Ricardo Chelala

• A private equity fund, in connection with multiple sale-leaseback transactions across the United States.
• Multiple project developers and sponsors in connection with the development of power generation facilities including fossil fueled, solar, fly-wheel, wind, energy storage and hydro all over the United States.
• Multiple independent power producers in connection with the purchase and sale of power generation facilities throughout North America.
• Multiple independent power producers in connection with the sales and acquisition of power development projects.
• Numerous owners of electric power plants with offtake agreements of all types (power purchase agreements, tolling agreements, heat rate call options, other commodity hedges).
• The Williams Companies, in connection with the development of multiple co-located power generation and data center projects, in coordination with a major hyperscale customer, with aggregate generation capacity exceeding 3 GW.
• Homer City Redevelopment, in its development of a 4.4GW natural gas power plant and 3200-acre data center campus.
• QTS Data Centers, in connection with its power procurement program and related development and financing activities.
• The Williams Companies, in connection with the acquisition of a LNG project, related pipeline infrastructure, feedgas supply arrangements, and LNG offtake arrangements as part of a joint venture with Woodside Energy Group.
• Alohi Renewable Energy, LLC, a joint venture between Mitsubishi (Americas) and ENEOS Americas, in connection with the acquisition of a renewable fuels facility as part of a joint venture with Par Pacific Holdings in Hawaii.

Ricardo Chelala is an associate in the Corporate, Finance and Investments Practice Group of King & Spalding's Houston office. In his practice, Ricardo represents clients in a variety of matters, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity transactions, strategic investments, corporate governance, and other corporate transactions. 

Before joining King & Spalding, Ricardo graduated from the the University of Houston Law Center. While in law school, he served as Social Media & Website Editor for the Houston Journal of International Law.