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He advises global telecom and technology companies, governments, and companies across multiple sectors on a wide range of matters including digital infrastructure projects, joint ventures, transformational projects and new technologies.\nPrior to joining King \u0026amp; Spalding, Damien was as partner at a Big 4 accounting firm and co-head of global telecommunications and head of TMT in Asia for two large international law firms.\nDamien is a strategic adviser to clients on their key projects in multiple jurisdictions. This includes advising on the introduction of world first technologies, entry into new markets and geographies, their rollout of new infrastructure projects (such as satellites, subsea cables, data centres and terrestrial networks) and digital transformation projects. 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operation thereof\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ean international developer in connection with the sale of a majority interest in an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility development in Texas\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMidstream Development\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea foreign company in connection the negotiation/amendment to multiple gathering and gas sales agreements in Texas\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ea 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\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ean E\u0026amp;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\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003emultiple developers in connection with several precedent, natural gas transportation 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Clenera is developing a portfolio of 12GWdc solar generation facilities and 5.5 GWh of energy storage in 20 states{{ FIELD }}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{{ FIELD }}Kayne Anderson Energy Funds:\nin its $2,400,000,000 (cash and stock) sale of Silver Hill Energy Partners, LLC and Silver Hill E\u0026amp;P II, LLC to oil producer RSP Permian Inc.{{ FIELD }}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\nSilver 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\na 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\na portfolio company of two private equity funds in the $1,600,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in Texas\na portfolio company of a private equity fund in the $225,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in North Dakota and Montana{{ FIELD }}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\na private equity fund in the $1,250,000,000 acquisition and joint ownership of a partial interest in multiple interstate oil pipelines\na private equity fund in the acquisition of overriding royalty interests in Ohio and West Virginia valued at approximately $250,000,000\na 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\nParasol 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\ntwo private equity funds in connection with the investment in a water technology business and the joint development of produced water purification systems\na 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\nArc 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{{ FIELD }}Kayne Anderson Energy Funds:\nin its $500,000,000 investment (and other advisement) in Canyon Midstream Partners II, LLC and Canyon Midstream Partners I LLC\nin 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\nin negotiating seven management team investments with aggregate commitments of over $800,000,000\nWarburg Pincus in its undisclosed commitment to Ossidiana Energy Holdings LLC\nArcLight Capital in its $100,000,000 commitment to Legends II LLC{{ FIELD }}Strategic M\u0026amp;A and Investments\na publicly-traded company in connection with multiple acquisitions of oil \u0026amp; gas properties in Texas with an aggregate value of over $300,000,000\na 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\na 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\na 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\nCalpine in the $240,000,000 acquisition of Crane Champion Holdco LLC\na large public energy company in its $175,000,000 sale of oil and gas properties in Louisiana to a private equity fund\na developer in connection with the acquisition of an 80MW solar photovoltaic generation facility in Idaho\na 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\na 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\na major international company in connection with the portfolio sale of nine wind generation facilities located across the U.S. representing over 1,000MW\na developer in connection with the acquisition of three solar photovoltaic generation facilities in California representing over 120MW\na major international company in connection with the portfolio sale of 12 solar photovoltaic generation facilities in California, representing approximately 240MW\na 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\na developer in connection with various aspects of the development and sale of a 300MW solar