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Jonathan Melmed is Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Corporate Department as well as its Global Private Equity and M&A practice with over 25 years of experience. Jonathan represents private equity funds, pension plans, sovereigns, family offices, hedge funds, corporate clients and investment banks re U.S. and international M&A, private equity and complex corporate transactions. Jonathan has extensive M&A and PE experience across many sectors, including in the energy, power, infrastructure, financial services, media, telecommunications, fiber, telecom, technology, life sciences, health care, pharma, and real estate/REIT sectors, and has extensive SPAC M&A experience. Jonathan is also the Co-Chair of the firm’s Global Energy Power & Infrastructure practice, leads our Canada practice and co-leads our Energy Transition practice. Jonathan has one of the most active renewable energy/clean tech and infra Private Equity and M&A practices in the country. Jonathan has served on the firm's policy/management committee.

Recognition and Honors

For more than a decade, Jonathan has been listed among the leading M&A and private equity lawyers in such guides as Chambers USA, Chambers Global and Legal 500, and has been referred to as “incredibly responsive and able to handle difficult negotiations and matters... results oriented.” He has been recognized as a leading M&A lawyer in Chambers USA in 2014-2015, 2020-2024, and in Chambers Global in 2014-2024. Jonathan was also recognized as a leading U.S. Private Equity Buyouts lawyer by Legal 500 U.S. in 2016-2024. Additionally, in 2011-2014 and 2017-2024 Jonathan was recognized by the Legal 500 U.S. for M&A as well as in 2013-2014 and 2017-2024 as a leading lawyer in the U.S. for Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power. Jonathan has also been recognized by New York Super Lawyers for M&A in 2010 and 2013-2019.

Jonathan’s representative fund clients have included, among others, The Alaska Permanent Fund, Arevon Asset Management, Axium Infrastructure, Azrieli Group, Blackstone Energy Partners, BMO Capital, Brevan Howard, Brookfield Energy Partners, the Caisse de Dépôt et Placement du Québec, Caithness Private Equity, Capital Dynamics, Chatham Asset Management, Citi Alternative Investments, Crestline Private Equity, D.E. Shaw, DRI Capital, DW Partners, EJF Capital, Elliott Associates, EnerTech Capital Partners, Fiera Comox Partners, First Reserve, Greensoil Investments, Hapoalim Capital, Harbinger Capital Partners, iCON Infrastructure, La Coop fédérée, LBO France Gestion, Lyxor (f/k/a Société Générale Asset Management), Macquarie Capital, Morgan Stanley Private Equity, Mubadala Investment Company, Novus Capital, OMERS Private Equity, Ontario Teachers, Opus Capital, SCP Private Equity, Southern Cross Private Equity, Starwood Energy Group, Strategic Value Partners, TOMS Capital, TPG Sixth Street Partners, and UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity.

Representative Live and Broad Based Sector M&A/PE Matters (see the “Matters” section below for other representative matters listed by sector)

Representing a Private Equity Fund re its pending acquisition of a large minority interest in the general partner of a large U.S.-based renewables private equity fund. (2024)

Representing a London-based Private Equity Fund re its pending acquisition of a substantial minority interest in a leading U.S. hybrid hedge/private equity fund.

Representing Capital Dynamics re a sell side M&A transaction in the wind sector in the U.S. (2024)

Representing a large UAE based aluminum company re its pending acquisition of a U.S. based aluminum company. (2024)

Representing Mubadala, a UAE sovereign wealth fund re its pending acquisition of a substantial private equity interest in Brightspeed, a broadband company in the U.S. for approximately $7.5 billion alongside Apollo. (2024)

Representing Macquarie Capital re its potential take private of a clean tech company (2024)

Representing Ridgewood Infrastructure re its pending preferred equity investment in one of the largest renewable energy companies in the U.S. (2024).

Representing Lotus Infrastructure re its pending sale of a large combined cycle natural gas portfolio. (2024)

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of Edwards Sanborn 1B, a 1 GW+ battery storage project under development from TerraGen located in California. (2024).

Representing Instar Asset Management re its bid to acquire an energy services business in the U.S. (2024)

Represented Arcelar Mittal re its sale of one of the largest companies in the steel sector in Kazakhstan to the Republic of Kazakhstan for over $1 billion. (2023)

Represented Hotwire Communications, a leading provider of fiber-to-the-home in the United States, in connection with a large private equity investment by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Blackstone Infrastructure Partners. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Lightning Systems, Inc., an electric truck manufacturer, re its merger with GigCapital3, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company (or SPAC). Please click here to read the press release.

Represented OMERS Private Equity re its original acquisition and subsequent sale (many years later) of Marketwired, a press release distribution company, to NASDAQ.

Represented Harbinger Capital Partners LLC re its acquisition of Old Mutual U.S. Life Holdings, Inc., a life insurance business, for approximately $350 million.

Represented Instar Asset Management in the business combination of Oilfield Water Logistics (“OWL”), Instar’s portfolio company that develops and operates wells, conveyance lines and related facilities in the southwestern United States for the disposal of water incident to the production of oil and gas, and Pilot Water Solutions (“Pilot”), a long-term, full-service water midstream company with expertise in produced water gathering, sourcing, recycling and disposing. Please click here to read an article about the transaction.

Represented Macquarie Capital (USA) re its sale of Savion to Shell, consisting of a development pipeline of 18GW of solar and energy storage projects. The largest renewables development M&A deal to date. Please click here to read a press release.

Represented Brazil-based Vale re a tender offer bid for all of the outstanding shares of capital stock of NYSE-listed Alcan Inc. The winning bid was for $38 billion.

Represented OMERS Private Equity in its acquisition of Give & Go Prepared Foods.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of 100% of Upper Peninsula Holding Company from Basalt Infrastructure Partners. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Starwood Energy Group Global, a leading private equity fund focused on energy infrastructure, re its $1.23 billion acquisition of 100% of the equity interests in the operating subsidiaries of two of Dominion Energy’s combined-cycle gas turbine plants.

Represented Southern Cross Private Equity in its acquisition of MorePharma, a Mexico based pharmaceutical distribution company.

Represented Axium Infrastructure on its acquisition of BlueWave, a leading Boston-based solar and energy storage developer. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented BlackRock (f.k.a. First Reserve), a Greenwich, CT-based private equity fund, in connection with the leveraged buyout from Apex Clean Energy and multiple financings of a 298 megawatt wind farm under development in Oklahoma. This transaction marked the first U.S. renewables acquisition by First Reserve and was named the Financial Deal of the Year at the 2015 Platts Global Energy Awards.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of a 49% equity interest in Constellation Renewables Partners, a 1,415 MW diversified portfolio of twenty-four wind and four solar assets, from Manulife Investment Management, acting on behalf of John Hancock Infrastructure Fund and its affiliates.

Represented the special committee of Bed Bath & Beyond in its acquisition of buybuy Baby.

Represented Brookfield Renewable Energy in its acquisition of a 292 MW hydroelectric power plant from Talen Energy for $860M.

Represented First Reserve re its sale of its energy/infrastructure portfolio to BlackRock.

Represented a co-lead investment bank as financial advisor to CNOOC Ltd., China’s largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas, re its $19.4 billion acquisition of Nexen Inc., an NYSE-listed upstream oil and gas company. This transaction was named “Global M&A Deal of the Year” by The American Lawyer.

Represented PSP in the 49% acquisition of the I-69 section 5 toll road located in Indiana.

Represented Capital Dynamics, a Swiss/NYC-based PE fund re its acquisition of an approximately 300MW portfolio of operating solar power plants located in California, Delaware and Arizona from LS Power. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented CIT Group on the sale of over 120 direct private equity interests to ProStar Equity Partners and over 100 LP interests to Goldman Private Equity.

