champion Holdco LLC

a large public energy company in its $175,000,000 sale of oil and gas properties in Louisiana to a private equity fund

a developer in connection with the acquisition of an 80MW solar photovoltaic generation facility in Idaho

a developer in connection with a joint venture to own, construct or operate solar and battery storage projects throughout the U.S., with over 1.25GW in construction or operation

a foreign company in the joint ownership and sale of its interest in a hydroelectric generation facility in Colombia and the acquisition of a construction company in California

a major international company in connection with the portfolio sale of nine wind generation facilities located across the U.S. representing over 1,000MW

a developer in connection with the acquisition of three solar photovoltaic generation facilities in California representing over 120MW

a major international company in connection with the portfolio sale of 12 solar photovoltaic generation facilities in California, representing approximately 240MW

a utility company in connection with the acquisition of a 50% interest in a 200MW wind energy generation facility located in Nevada and Idaho and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof

a developer in connection with various aspects of the development and sale of a 300MW solar project in New Mexico with 150MWh of battery storage

a developer in connection with the sale of a 68% interest in an approximately 110MW solar thermal energy generation facility located in Nevada and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof

two utilities in connection with the joint acquisition of a collective 25% interest in a 500kV above-ground transmission line development located in Nevada and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof

a utility in connection with the acquisition of a 50% interest in an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility development located in Nevada and the joint ownership, development and operation thereof

a domestic company in connection with the sale of an approximately 28% interest in an above-ground international transmission line located in California and Mexico and the joint ownership and operation thereof

an international developer in connection with the sale of a majority interest in an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility development in Texas

Midstream Development

a foreign company in connection the negotiation/amendment to multiple gathering and gas sales agreements in Texas

a portfolio company of two private equity funds in the negotiation of a life-of-lease gathering, hydrating, treating and processing agreement valued at over $5,000,000,000

an E&P company in negotiating or advising on 20+ natural gas gathering, treating and processing agreements, natural gas gathering facility construction agreements, natural gas sales agreements and NGL sales agreements

multiple developers in connection with several precedent, natural gas transportation and/or carbon dioxide transportation and natural gas supply arrangements for two gas-to-methanol facilities in Louisiana, as well as carbon sequestration facilities, and multiple ammonia plants and/or generation facilities in Texas, Louisiana and Illinois

multiple portfolio companies of Kayne Anderson Energy Funds and two other private equity firms in connection with water gathering and natural gas gathering, processing and sales agreements in Wyoming, New Mexico, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Montana and North Dakota

Project Development and Financing

the developer in an approximately $6,000,000,000 offtake agreement (with floor, netback and natural gas pass-through pricing), along with an approximately $1,600,000,000 fully wrapped engineering, procurement and construction agreement for a gas-to-liquids facility in Louisiana, along with associated other offtake agreements, terminal use agreements, gas supply agreements, nitrogen agreements, technology process licensing agreements (carbon dioxide and liquids) and operation and maintenance agreements

SolarReserve, LLC in connection with construction, operation and equipment supply agreements for the Crescent Dunes concentrated solar power project, which was financed by utilizing a Department of Energy loan guarantee for $737,000,000

First Solar in the negotiation of the interconnection, construction, equipment and operations agreements in connection with the $1,460,000,000 financing and construction of the 550 MW Desert Sunlight solar project

a developer in connection with the negotiation of a solar panel supply agreement for up to approximately $700,000,000 and related prepayment and security arrangements, which also included negotiating supply agreements for inverters, batteries and other equipment supplies

a developer in connection with the restructuring of a solar and battery storage development platform and associated debt and equity ownership due to changes in law that would have impacted the development and sale of the platform

a utility company in connection with multiple power purchase agreements for the back-to-back resale of the output of several renewable energy generation facilities, including wind, biogas and geothermal, and in reviewing, advising and/or negotiating with regard to multiple RFPs for wind, geothermal and solar facilities

multiple developers in connection with shared facilities arrangements for 15+ wind, solar and battery storage projects throughout the U.S., both at the asset and equity levels

a developer in connection with a power purchase agreement for the output of an approximately 161MW wind energy generation facility located in Texas

a utility in connection with a power purchase agreement for the output of an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility located in Nevada

a major domestic energy company in the negotiation of a joint venture to develop, construct and license carbon capture technology

the borrower in the $967,000,000 financing of the 290MW Agua Caliente project located in Arizona

the borrower in connection with a non-recourse construction bridge loan for a 300MW solar project in New Mexico with 150MWh of battery storage

the lead arranger in a non-recourse, recapitalization secured by a coal energy generation facility and gas-fired generation facility located in Wyoming

Some experience handled prior to joining K&S

News

In the News · Source: Law360, Bloomberg Law, Texas Lawyer, The Texas Lawbook, Reuters Daily Docket, Attorney at Law Magazine, The American Lawyer, Law360 and Houston Bar Association

September 10, 2024
Energy transactional partner Drew Baldinger joins the firm’s Corporate practice group in Houston

View all

Credentials

J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, with honors

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

Texas