project in New Mexico with 150MWh of battery storage\na 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\ntwo 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\na 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\na 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\nan international developer in connection with the sale of a majority interest in an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility development in Texas{{ FIELD }}Midstream Development\na foreign company in connection the negotiation/amendment to multiple gathering and gas sales agreements in Texas\na 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\nan E\u0026amp;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\nmultiple 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\nmultiple 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{{ FIELD }}Project Development and Financing\nthe 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\nSolarReserve, 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\nFirst 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\na 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\na 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\na 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\nmultiple 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\na developer in connection with a power purchase agreement for the output of an approximately 161MW wind energy generation facility located in Texas\na utility in connection with a power purchase agreement for the output of an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility located in Nevada\na major domestic energy company in the negotiation of a joint venture to develop, construct and license carbon capture technology\nthe borrower in the $967,000,000 financing of the 290MW Agua Caliente project located in Arizona\nthe borrower in connection with a non-recourse construction bridge loan for a 300MW solar project in New Mexico with 150MWh of battery storage\nthe lead arranger in a non-recourse, recapitalization secured by a coal energy generation facility and gas-fired generation facility located in Wyoming\nSome experience handled prior to joining K\u0026amp;S{{ FIELD }}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.\nDrew 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\u0026amp;M, interconnection and feedstock. Additionally, Drew advises clients in connection with complex midstream, gas sales, participation and joint operating arrangements.\nFurther, he has a deep background in counseling private equity funds on investments in management teams.\nPrior to joining King \u0026amp; 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\u0026amp;A practice. Drew Baldinger lawyer Partner The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas School of Law The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas School of Law Texas Private Equity M\u0026amp;A and Investments\nParasol 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:\nin its $2,400,000,000 (cash and stock) sale of Silver Hill Energy Partners, LLC and Silver Hill E\u0026amp;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\nSilver 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\na 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\na portfolio company of two private equity funds in the $1,600,000,000 acquisition of oil and gas properties in Texas\na 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\na private equity fund in the $1,250,000,000 acquisition and joint ownership of a partial interest in multiple interstate oil pipelines\na private equity fund in the acquisition of overriding royalty interests in Ohio and West Virginia valued at approximately $250,000,000\na 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\nParasol 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\ntwo private equity funds in connection with the investment in a water technology business and the joint development of produced water purification systems\na 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\nArc 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:\nin its $500,000,000 investment (and other advisement) in Canyon Midstream Partners II, LLC and Canyon Midstream Partners I LLC\nin 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\nin negotiating seven management team investments with aggregate commitments of over $800,000,000\nWarburg Pincus in its undisclosed commitment to Ossidiana Energy Holdings LLC\nArcLight Capital in its $100,000,000 commitment to Legends II LLC Strategic M\u0026amp;A and Investments\na publicly-traded company in connection with multiple acquisitions of oil \u0026amp; gas properties in Texas with an aggregate value of over $300,000,000\na 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\na 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\na 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\nCalpine in the $240,000,000 acquisition of Crane Champion Holdco LLC\na large public energy company in its $175,000,000 sale of oil and gas properties in Louisiana to a private equity fund\na developer in connection with the acquisition of an 80MW solar photovoltaic generation facility in