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Credentials

B.C.L., McGill University, Distinction, Dean’s Honour List

LL.B., McGill University, Distinction, Dean’s Honour List

B.A., McGill University, with Great Distinction, Dean’s Honour List, James McGill Scholar

New York

English

French

Recognized as a Highly Regarded Private Equity Lawyer by IFLR1000


2021

Recognized as a leading U.S. M&A lawyer by Chambers USA


2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading business lawyer by Chambers Global


2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading U.S. Private Equity Buyouts lawyer by Legal 500 U.S.


2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading U.S. M&A lawyer by Legal 500 U.S.


2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading U.S. Securities lawyer in the category of Capital Markets: Global Offerings


Legal 500 U.S. 2013 and 2021

Named by New York Super Lawyers for M&A


2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019

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Recognition

Recognized as a Highly Regarded Private Equity Lawyer by IFLR1000


2021

Recognized as a leading U.S. M&A lawyer by Chambers USA


2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading business lawyer by Chambers Global


2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading U.S. Private Equity Buyouts lawyer by Legal 500 U.S.


2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading U.S. M&A lawyer by Legal 500 U.S.


2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading U.S. Securities lawyer in the category of Capital Markets: Global Offerings


Legal 500 U.S. 2013 and 2021

Named by New York Super Lawyers for M&A


2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019

Matters

Please see below for Jonathan’s sector-specific matters across: battery storage, solar, wind, carbon sequestration, clean tech, alternative fuels, energy services & infrastructure services, power, digital infrastructure & TMT, real estate, transportation & logistics, financial services, SPAC, 363, and preferred equity.

Representative PE/M&A Battery Storage Matters
Represented Bluewave re its upsizing of a revolving credit facility.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re an upsizing amendment via a Second Amended and Restated Financing Agreement with KeyBank National Association.

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Matters

Please see below for Jonathan’s sector-specific matters across: battery storage, solar, wind, carbon sequestration, clean tech, alternative fuels, energy services & infrastructure services, power, digital infrastructure & TMT, real estate, transportation & logistics, financial services, SPAC, 363, and preferred equity.

Representative PE/M&A Battery Storage Matters
Represented Bluewave re its upsizing of a revolving credit facility.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re an upsizing amendment via a Second Amended and Restated Financing Agreement with KeyBank National Association.

Represented Treaty Oak Clean Energy, a subsidiary of Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group, re the purchase of two utility-scale solar plus storage projects from affiliates of Galehead Development, LLC.

Represented Capital Dynamics, a Swiss/NYC private equity fund re its acquisition from Middle River Power and the subsequent development and construction of the 60 MW / 240 MWh Coso battery storage project located in California as one of the first battery storage projects selected to meet the California Public Utilities Commission’s mandate to meet California’s rapidly increasing needs for resource adequacy.

Represented Axium Infrastructure, a private equity fund based in Montreal and New York that focuses on energy and infrastructure investments, re its acquisition from Recurrent Energy of an 80% interest in the Crimson Battery Energy Storage Projects. Please click here to read an article about the transaction.

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re its private equity investment in InCharge, a battery storage business located in California.

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re the sale of InCharge, a battery storage business, to ABB.

Represented Macquarie Capital (USA) re its sale of Savion to Shell, consisting of a development pipeline of 18GW of solar and energy storage projects. The largest renewables development M&A deal to date. Please click here to read a press release.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of BlueWave, a leading Boston-based solar and energy storage developer. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Tradewind Energy, Inc. re its sale of its 5GW+ solar power and energy storage platforms to Macquarie Capital.

Representative PE/M&A Solar Matters
Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its sale of 88 MWs of operating solar assets across eight U.S. states.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re a sell side M&A transaction of a substantial minority private equity interest in a large portfolio of solar assets to Fiera.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its 6 project drop-downs of solar photovoltaic projects into an existing letter of credit and development loan and equipment loan facility.

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re its acquisition of a U.S. solar platform business, Treaty Oak Clean Energy.

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re its investment in Massachusetts-based Galehead Development, LLC, a lead utility-scale developer of renewable energy and energy storage projects. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its project financing and tax equity financing of a 120 MW AC solar photovoltaic power plant in East Windsor, Connecticut.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its tax equity financing of the 130 MWac Bartonsville solar project in Frederick County, Virginia with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Represented Treaty Oak Clean Energy, a subsidiary of Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group, re the purchase of two utility-scale solar plus storage projects from affiliates of Galehead Development, LLC.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its acquisition and project financing of a 130 MWac solar project in Frederick County, Virginia from Torch Clean Energy.

Represented Macquarie Capital (USA) re its sale of Savion to Shell, consisting of a development pipeline of 18GW of solar and energy storage projects. The largest renewables development M&A deal to date. Please click here to read a press release.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of a 49% equity interest in Constellation Renewables Partners, a 1,415 MW diversified portfolio of twenty-four wind and four solar assets, from Manulife Investment Management, acting on behalf of John Hancock Infrastructure Fund and its affiliates.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re a sell side M&A transaction of a large majority private equity interest in a large portfolio of solar assets to Fiera.

Represented Capital Dynamics, a Swiss/NYC-based PE fund re its acquisition of a 70% interest in a 127MW operating solar power plant located in Arizona from Apollo Global Management. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Capital Dynamics, a Swiss/NYC-based PE fund re its acquisition of an approximately 300MW portfolio of operating solar power plants located in California, Delaware and Arizona from LS Power. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Axium Infrastructure on its acquisition of BlueWave, a leading Boston-based solar and energy storage developer. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its acquisition, tax equity financing and project financing of two solar PV projects in Louisiana, totaling 70 MW.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its sale of a 49% equity interest in a portfolio of operating and to be constructed solar projects to a group of financial investors, led by Ullico.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its acquisition, tax equity and project financing of a 100 MWac solar PV project in Utah.

Represented Tradewind Energy, Inc. re its sale of its 5GW+ solar power and energy storage platforms to Macquarie Capital.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re connection with the acquisition of a solar PV power plant located in Louisiana.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments in connection with the acquisition and tax equity financing of a solar PV power plant located in California.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its bid to acquire a 50% interest in a solar power plant portfolio.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its bid to acquire a solar distributed generation portfolio in the U.S.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its acquisition, tax equity financing, and project financings of a 46 MW solar power plant in Arizona; Seller was Torch Clean Energy.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re the acquisition, tax equity financing and back-leverage debt financing of the Cuyama Project, a utility scale 40 MW-ac solar PV project, from First Solar, Inc. located in California.

Represented Riverstone re its bid to acquire a C&I solar portfolio located in the U.S.

Represented a leading NY-based hedge fundre its acquisition and related tax equity and construction financing of a 52MW PV solar power project located in Mississippi, which marks the largest solar project development in Mississippi.

Represented an energy company re the sale of a U.S., utility scale solar PV portfolio.

Represented Kruger Energy re its sale of a U.S. solar portfolio to Duke Energy.

Represented Kruger Energy re its acquisition of three solar projects located in California with 130 MW of PV from Regenerate.

Representative PE/M&A Clean Tech Matters
Represented Steel Perlot, an Eric Schmidt backed technology incubation company, re its investment and asset contribution in Tokenalysis.

Represented Ridgewood Infrastructure re the acquisition of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of Ecosave, a clean tech company focused on facilitating energy efficient retrofit projects and building automation systems.

Represented Macquarie Capital re its investment in an electric vehicle business, called Electriphi.

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re its investment in an electric vehicle joint venture with a leading electric vehicle manufacturer, called InCharge.

Represented a private equity fund re its acquisition of recycled water gathering systems and wells in the Permian basin.

Represented InstarAGF re its bid to acquire a U.S. desalinization plant in Carlsbad, California. 