Idaho\na 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\na 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\na major international company in connection with the portfolio sale of nine wind generation facilities located across the U.S. representing over 1,000MW\na developer in connection with the acquisition of three solar photovoltaic generation facilities in California representing over 120MW\na major international company in connection with the portfolio sale of 12 solar photovoltaic generation facilities in California, representing approximately 240MW\na 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\na developer in connection with various aspects of the development and sale of a 300MW solar project in New Mexico with 150MWh of battery storage\na 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\ntwo 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\na 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\na 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\nan international developer in connection with the sale of a majority interest in an approximately 150MW wind energy generation facility development in Texas Midstream Development\na foreign company in connection the negotiation/amendment to multiple gathering and gas sales agreements in Texas\na portfolio company of two private equity funds in the negotiation of a 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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\nSolarReserve, 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\nFirst 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\na developer in connection with the negotiation of a solar 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Products.{{ FIELD }}September 26, 2023\nAdvised Arcapita on its sale of Waste Harmonics to TPG and Keter Environmental Services.{{ FIELD }}June 30, 2023\nAdvised Brookfield Capital Partners on its sale of Cardone Industries to First Brands Group.{{ FIELD }}June 30, 2023\nAdvised Arcapita and Nationwide Property \u0026amp; Appraisal Services on their acquisition of Integrity Appraisal Management.{{ FIELD }}April 28, 2023\nAdvised Northland Capital Partners and VMG Health on their acquisition of the assets of BSM Financial.{{ FIELD }}April 28, 2023\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Impact Home Services.{{ FIELD }}March 31, 2023\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of AmeriSpec and Furniture Medic from Roark Capital.{{ FIELD }}October 21, 2022\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Eskola Roofing.{{ FIELD }}September 12, 2022\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of assets from Driven Brands.{{ FIELD }}December 1, 2025\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Atlantic Pipe Services.{{ FIELD }}March 29, 2022\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Enviro-Master International Franchise.{{ FIELD }}March 24, 2022\nAdvised Source Capital and Backyard Products in its completion of a continuation fund involving Timber Bay Partners.{{ FIELD }}December 31, 2021\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Nationwide Property \u0026amp; Appraisal Services.{{ FIELD }}December 24, 2021\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its sale of Caliber Car Wash to Percheon Capital.{{ FIELD }}December 21, 2021\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its sale of Recreational Group to Sentinel Capital Partners.{{ FIELD }}December 15, 2021\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its investment in Impact Auto.{{ FIELD }}September 24, 2021\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness franchises in Illinois.{{ FIELD }}September 17, 2021\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness franchises in Missouri.{{ FIELD }}August 19, 2021\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness franchises in Utah.{{ FIELD }}July 19, 2021\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of One Plus Systems.{{ FIELD }}June 30, 2021\nAdvised Arcapita on its sale of Stratus Unlimited to Vestar Capital Partners.{{ FIELD }}June 1, 2021\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of The Difference Card.{{ FIELD }}April 30, 2021\nAdvised Red Dog Equity on its acquisition of PureMagic Carwash.{{ FIELD }}March 29, 2021\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of Empower Community Care.{{ FIELD }}January 28, 2021\nAdvised Source Capital and Backyard Products on their acquisition of Yardistry Limited.{{ FIELD }}November 24, 2020\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on is sale of Lone Star Overnight to WeDo Logistics.{{ FIELD }}June 11, 2020\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its investment in Code Ninjas.{{ FIELD }}March 17, 2020\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of VMG Health.{{ FIELD }}December 30, 2019\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on the sale of Planet Fitness studio franchises to American Securities.{{ FIELD }}December 26, 2019\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Waste Harmonics, a leading provider of waste and recycling management solutions.