Represented a PE fund re its acquisition of a clean tech company focused on behind the meter technology.

Represented Instar Asset Management re its acquisition of a clean tech business.

Represented Clean Diesel Technologies re its reverse SPAC IPO/merger and recapitalization transaction.

Represented Citigroup Alternative Investments in a Series C convertible loan transaction with GreatPoint Energy.

Represented Leaf Clean Energy in a Series A convertible stock processing of Greenline Industries.

Represented Accera, a Germany based fund, in the recapitalization and VC funding of Energy Photovoltaics Inc.

Represented Coalogix, a clean coal technology company, in its sale to Energy Capital Partners.

Representative PE/M&A Carbon Sequestration Matters
Represented White Energy, an ethanol producer and affiliate of a hybrid hedge/private equity fund, re a first in kind tax equity financing under 45Q Carbon Sequestration transaction located in Texas.

Represented Starwood Energy re a carbon sequestration PE/tax equity transaction.

Represented a PE-sponsored company and its affiliate re a joint venture with a leading oil & gas company in a section 45Q tax equity transaction involving ethanol and carbon sequestration.

Representative PE/M&A Alternative Fuels (including RNG) Matters
Represented Starwood Energy re its acquisition of an organic waste to renewable natural gas anaerobic digester facility.

Represented Starwood Energy Group re its acquisition and construction equity financing of Gulf Coast Ammonia, the developer of a world-scale $900 million anhydrous ammonia plant in Texas, from Macquarie Capital, Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG and Agrifos. The deal was named the “2019 North American Petrochemicals Deal of the Year” by Proximo.

Represented Instar Asset Management re its bid to acquire a waste to renewable natural gas facility located in Oregon from Equilibrium Capital.

Represented Clean Diesel Technologies re its reverse SPAC IPO/merger and recapitalization transaction.

Representative PE/M&A Wind Matters
Represented EverWind re its multi-billion dollar green hydrogen and green ammonia based in Labrador, Canada.

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re its investment in Massachusetts-based Galehead Development, LLC, a lead utility-scale developer of renewable energy and energy storage projects. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of equity interests in a portfolio of wind projects, which represents 1,063 MW of gross capacity, from BlackRock Renewable Power. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of a 49% equity interest in Constellation Renewables Partners, a 1,415 MW diversified portfolio of twenty-four wind assets, from Manulife Investment Management, acting on behalf of John Hancock Infrastructure Fund and its affiliates.

Represented Tradewind Energy re the divestiture of its 3GW+ wind asset portfolio to Invenergy, LLC.

Represented a PE Fund re a bid to acquire a portfolio of wind and solar assets.

Represented BlackRock (f.k.a.) First Reserve, a Greenwich, CT-based private equity fund, in connection with the leveraged buyout from Apex Clean Energy and multiple financings of a 298 megawatt wind farm under development in Oklahoma. This transaction marked the first U.S. renewables acquisition by First Reserve and was named the Financial Deal of the Year at the 2015 Platts Global Energy Awards.

Represented Axium Infrastructure, a private equity fund, re its acquisition from EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. of a 50% equity interest in the Slate Creek Wind Project, LLC, a 150 MW operating wind farm located in Kansas.

Represented a private equity fund re its bid to acquire a NY-based wind energy company.

Represented Swiss Life re a private equity investment in a 1.1 GW U.S. wind portfolio.

Represented UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity re its acquisition of a U.S. wind farm portfolio.

Represented UBS Infrastructure re its acquisition of a 50% private equity interest in Spinning Spur II from EDF.

Represented Fiera Axium Infrastructure re its an acquisition of a 49% private equity interest in a wind farm portfolio located in Oregon State from EDP Renewables North America.

Represented Japan-based Mitsui re a private equity investment in a GDF Suez Canada’s 680 MW wind farm aggregation.

Representative Credit Fund MattersRepresentative M&A/PE Energy Services & Infrastructure Services Matters
Represented Lotus Infrastructure Partners (f.k.a. Starwood Energy) re its acquisition of 50% of all issued and outstanding membership interests in Platte River Biogas, LLC, a renewable natural gas company, from Elevation Bio-Energy, LLC.

Represented Instar Asset Management in the business combination of Oilfield Water Logistics (“OWL”), Instar’s portfolio company that develops and operates wells, conveyance lines and related facilities in the southwestern United States for the disposal of water incident to the production of oil and gas, and Pilot Water Solutions (“Pilot”), a long-term, full-service water midstream company with expertise in produced water gathering, sourcing, recycling and disposing. Please click here to read an article about the transaction.

Represented InstarAGF Infrastructure re its acquisition of Texas-based Oilfield Water Logistics, an energy services company from Natural Gas Partners.

Represented Ridgewood Infrastructure re its acquisition of APP Jet Center, a fixed-based operator/logistics business. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented InstarAGF Essential Infrastructure, a North American-based private equity fund, re its leveraged buyout of a portfolio of US pipeline and terminal assets from affiliates of Buckeye Partners, L.P., including a jet fuel pipeline from Port Everglades, Florida to the Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, Florida airports, pipelines and terminal facilities serving the Reno, Nevada, San Diego, California and Memphis, Tennessee airports, and refined petroleum products terminals in Sacramento and Stockton, California.

Represented Luminus Management re its bid to acquire two jack-up rigs located in Mexico.

Represented InstarAGF Asset Management re its bid for a midstream pipeline located in Ohio.

Represented Luminus Management re its (Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code) acquisition of the trucking logistics/assets and subsidiaries comprising the Mexico-based business of Taylor Express, Inc., from the Celadon Group, Inc.

Represented a private equity fund re its bid to acquire certain rail operations and related assets from Dow at certain Dow-owned manufacturing sites in the U.S. and Canada.

Represented InstarAGF Asset Management re its acquisition from Lincolnshire Management of AMPORTS, a U.S. and Mexico-based logistics car processing port terminal portfolio.

Represented Global Partnership Investing Capital (“GPI”), a private equity fund, in connection with the $2.5 billion funding round of GrabTaxi.

Represented the Alaska Permanent Fund, indirectly through its investment in Global Infrastructure Partners Ltd and directly along with several co-investors, re the acquisition of a 35% interest in the container terminal operations business of Switzerland’s MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA for approximately $1.93 billion.

Representative M&A/PE Power (non-renewables power, such as hydro, natural gas and transmission) Matters
Represented Denham Capital re its $605 million sale of Nexif Energy, a diversified power generation development company to Thailand’s RATCH Group.

Represented North Sea Natural Resources re its issuance of secured redeemable convertible loan notes to several new investors.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of 100% of Upper Peninsula Holding Company from Basalt Infrastructure Partners. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Starwood Energy Group on the sale of its 503MW combined cycle natural gas, electric generation facility located in Cambridge, Wisconsin, to Dairyland Power Cooperative. Please click here to read a press release.

Represented Starwood Energy re its sale of a combined cycle natural gas portfolio.

Represented Starwood Energy Group Global re numerous renewable natural gas Private Equity acquisitions in the U.S. from various developers.

Represented a PE fund re its bid to acquire one of the largest district energy companies in the U.S.

Represented UBS Infrastructure & Private Equityre the sale of a portfolio of 14 conventional/natural gas, operating power plants located in the U.S. and in the Caribbean to Contour Global, PLC.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of a large equity interest in CPV Three Rivers Energy Center, a 1,258 MW power project to be constructed in northeastern Illinois, from affiliates of General Electric Company and Competitive Power Ventures, Inc.

Represented Starwood Energy re its bid to acquire two combined-cycle gas turbine facilities located in California and Arizona and the senior debt of two combined-cycle gas turbine facilities in Massachusetts and New York from CSG Investments/Beal Bank.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of a 50% equity interest in a transmission line called Coachella under development from Oak Tree Capital.

Represented Starwood Energy Group re its (Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code) leveraged buyout of 100% of the assets constituting the West Lorain Power Plant located in Lorain, Ohio from FirstEnergy Generation, LLC which are oil-fired power plants.

Represented Starwood Energy Group Global, a leading private equity fund focused on energy infrastructure, re its $1.23 billion acquisition of 100% of the equity interests in the operating subsidiaries of two of Dominion Energy’s combined-cycle gas turbine plants.

Represented Starwood Energy Group re the sale of a 50% equity interest in its Compass Power Generation gas-fired portfolio located in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, to an affiliate of JERA Co.

Represented a hedge fund re a pending proxy dispute with an energy company.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its bid to acquire a hydro pump storage facility located in Pennsylvania.

Represented Axium Infrastructure in connection with the Axium-led consortium to acquire the energy assets that supply Ohio State University in excess of $1 billion. (This transaction marked one of the largest P3 social infrastructure deals in the U.S.)

Represented a U.S. private equity fund re its bid to acquire a C&I solar portfolio located in the U.S.

Represented Starwood Energy Group re its acquisition of the RockGen and Garrison combined cycle natural gas electric generation facilities from affiliates of Calpine Corporation, a portfolio company of Energy Capital Partners.

Represented UBS Infrastructure re an acquisition of a combined cycle natural gas power plant portfolio located in Connecticut.

Represented Starwood Energy Group re its bid for a combined cycle natural gas portfolio located in Arizona.

Represented an energy/infra private equity fund re its acquisition of a natural gas power plant portfolio located in PJM.

Represented UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity re its acquisition of a significant minority interest in a 785 MW combined-cycle natural-gas-fired electricity generation power plant located in Connecticut from G.E.

Represented Starwood Energy Group re its leveraged buyout of a portfolio of natural-gas-fired electricity generation plants located in Massachusetts, from Dynegy, Inc.

Represented a New York-based private equity fund re its bid to acquire a portfolio of natural gas power-producing assets located in Colorado.

Represented Starwood Energy Group, a Greenwich, CT-based private equity fund, re its acquisition of a 790-megawatt combined-cycle natural-gas-fired generation power plant and a 50MW "Peaker" natural-gas-fired generation power plant located in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania from NextEra Energy Resources for $760M.

Represented UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity, a New York-based private equity fund, re its leveraged buyout of a portfolio of 14 conventional energy power plants located in the U.S. and in the Caribbean from First Reserve.

Represented InstarAGF re its bid to acquire a U.S. desalinization plant in Carlsbad, California. 

Represented a co-lead investment bank as financial advisor to CNOOC Ltd., China’s largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas, re its $19.4 billion acquisition of Nexen Inc., an NYSE-listed upstream oil and gas company. This transaction was named “Global M&A Deal of the Year” by The American Lawyer.

Represented the Alaska Permanent Fund re a private equity transaction involving LS Power in the U.S.

Represented Barclays Natural Resources Investments in its acquisition of K Road Power Holdings, Inc re a 5GW solar portfolio under development.

Represented Transmission Developers Inc. (TDI) in sale of majority stake to Blackstone Energy re the Champlain Hudson Power express sub-river/lake transmission line from Quebec to New York City.

Represented Spring Lane Capital, re the first closing of its $400 million targeted inaugural energy buyout fund focused on water.

Represented Brookfield Renewable Energy in its acquisition of a 292 MW hydroelectric power plant from Talen Energy for $860M.

Representative Power Project Finance Matters

Represented Ohio Power Partners re its refinancing of the Middletown Energy Center, a 480 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle electric facility located in Butler County, Ohio.

Representative PE/M&A Digital Infrastructure and Tech, Media, Telecom (TMT) Matters
Represented D.E. Shaw & Co. and its portfolio company, Arcesium, a data analytics company, re its follow-on private equity investment from existing equity holders, DESCO and an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Represented Hotwire Communications, a leading provider of fiber-to-the-home in the United States, in connection with a large private equity investment by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Blackstone Infrastructure Partners. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Blackstone Infrastructure and one of its portfolio companies re a bolt on acquisition in the high-speed internet fiber cable sector.

Represented D.E. Shaw & Co. and its FinTech portfolio company, Arcesium, re a private equity investment by a private equity fund into such portfolio company.

Represented OMERS Private Equity re its sale of Sysomos, a data analytics company.

Represented OMERS Private Equity (USA) re its acquisition of a U.S.-India based technology company.

Represented AIG re its private equity investment in a cybersecurity company called K2 Intelligence, operated by the Kroll Family.

Represented an international pension plan re its acquisition of a U.S. social media company.

Represented LBO France Gestion re its leveraged buyout of 100% of McIntosh, a high-end audio equipment company, and certain other U.S. operating subsidiaries of Italy-based Fine Sounds S.p.A.

Represented Johnson & Johnson in connection with a media sector U.S. acquisition.

Represented Viacom in connection with the $2.3 billion BET acquisition through merger.

Represented OMERS Private Equity in its acquisition of Expion LLC, a social marketing software company.

Represented Lucent Technologies in sale of Excel Switching Corporation to EAS Group.

Represented UMT Consulting Group, a technology advisory business, in its sale to Ernst & Young.

Represented Strategic Value Partners in the sale of Pacific Crossing to NTT Communications.

Representative PE/M&A Real Estate Matters
Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of RBL Nayland House, assisted living facility in the UK.

Represented Morguard Corporation re its acquisition of the commercial units of Rockville Town Square, a 12.5 acres mixed-use development that includes public services, retail, and dining options in Rockville, Maryland. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Morguard re its acquisition of the Echelon at K Station property, a 350-unit Class A luxury apartment building in Chicago, Illinois.

Represented Morguard re its acquisition of a LA-based multi-family residential property from CIM Group.

Represented Morguard re its acquisition of a 50% equity interest in a multi-family residential property located in Chicago from CIM Group.

Represented Morguard re its pending acquisition of a multi-family residential property in the U.S.

Represented Morguard, a $21 billion AUM, Toronto/NY-based real estate buyout fund/REIT, re its leveraged buyout of a 46-story luxury apartment building from Magellan Development for $222.5 million located in Chicago, IL.

Represented Morguard Corporation re its acquisition of a 49% equity interest in Chicago-based multi-family property development from CIM Fund III.

Represented Toronto-based Morguard Corporation re its acquisition, through a wholly owned subsidiary, of a 100% freehold interest in Alta at K Station, a LEED Gold Certified high rise residential rental complex in Chicago, Illinois for approximately $300 million.

Represented D.E. Shaw & Co. re a real estate private equity sell-side transaction in the U.S.

Represented Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec re its acquisition of a substantial minority interest in Avison Young, a leading real estate services company located in Canada and the U.S.

Represented a Canadian real estate buyout fund re its establishment of a U.S. private REIT with a Canadian pension plan to acquire U.S. multi-family buildings and offices.

Represented Morguard Corporation re its $450M acquisition of certain multi-family residences from Pearlmark.

Represented Virginia-based EJF Capital re a corporate M&A matter in the U.S. involving a U.S. REIT.

Representative PE/M&A Transportation & Logistics Matters
Represented Ridgewood Infrastructure re its acquisition of APP Jet Center, a fixed-based operator/logistics business. Please click here to read the press release. 

Represented PSP in the 49% acquisition of the I-69 section 5 toll road located in Indiana.

Represented TPG/TSSP/Infrastructure re a private equity transaction in the U.S. Student Housing space structured as a P3.

Represented an equity member of a consortium of private capital that is re-developing New York's JFK Airport's Terminal 1 as part of a P3 transaction.

Represented Luminus Management re its (Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code) acquisition of the trucking logistics/assets and subsidiaries comprising the Mexico-based business of Taylor Express, Inc., from the Celadon Group, Inc.