{{ FIELD }}December 19, 2019\nAdvised Brookfield Infrastructure Group and Public Sector Pension Investment on their sale of Wind Energy Transmission Texas to Axiom Infrastructure.{{ FIELD }}November 27, 2019\nAdvised Level 5 Capital on its sale of Corepower Yoga studio franchises to TSG Consumer Partners.{{ FIELD }}November 4, 2019\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its sale of Chicken Salad Chick to Brentwood Associates.{{ FIELD }}August 30, 2019\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Icon Investment Holdings, a manufacturer, servicer and installer of commercial signage.{{ FIELD }}July 8, 2019\nAdvised BlueMountain Capital Management in connection with the sale of AdaptHealth Holdings to DFB Healthcare Acquisitions Corp. (NASDAQ: DFBH), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Deerfield Management.{{ FIELD }}June 19, 2019\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness studio franchises from affiliates of Michigan OT Partnership.{{ FIELD }}April 11, 2019\nAdvised Brookfield Principal Credit (\"BPC\") on a transaction which resulted in BPC acquiring 85% of the limited partnership interests of Cardone Industries, a leading aftermarket auto parts manufacturer of new and remanufactured auto parts.{{ FIELD }}March 15, 2019\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its sale of Science Care to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners.{{ FIELD }}February 27, 2019\nAdvised BlueMountain Capital Management in connection with its investment in common equity and subordinated debt of AdaptHealth Holdings.{{ FIELD }}January 28, 2019\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Coastal Sign and Wayfinding, Inc., a manufacturer, servicer and installer of commercial signage.{{ FIELD }}Ray represents private equity and hedge funds, and counsels corporations, in merger and acquisition transactions, financings and related matters. \nMr. Baltz is a senior partner in King \u0026amp; Spalding’s Corporate, Finance and Investment Group and the former head of the Global Corporate Department.  Mr. Baltz has extensive experience representing private equity and hedge funds in a wide variety of matters. Mr. Baltz has handled private equity buyouts totaling over $30 billion in the past several years.  Mr. Baltz is an adept business lawyer who is especially skilled at structuring private equity acquisitions and investments involving middle-market companies and executing leveraged buyouts on behalf of institutional buy-side clients.  Mr. Baltz also is a member of the Southeast chapter of the Business Executives for National Security (BENS), and a former member of the Boards of Directors of Big Brothers Big Sisters and Buckhead Baseball.  \nKey Clients:\nArcapita\nAssured Investment Management\nBrookfield Asset Management\nEagle Merchant Partners\nLevel 5 Capital Partners\nNorthlane Capital Partners\nPower Sustainable Lios\nRed Dog Equity\nRoark Capital\nSlate Asset Management\nSource Capital\n  Raymond E Baltz Partner Eastern Nazarene College  Boston University Boston University School of Law Boston College Boston College Law School Georgia State Bar of Georgia December 23, 2025\nAdvised Power Sustainable Lios on its acquisition of Crofters Food. December 12, 2025\nAdvised Slate Asset Management on its acquisition of Cold-Link Logistics. October 10, 2025\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners and Guidewell Education on their acquisition of MBA Mission USA. September 26, 2025\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners and Guidewell Education on their acquisition of Reach Cambridge. September 24, 2025\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisitions of EnviroSmart Sumter Solidification and High Pressure Investments. September 5, 2025\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Guidewell Education. September 2, 2025\nAdvised Red Dog Equity on its sale of Superio USA Waste to GFL Environmental. July 9, 2025\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its sale of Empower Community Care to NexPhase Capital. July 1, 2025\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of C\u0026amp;K Paving Contractors. July 1, 2025\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its sale of The Difference Card to Stone Point Capital. February 27, 2025\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of Strategic Claim Consultants. January 16, 2025\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of Plus Delta Partners. November 12, 2024\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of Stellar Public Adjusting Services. October 11, 2024\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Sam the Concrete Man. July 5, 2024\nAdvised Source Capital and Backyard Products on their acquisition of KidKraft in a Chapter 11 process. July 1, 2024\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its sale of BrandMuscle Holdings to Truelink Capital Partners. April 27, 2024\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its sale of VMG Health to Incline Partners. February 28, 2024\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of AYA Medical Spa. October 27, 2023\nAdvised Brookfield Capital Partners on its sale of Rotomaster to MidOcean Partners and Cloyes Gear \u0026amp; Products. September 26, 2023\nAdvised Arcapita on its sale of Waste Harmonics to TPG and Keter Environmental Services. June 30, 2023\nAdvised Brookfield Capital Partners on its sale of Cardone Industries to First Brands Group. June 30, 2023\nAdvised Arcapita and Nationwide Property \u0026amp; Appraisal Services on their acquisition of Integrity Appraisal Management. April 28, 2023\nAdvised Northland Capital Partners and VMG Health on their acquisition of the assets of BSM Financial. April 28, 2023\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Impact Home Services. March 31, 2023\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of AmeriSpec and Furniture Medic from Roark Capital. October 21, 2022\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Eskola Roofing. September 12, 2022\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of assets from Driven Brands. December 1, 2025\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Atlantic Pipe Services. March 29, 2022\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its acquisition of Enviro-Master International Franchise. March 24, 2022\nAdvised Source Capital and Backyard Products in its completion of a continuation fund involving Timber Bay Partners. December 31, 2021\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Nationwide Property \u0026amp; Appraisal Services. December 24, 2021\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its sale of Caliber Car Wash to Percheon Capital. December 21, 2021\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its sale of Recreational Group to Sentinel Capital Partners. December 15, 2021\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its investment in Impact Auto. September 24, 2021\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness franchises in Illinois. September 17, 2021\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness franchises in Missouri. August 19, 2021\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness franchises in Utah. July 19, 2021\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of One Plus Systems. June 30, 2021\nAdvised Arcapita on its sale of Stratus Unlimited to Vestar Capital Partners. June 1, 2021\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of The Difference Card. April 30, 2021\nAdvised Red Dog Equity on its acquisition of PureMagic Carwash. March 29, 2021\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of Empower Community Care. January 28, 2021\nAdvised Source Capital and Backyard Products on their acquisition of Yardistry Limited. November 24, 2020\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on is sale of Lone Star Overnight to WeDo Logistics. June 11, 2020\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its investment in Code Ninjas. March 17, 2020\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its acquisition of VMG Health. December 30, 2019\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on the sale of Planet Fitness studio franchises to American Securities. December 26, 2019\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Waste Harmonics, a leading provider of waste and recycling management solutions. December 19, 2019\nAdvised Brookfield Infrastructure Group and Public Sector Pension Investment on their sale of Wind Energy Transmission Texas to Axiom Infrastructure. November 27, 2019\nAdvised Level 5 Capital on its sale of Corepower Yoga studio franchises to TSG Consumer Partners. November 4, 2019\nAdvised Eagle Merchant Partners on its sale of Chicken Salad Chick to Brentwood Associates. August 30, 2019\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Icon Investment Holdings, a manufacturer, servicer and installer of commercial signage. July 8, 2019\nAdvised BlueMountain Capital Management in connection with the sale of AdaptHealth Holdings to DFB Healthcare Acquisitions Corp. (NASDAQ: DFBH), a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by Deerfield Management. June 19, 2019\nAdvised Level 5 Capital Partners on its acquisition of Orangetheory Fitness studio franchises from affiliates of Michigan OT Partnership. April 11, 2019\nAdvised Brookfield Principal Credit (\"BPC\") on a transaction which resulted in BPC acquiring 85% of the limited partnership interests of Cardone Industries, a leading aftermarket auto parts manufacturer of new and remanufactured auto parts. March 15, 2019\nAdvised Northlane Capital Partners on its sale of Science Care to Levine Leichtman Capital Partners. February 27, 2019\nAdvised BlueMountain Capital Management in connection with its investment in common equity and subordinated debt of AdaptHealth Holdings. January 28, 2019\nAdvised Arcapita on its acquisition of Coastal Sign and Wayfinding, Inc., a manufacturer, servicer and installer of commercial signage.","searchable_name":"Raymond E. 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[[--readmore--]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErik has advised numerous leading public and private companies on substantial M\u0026amp;A matters, such as Newell Brands, General Electric Company, Baker Hughes Company, 3M, Georgia-Pacific, RELX Group (formerly, Reed Elsevier), The Home Depot, United Parcel Service,\u0026nbsp;Xerox Holdings Corporation and Genuine Parts Company.