Represented a private equity fund re its bid to acquire certain rail operations and related assets from Dow at certain Dow-owned manufacturing sites in the U.S. and Canada.

Represented InstarAGF Asset Management re its acquisition from Lincolnshire Management of AMPORTS, a U.S. and Mexico-based logistics car processing port terminal portfolio.

Represented Global Partnership Investing Capital (“GPI”), a private equity fund, in connection with the $2.5 billion funding round of GrabTaxi.

Represented the Alaska Permanent Fund, indirectly through its investment in Global Infrastructure Partners Ltd and directly along with several co-investors, re the acquisition of a 35% interest in the container terminal operations business of Switzerland’s MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA for approximately $1.93 billion.

Represented CIT Group with the acquisition of Flex Leasing Corporation, a rail leasing company.

Representative PE/M&A Financial Services Matters
Represented Atlas Merchant Capital re its sale of its equity interests in Somerset Reinsurance Holdings Ltd.

Represented a private equity fund backed management buyout of a non-U.S. bank.

Represented D.E. Shaw & Co. and its FinTech portfolio company, Arcesium, re a private equity investment by a private equity fund into such portfolio company.

Represented Atlas Merchant Capital re its bid to acquire a consumer lending business in Georgia.

Represented the Goldman Sachs Special Situations Investing Group, Inc. in connection with the equity / M&A aspects of Gymboree Group, Inc. restructuring.

Represented Elliott Management, a New York-based hedge fund, re a proposed acquisition in the insurance sector in the U.K.

Represented the Alaska Permanent Fund in connection with a private equity fund of funds transaction involving BlackRock Private Equity in the U.S.

Represented a private equity management team re a joint venture with a prominent hedge fund to create a platform to acquire distressed private equity/hedge funds and alternative asset managers

Represented CIT Group re the sale of its direct private equity interest to Goldman Sachs Private Equity. 

Representative SPAC M&A Matters
Represented Lightning Systems, Inc., an electric truck manufacturer, re its merger with GigCapital3, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Please click here to read the press release.

Represented GLG Partners in connection with its reverse SPAC merger with the Man Group for $3.4 billion.

Represented HCM Acquisition Corp in connection with its $625M SPAC IPO.

Represented JonesTrading in connection with the Forbes Global Media Holding's SPAC merger.

Represented JonesTrading in connection with Seven Oaks Acquisition’s $250M SPAC IPO.

Representative M&A/PE 363 Matters
Represented Oaktree Capital Management re the pending bankruptcy filing of its subsidiary Footprint, a Massachussets-based natural gas powerplant.

Represented Starwood Energy in the acquisition of a natural gas and coal fired plant out bankruptcy from FirstEnergy.

Represented Luminus Management re its (Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code) acquisition of the trucking logistics/assets and subsidiaries comprising the Mexico-based business of Taylor Express, Inc., from the Celadon Group, Inc.

Represented Strategic Value Partners re its acquisition of RathGibson pursuant to a Section 363 M&A deal.

Represented Fortress in the acquisition of Alterra Healthcare Corporation.

Representative Preferred Equity Transactions

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re its private equity investment in InCharge, a battery storage business located in California. This was convertible preferred.

Represented Citigroup Alternative Investments in a Series C preferred equity transaction with GreatPoint Energy.

Represented Accera, a Germany based fund, in the convertible preferred equity funding of Energy Photovoltaics Inc.

Represented AIG re its private equity investment in a cybersecurity company called K2 Intelligence, operated by the Kroll Family. This was convertible preferred.

Represented TPG/TSSP/Infrastructure in connection with a private equity convertible preferred transaction in the U.S. Student Housing space, structured as a P3.

Represented Global Partnership Investing Capital (“GPI”), a private equity fund, in connection with the $2.5 billion convertible preferred transaction with GrabTaxi.

Represented D.E. Shaw & Co. in its convertible preferred investment into Arcesium, a data analytics company.

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Representative PE/M&A Battery Storage Matters
Represented Bluewave re its upsizing of a revolving credit facility.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re an upsizing amendment via a Second Amended and Restated Financing Agreement with KeyBank National Association.

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Please see below for Jonathan’s sector-specific matters across: battery storage, solar, wind, carbon sequestration, clean tech, alternative fuels, energy services & infrastructure services, power, digital infrastructure & TMT, real estate, transportation & logistics, financial services, SPAC, 363, and preferred equity.

Representative PE/M&A Battery Storage Matters
Represented Bluewave re its upsizing of a revolving credit facility.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re an upsizing amendment via a Second Amended and Restated Financing Agreement with KeyBank National Association.

Represented Treaty Oak Clean Energy, a subsidiary of Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group, re the purchase of two utility-scale solar plus storage projects from affiliates of Galehead Development, LLC.

Represented Capital Dynamics, a Swiss/NYC private equity fund re its acquisition from Middle River Power and the subsequent development and construction of the 60 MW / 240 MWh Coso battery storage project located in California as one of the first battery storage projects selected to meet the California Public Utilities Commission’s mandate to meet California’s rapidly increasing needs for resource adequacy.

Represented Axium Infrastructure, a private equity fund based in Montreal and New York that focuses on energy and infrastructure investments, re its acquisition from Recurrent Energy of an 80% interest in the Crimson Battery Energy Storage Projects. Please click here to read an article about the transaction.

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re its private equity investment in InCharge, a battery storage business located in California.

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re the sale of InCharge, a battery storage business, to ABB.

Represented Macquarie Capital (USA) re its sale of Savion to Shell, consisting of a development pipeline of 18GW of solar and energy storage projects. The largest renewables development M&A deal to date. Please click here to read a press release.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of BlueWave, a leading Boston-based solar and energy storage developer. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Tradewind Energy, Inc. re its sale of its 5GW+ solar power and energy storage platforms to Macquarie Capital.

Representative PE/M&A Solar Matters
Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its sale of 88 MWs of operating solar assets across eight U.S. states.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re a sell side M&A transaction of a substantial minority private equity interest in a large portfolio of solar assets to Fiera.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its 6 project drop-downs of solar photovoltaic projects into an existing letter of credit and development loan and equipment loan facility.

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re its acquisition of a U.S. solar platform business, Treaty Oak Clean Energy.

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re its investment in Massachusetts-based Galehead Development, LLC, a lead utility-scale developer of renewable energy and energy storage projects. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its project financing and tax equity financing of a 120 MW AC solar photovoltaic power plant in East Windsor, Connecticut.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its tax equity financing of the 130 MWac Bartonsville solar project in Frederick County, Virginia with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Represented Treaty Oak Clean Energy, a subsidiary of Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group, re the purchase of two utility-scale solar plus storage projects from affiliates of Galehead Development, LLC.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its acquisition and project financing of a 130 MWac solar project in Frederick County, Virginia from Torch Clean Energy.

Represented Macquarie Capital (USA) re its sale of Savion to Shell, consisting of a development pipeline of 18GW of solar and energy storage projects. The largest renewables development M&A deal to date. Please click here to read a press release.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of a 49% equity interest in Constellation Renewables Partners, a 1,415 MW diversified portfolio of twenty-four wind and four solar assets, from Manulife Investment Management, acting on behalf of John Hancock Infrastructure Fund and its affiliates.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re a sell side M&A transaction of a large majority private equity interest in a large portfolio of solar assets to Fiera.

Represented Capital Dynamics, a Swiss/NYC-based PE fund re its acquisition of a 70% interest in a 127MW operating solar power plant located in Arizona from Apollo Global Management. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Capital Dynamics, a Swiss/NYC-based PE fund re its acquisition of an approximately 300MW portfolio of operating solar power plants located in California, Delaware and Arizona from LS Power. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Axium Infrastructure on its acquisition of BlueWave, a leading Boston-based solar and energy storage developer. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its acquisition, tax equity financing and project financing of two solar PV projects in Louisiana, totaling 70 MW.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its sale of a 49% equity interest in a portfolio of operating and to be constructed solar projects to a group of financial investors, led by Ullico.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its acquisition, tax equity and project financing of a 100 MWac solar PV project in Utah.

Represented Tradewind Energy, Inc. re its sale of its 5GW+ solar power and energy storage platforms to Macquarie Capital.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re connection with the acquisition of a solar PV power plant located in Louisiana.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments in connection with the acquisition and tax equity financing of a solar PV power plant located in California.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its bid to acquire a 50% interest in a solar power plant portfolio.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its bid to acquire a solar distributed generation portfolio in the U.S.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re its acquisition, tax equity financing, and project financings of a 46 MW solar power plant in Arizona; Seller was Torch Clean Energy.

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments re the acquisition, tax equity financing and back-leverage debt financing of the Cuyama Project, a utility scale 40 MW-ac solar PV project, from First Solar, Inc. located in California.

Represented Riverstone re its bid to acquire a C&I solar portfolio located in the U.S.

Represented a leading NY-based hedge fundre its acquisition and related tax equity and construction financing of a 52MW PV solar power project located in Mississippi, which marks the largest solar project development in Mississippi.

Represented an energy company re the sale of a U.S., utility scale solar PV portfolio.

Represented Kruger Energy re its sale of a U.S. solar portfolio to Duke Energy.

Represented Kruger Energy re its acquisition of three solar projects located in California with 130 MW of PV from Regenerate.

Representative PE/M&A Clean Tech Matters
Represented Steel Perlot, an Eric Schmidt backed technology incubation company, re its investment and asset contribution in Tokenalysis.

Represented Ridgewood Infrastructure re the acquisition of a majority of the outstanding capital stock of Ecosave, a clean tech company focused on facilitating energy efficient retrofit projects and building automation systems.

Represented Macquarie Capital re its investment in an electric vehicle business, called Electriphi.

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re its investment in an electric vehicle joint venture with a leading electric vehicle manufacturer, called InCharge.

Represented a private equity fund re its acquisition of recycled water gathering systems and wells in the Permian basin.

Represented InstarAGF re its bid to acquire a U.S. desalinization plant in Carlsbad, California. 

Represented a PE fund re its acquisition of a clean tech company focused on behind the meter technology.

Represented Instar Asset Management re its acquisition of a clean tech business.

Represented Clean Diesel Technologies re its reverse SPAC IPO/merger and recapitalization transaction.

Represented Citigroup Alternative Investments in a Series C convertible loan transaction with GreatPoint Energy.

Represented Leaf Clean Energy in a Series A convertible stock processing of Greenline Industries.

Represented Accera, a Germany based fund, in the recapitalization and VC funding of Energy Photovoltaics Inc.

Represented Coalogix, a clean coal technology company, in its sale to Energy Capital Partners.

Representative PE/M&A Carbon Sequestration Matters
Represented White Energy, an ethanol producer and affiliate of a hybrid hedge/private equity fund, re a first in kind tax equity financing under 45Q Carbon Sequestration transaction located in Texas.

Represented Starwood Energy re a carbon sequestration PE/tax equity transaction.

Represented a PE-sponsored company and its affiliate re a joint venture with a leading oil & gas company in a section 45Q tax equity transaction involving ethanol and carbon sequestration.

Representative PE/M&A Alternative Fuels (including RNG) Matters
Represented Starwood Energy re its acquisition of an organic waste to renewable natural gas anaerobic digester facility.

Represented Starwood Energy Group re its acquisition and construction equity financing of Gulf Coast Ammonia, the developer of a world-scale $900 million anhydrous ammonia plant in Texas, from Macquarie Capital, Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG and Agrifos. The deal was named the “2019 North American Petrochemicals Deal of the Year” by Proximo.

Represented Instar Asset Management re its bid to acquire a waste to renewable natural gas facility located in Oregon from Equilibrium Capital.

Represented Clean Diesel Technologies re its reverse SPAC IPO/merger and recapitalization transaction.

Representative PE/M&A Wind Matters
Represented EverWind re its multi-billion dollar green hydrogen and green ammonia based in Labrador, Canada.

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re its investment in Massachusetts-based Galehead Development, LLC, a lead utility-scale developer of renewable energy and energy storage projects. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of equity interests in a portfolio of wind projects, which represents 1,063 MW of gross capacity, from BlackRock Renewable Power. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of a 49% equity interest in Constellation Renewables Partners, a 1,415 MW diversified portfolio of twenty-four wind assets, from Manulife Investment Management, acting on behalf of John Hancock Infrastructure Fund and its affiliates.

Represented Tradewind Energy re the divestiture of its 3GW+ wind asset portfolio to Invenergy, LLC.

Represented a PE Fund re a bid to acquire a portfolio of wind and solar assets.

Represented BlackRock (f.k.a.) First Reserve, a Greenwich, CT-based private equity fund, in connection with the leveraged buyout from Apex Clean Energy and multiple financings of a 298 megawatt wind farm under development in Oklahoma. This transaction marked the first U.S. renewables acquisition by First Reserve and was named the Financial Deal of the Year at the 2015 Platts Global Energy Awards.

Represented Axium Infrastructure, a private equity fund, re its acquisition from EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. of a 50% equity interest in the Slate Creek Wind Project, LLC, a 150 MW operating wind farm located in Kansas.

Represented a private equity fund re its bid to acquire a NY-based wind energy company.

Represented Swiss Life re a private equity investment in a 1.1 GW U.S. wind portfolio.

Represented UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity re its acquisition of a U.S. wind farm portfolio.

Represented UBS Infrastructure re its acquisition of a 50% private equity interest in Spinning Spur II from EDF.

Represented Fiera Axium Infrastructure re its an acquisition of a 49% private equity interest in a wind farm portfolio located in Oregon State from EDP Renewables North America.

Represented Japan-based Mitsui re a private equity investment in a GDF Suez Canada’s 680 MW wind farm aggregation.

Representative Credit Fund MattersRepresentative M&A/PE Energy Services & Infrastructure Services Matters
Represented Lotus Infrastructure Partners (f.k.a. Starwood Energy) re its acquisition of 50% of all issued and outstanding membership interests in Platte River Biogas, LLC, a renewable natural gas company, from Elevation Bio-Energy, LLC.

Represented Instar Asset Management in the business combination of Oilfield Water Logistics (“OWL”), Instar’s portfolio company that develops and operates wells, conveyance lines and related facilities in the southwestern United States for the disposal of water incident to the production of oil and gas, and Pilot Water Solutions (“Pilot”), a long-term, full-service water midstream company with expertise in produced water gathering, sourcing, recycling and disposing. Please click here to read an article about the transaction.

Represented InstarAGF Infrastructure re its acquisition of Texas-based Oilfield Water Logistics, an energy services company from Natural Gas Partners.

Represented Ridgewood Infrastructure re its acquisition of APP Jet Center, a fixed-based operator/logistics business. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented InstarAGF Essential Infrastructure, a North American-based private equity fund, re its leveraged buyout of a portfolio of US pipeline and terminal assets from affiliates of Buckeye Partners, L.P., including a jet fuel pipeline from Port Everglades, Florida to the Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, Florida airports, pipelines and terminal facilities serving the Reno, Nevada, San Diego, California and Memphis, Tennessee airports, and refined petroleum products terminals in Sacramento and Stockton, California.

Represented Luminus Management re its bid to acquire two jack-up rigs located in Mexico.

Represented InstarAGF Asset Management re its bid for a midstream pipeline located in Ohio.

Represented Luminus Management re its (Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code) acquisition of the trucking logistics/assets and subsidiaries comprising the Mexico-based business of Taylor Express, Inc., from the Celadon Group, Inc.

Represented a private equity fund re its bid to acquire certain rail operations and related assets from Dow at certain Dow-owned manufacturing sites in the U.S. and Canada.

Represented InstarAGF Asset Management re its acquisition from Lincolnshire Management of AMPORTS, a U.S. and Mexico-based logistics car processing port terminal portfolio.

Represented Global Partnership Investing Capital (“GPI”), a private equity fund, in connection with the $2.5 billion funding round of GrabTaxi.

Represented the Alaska Permanent Fund, indirectly through its investment in Global Infrastructure Partners Ltd and directly along with several co-investors, re the acquisition of a 35% interest in the container terminal operations business of Switzerland’s MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA for approximately $1.93 billion.

Representative M&A/PE Power (non-renewables power, such as hydro, natural gas and transmission) Matters
Represented Denham Capital re its $605 million sale of Nexif Energy, a diversified power generation development company to Thailand’s RATCH Group.

Represented North Sea Natural Resources re its issuance of secured redeemable convertible loan notes to several new investors.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of 100% of Upper Peninsula Holding Company from Basalt Infrastructure Partners. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Starwood Energy Group on the sale of its 503MW combined cycle natural gas, electric generation facility located in Cambridge, Wisconsin, to Dairyland Power Cooperative. Please click here to read a press release.

Represented Starwood Energy re its sale of a combined cycle natural gas portfolio.

Represented Starwood Energy Group Global re numerous renewable natural gas Private Equity acquisitions in the U.S. from various developers.

Represented a PE fund re its bid to acquire one of the largest district energy companies in the U.S.

Represented UBS Infrastructure & Private Equityre the sale of a portfolio of 14 conventional/natural gas, operating power plants located in the U.S. and in the Caribbean to Contour Global, PLC.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of a large equity interest in CPV Three Rivers Energy Center, a 1,258 MW power project to be constructed in northeastern Illinois, from affiliates of General Electric Company and Competitive Power Ventures, Inc.

Represented Starwood Energy re its bid to acquire two combined-cycle gas turbine facilities located in California and Arizona and the senior debt of two combined-cycle gas turbine facilities in Massachusetts and New York from CSG Investments/Beal Bank.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of a 50% equity interest in a transmission line called Coachella under development from Oak Tree Capital.

Represented Starwood Energy Group re its (Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code) leveraged buyout of 100% of the assets constituting the West Lorain Power Plant located in Lorain, Ohio from FirstEnergy Generation, LLC which are oil-fired power plants.

Represented Starwood Energy Group Global, a leading private equity fund focused on energy infrastructure, re its $1.23 billion acquisition of 100% of the equity interests in the operating subsidiaries of two of Dominion Energy’s combined-cycle gas turbine plants.

Represented Starwood Energy Group re the sale of a 50% equity interest in its Compass Power Generation gas-fired portfolio located in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, to an affiliate of JERA Co.

Represented a hedge fund re a pending proxy dispute with an energy company.

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its bid to acquire a hydro pump storage facility located in Pennsylvania.

Represented Axium Infrastructure in connection with the Axium-led consortium to acquire the energy assets that supply Ohio State University in excess of $1 billion. (This transaction marked one of the largest P3 social infrastructure deals in the U.S.)

Represented a U.S. private equity fund re its bid to acquire a C&I solar portfolio located in the U.S.

Represented Starwood Energy Group re its acquisition of the RockGen and Garrison combined cycle natural gas electric generation facilities from affiliates of Calpine Corporation, a portfolio company of Energy Capital Partners.

Represented UBS Infrastructure re an acquisition of a combined cycle natural gas power plant portfolio located in Connecticut.

Represented Starwood Energy Group re its bid for a combined cycle natural gas portfolio located in Arizona.

Represented an energy/infra private equity fund re its acquisition of a natural gas power plant portfolio located in PJM.

Represented UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity re its acquisition of a significant minority interest in a 785 MW combined-cycle natural-gas-fired electricity generation power plant located in Connecticut from G.E.

Represented Starwood Energy Group re its leveraged buyout of a portfolio of natural-gas-fired electricity generation plants located in Massachusetts, from Dynegy, Inc.

Represented a New York-based private equity fund re its bid to acquire a portfolio of natural gas power-producing assets located in Colorado.

Represented Starwood Energy Group, a Greenwich, CT-based private equity fund, re its acquisition of a 790-megawatt combined-cycle natural-gas-fired generation power plant and a 50MW "Peaker" natural-gas-fired generation power plant located in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania from NextEra Energy Resources for $760M.

Represented UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity, a New York-based private equity fund, re its leveraged buyout of a portfolio of 14 conventional energy power plants located in the U.S. and in the Caribbean from First Reserve.

Represented InstarAGF re its bid to acquire a U.S. desalinization plant in Carlsbad, California. 

Represented a co-lead investment bank as financial advisor to CNOOC Ltd., China’s largest producer of offshore crude oil and natural gas, re its $19.4 billion acquisition of Nexen Inc., an NYSE-listed upstream oil and gas company. This transaction was named “Global M&A Deal of the Year” by The American Lawyer.

Represented the Alaska Permanent Fund re a private equity transaction involving LS Power in the U.S.

Represented Barclays Natural Resources Investments in its acquisition of K Road Power Holdings, Inc re a 5GW solar portfolio under development.

Represented Transmission Developers Inc. (TDI) in sale of majority stake to Blackstone Energy re the Champlain Hudson Power express sub-river/lake transmission line from Quebec to New York City.

Represented Spring Lane Capital, re the first closing of its $400 million targeted inaugural energy buyout fund focused on water.

Represented Brookfield Renewable Energy in its acquisition of a 292 MW hydroelectric power plant from Talen Energy for $860M.

Representative Power Project Finance Matters

Represented Ohio Power Partners re its refinancing of the Middletown Energy Center, a 480 MW natural gas-fired combined cycle electric facility located in Butler County, Ohio.

Representative PE/M&A Digital Infrastructure and Tech, Media, Telecom (TMT) Matters
Represented D.E. Shaw & Co. and its portfolio company, Arcesium, a data analytics company, re its follow-on private equity investment from existing equity holders, DESCO and an affiliate of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

Represented Hotwire Communications, a leading provider of fiber-to-the-home in the United States, in connection with a large private equity investment by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Blackstone Infrastructure Partners. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Blackstone Infrastructure and one of its portfolio companies re a bolt on acquisition in the high-speed internet fiber cable sector.

Represented D.E. Shaw & Co. and its FinTech portfolio company, Arcesium, re a private equity investment by a private equity fund into such portfolio company.

Represented OMERS Private Equity re its sale of Sysomos, a data analytics company.

Represented OMERS Private Equity (USA) re its acquisition of a U.S.-India based technology company.

Represented AIG re its private equity investment in a cybersecurity company called K2 Intelligence, operated by the Kroll Family.

Represented an international pension plan re its acquisition of a U.S. social media company.

Represented LBO France Gestion re its leveraged buyout of 100% of McIntosh, a high-end audio equipment company, and certain other U.S. operating subsidiaries of Italy-based Fine Sounds S.p.A.

Represented Johnson & Johnson in connection with a media sector U.S. acquisition.

Represented Viacom in connection with the $2.3 billion BET acquisition through merger.

Represented OMERS Private Equity in its acquisition of Expion LLC, a social marketing software company.

Represented Lucent Technologies in sale of Excel Switching Corporation to EAS Group.

Represented UMT Consulting Group, a technology advisory business, in its sale to Ernst & Young.

Represented Strategic Value Partners in the sale of Pacific Crossing to NTT Communications.

Representative PE/M&A Real Estate Matters
Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of RBL Nayland House, assisted living facility in the UK.

Represented Morguard Corporation re its acquisition of the commercial units of Rockville Town Square, a 12.5 acres mixed-use development that includes public services, retail, and dining options in Rockville, Maryland. Please click here to read the press release.

Represented Morguard re its acquisition of the Echelon at K Station property, a 350-unit Class A luxury apartment building in Chicago, Illinois.

Represented Morguard re its acquisition of a LA-based multi-family residential property from CIM Group.

Represented Morguard re its acquisition of a 50% equity interest in a multi-family residential property located in Chicago from CIM Group.

Represented Morguard re its pending acquisition of a multi-family residential property in the U.S.

Represented Morguard, a $21 billion AUM, Toronto/NY-based real estate buyout fund/REIT, re its leveraged buyout of a 46-story luxury apartment building from Magellan Development for $222.5 million located in Chicago, IL.

Represented Morguard Corporation re its acquisition of a 49% equity interest in Chicago-based multi-family property development from CIM Fund III.

Represented Toronto-based Morguard Corporation re its acquisition, through a wholly owned subsidiary, of a 100% freehold interest in Alta at K Station, a LEED Gold Certified high rise residential rental complex in Chicago, Illinois for approximately $300 million.

Represented D.E. Shaw & Co. re a real estate private equity sell-side transaction in the U.S.

Represented Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec re its acquisition of a substantial minority interest in Avison Young, a leading real estate services company located in Canada and the U.S.

Represented a Canadian real estate buyout fund re its establishment of a U.S. private REIT with a Canadian pension plan to acquire U.S. multi-family buildings and offices.

Represented Morguard Corporation re its $450M acquisition of certain multi-family residences from Pearlmark.

Represented Virginia-based EJF Capital re a corporate M&A matter in the U.S. involving a U.S. REIT.

Representative PE/M&A Transportation & Logistics Matters
Represented Ridgewood Infrastructure re its acquisition of APP Jet Center, a fixed-based operator/logistics business. Please click here to read the press release. 

Represented PSP in the 49% acquisition of the I-69 section 5 toll road located in Indiana.

Represented TPG/TSSP/Infrastructure re a private equity transaction in the U.S. Student Housing space structured as a P3.

Represented an equity member of a consortium of private capital that is re-developing New York's JFK Airport's Terminal 1 as part of a P3 transaction.

Represented Luminus Management re its (Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code) acquisition of the trucking logistics/assets and subsidiaries comprising the Mexico-based business of Taylor Express, Inc., from the Celadon Group, Inc.

Represented a private equity fund re its bid to acquire certain rail operations and related assets from Dow at certain Dow-owned manufacturing sites in the U.S. and Canada.

Represented InstarAGF Asset Management re its acquisition from Lincolnshire Management of AMPORTS, a U.S. and Mexico-based logistics car processing port terminal portfolio.

Represented Global Partnership Investing Capital (“GPI”), a private equity fund, in connection with the $2.5 billion funding round of GrabTaxi.

Represented the Alaska Permanent Fund, indirectly through its investment in Global Infrastructure Partners Ltd and directly along with several co-investors, re the acquisition of a 35% interest in the container terminal operations business of Switzerland’s MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. SA for approximately $1.93 billion.

Represented CIT Group with the acquisition of Flex Leasing Corporation, a rail leasing company.

Representative PE/M&A Financial Services Matters
Represented Atlas Merchant Capital re its sale of its equity interests in Somerset Reinsurance Holdings Ltd.

Represented a private equity fund backed management buyout of a non-U.S. bank.

Represented D.E. Shaw & Co. and its FinTech portfolio company, Arcesium, re a private equity investment by a private equity fund into such portfolio company.

Represented Atlas Merchant Capital re its bid to acquire a consumer lending business in Georgia.

Represented the Goldman Sachs Special Situations Investing Group, Inc. in connection with the equity / M&A aspects of Gymboree Group, Inc. restructuring.

Represented Elliott Management, a New York-based hedge fund, re a proposed acquisition in the insurance sector in the U.K.

Represented the Alaska Permanent Fund in connection with a private equity fund of funds transaction involving BlackRock Private Equity in the U.S.

Represented a private equity management team re a joint venture with a prominent hedge fund to create a platform to acquire distressed private equity/hedge funds and alternative asset managers

Represented CIT Group re the sale of its direct private equity interest to Goldman Sachs Private Equity. 

Representative SPAC M&A Matters
Represented Lightning Systems, Inc., an electric truck manufacturer, re its merger with GigCapital3, Inc., a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). Please click here to read the press release.

Represented GLG Partners in connection with its reverse SPAC merger with the Man Group for $3.4 billion.

Represented HCM Acquisition Corp in connection with its $625M SPAC IPO.

Represented JonesTrading in connection with the Forbes Global Media Holding's SPAC merger.

Represented JonesTrading in connection with Seven Oaks Acquisition’s $250M SPAC IPO.

Representative M&A/PE 363 Matters
Represented Oaktree Capital Management re the pending bankruptcy filing of its subsidiary Footprint, a Massachussets-based natural gas powerplant.

Represented Starwood Energy in the acquisition of a natural gas and coal fired plant out bankruptcy from FirstEnergy.

Represented Luminus Management re its (Section 363 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code) acquisition of the trucking logistics/assets and subsidiaries comprising the Mexico-based business of Taylor Express, Inc., from the Celadon Group, Inc.

Represented Strategic Value Partners re its acquisition of RathGibson pursuant to a Section 363 M&A deal.

Represented Fortress in the acquisition of Alterra Healthcare Corporation.

Representative Preferred Equity Transactions

Represented Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group re its private equity investment in InCharge, a battery storage business located in California. This was convertible preferred.

Represented Citigroup Alternative Investments in a Series C preferred equity transaction with GreatPoint Energy.

Represented Accera, a Germany based fund, in the convertible preferred equity funding of Energy Photovoltaics Inc.

Represented AIG re its private equity investment in a cybersecurity company called K2 Intelligence, operated by the Kroll Family. This was convertible preferred.

Represented TPG/TSSP/Infrastructure in connection with a private equity convertible preferred transaction in the U.S. Student Housing space, structured as a P3.

Represented Global Partnership Investing Capital (“GPI”), a private equity fund, in connection with the $2.5 billion convertible preferred transaction with GrabTaxi.

Represented D.E. Shaw & Co. in its convertible preferred investment into Arcesium, a data analytics company.

Credentials

B.C.L., McGill University, Distinction, Dean’s Honour List

LL.B., McGill University, Distinction, Dean’s Honour List

B.A., McGill University, with Great Distinction, Dean’s Honour List, James McGill Scholar

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Recognized as a Highly Regarded Private Equity Lawyer by IFLR1000


2021

Recognized as a leading U.S. M&A lawyer by Chambers USA


2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading business lawyer by Chambers Global


2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading U.S. Private Equity Buyouts lawyer by Legal 500 U.S.


2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading U.S. M&A lawyer by Legal 500 U.S.


2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading U.S. Securities lawyer in the category of Capital Markets: Global Offerings


Legal 500 U.S. 2013 and 2021

Named by New York Super Lawyers for M&A


2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019

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Recognition

Recognized as a Highly Regarded Private Equity Lawyer by IFLR1000


2021

Recognized as a leading U.S. M&A lawyer by Chambers USA


2014, 2015, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading business lawyer by Chambers Global


2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading U.S. Private Equity Buyouts lawyer by Legal 500 U.S.


2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading U.S. M&A lawyer by Legal 500 U.S.


2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022

Recognized as a leading U.S. Securities lawyer in the category of Capital Markets: Global Offerings


Legal 500 U.S. 2013 and 2021

Named by New York Super Lawyers for M&A


2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019