\u0026nbsp; Recent representative transactions include acting for Newell Brands in its acquisition of Jarden Corporation; General Electric Company in the sale of its Small Industrial Motors business to Wolong Electric Group; 3M in its acquisition of Madison Fire \u0026amp; Rescue from Madison Industries, in partnership with Bain Capital; Baker Hughes Company in its acquisition of Continental Disc Corporation from Tinicum; Genuine Parts Company in its acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group; Mailchimp in its sale to\u0026nbsp;Intuit; Xerox in its tender offer and proxy fight for HP; and U.S. Xpress in its sale to\u0026nbsp;Knight-Swift Transportation.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the last 14\u0026nbsp;consecutive years, Erik has been listed as a top M\u0026amp;A attorney in \u003cem\u003eChambers USA\u003c/em\u003e.\u0026nbsp; He is also listed in M\u0026amp;A by \u003cem\u003eThe Legal 500 US\u003c/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eBest Lawyers in America\u003c/em\u003e and has been recognized as a \"Client Service All Star MVP\" by\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eBTI Consulting Group\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eErik was formerly a member of the board of trustees of The Schenck School (an independent school in Atlanta, GA for children with dyslexia).\u003c/p\u003e","slug":"erik-belenky","email":"ebelenky@kslaw.com","phone":null,"matters":["\u003cp\u003eErik has extensive M\u0026amp;A experience across a broad range of industries. 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Representative transactions include:{{ FIELD }}CONSUMER AND RETAIL{{ FIELD }}Nouria Energy Corporation, in its acquisition of Enmarket, a leading convenience store retailer in the Southeast, from Colonial Group, Inc.{{ FIELD }}Newell Brands Inc. in numerous transactions, including:\nits $16 billion acquisition of Jarden Corporation\nthe sale of its Pure Fishing to Sycamore Partners for approximately $1.3 billion\nits sale of The Waddington Group to Novolex Holdings, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, for approximately $2.3 billion\nthe $1.95 billion sale of its Tools business, including the Irwin®, Lenox®, and Hilmor® brands, to Stanley Black \u0026amp; Decker, Inc.\nthe sale of The United States Playing Card Company to Cartamundi Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of playing cards and board games\nthe sale of its Process Solutions business to One Rock Capital Partners, LLC for $500 million\nthe $395 million sale of Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. to Seidler Equity Partners and Major League Baseball - The Daily Deal's Most Innovative Middle Market Deal of the Year (2018)\nthe sale of its Winter Sports businesses to Kohlberg \u0026amp; Company for $240 million\nthe sale of its Pine Mountain® fire starters and fire logs business, and Diamond® matches, fire starters, lighters, toothpicks, and laundry business, to Royal Oak Enterprises, a leading manufacturer of charcoal and grilling products{{ FIELD }}Genuine Parts Company, in its announced plan to separate its automotive parts and industrial parts segments into two independent, publicly traded companies.{{ FIELD }}Genuine Parts Company, in its acquisition of Motor Parts \u0026amp; Equipment Corporation, the largest independent owner of NAPA Auto Parts stores in the U.S.{{ FIELD }}The Home Depot in multiple transactions, including:\nits acquisition of The Litemore group of companies\nits acquisition of Landmark Interiors\nits acquisition of the Brafasco group of companies\nthe sale of Chem-Dry carpet cleaning franchise chain{{ FIELD }}IQVentures Holdings, in its pending $504 million acquisition of The Aaron's Company (NYSE: AAN), a leading lease-to-own retailer of appliances, electronics, furniture and home goods{{ FIELD }}Georgia-Pacific in the sale of its joint venture interest in Vania and Polive (feminine products) to Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson{{ FIELD }}Sweetwater Sound, the nation's largest e-commerce retailer of musical instruments and pro audio equipment, in its growth equity investment by Providence Equity Partners{{ FIELD }}Les Enterprises Barrette Ltee in the sale of Barrette Outdoor Living (North America's leading manufacturer of wood-alternative fence and railing products) to TorQuest Partners and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec{{ FIELD }}INDUSTRIALS{{ FIELD }}Genuine Parts Company in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group, a leading distributor of power transmission, automation and fluid power products{{ FIELD }}Baker Hughes Company in multiple transactions, including:\nthe pending $1.45 billion sale of its Waygate Technologies business to Hexagon\nits $540 million acquisition of Continental Disc Corporation, a leading provider of safety-critical pressure management solutions, from investment partnerships managed by Tinicum Incorporated\nits acquisition of AccessESP, a provider of advanced technology for artificial lift solutions\nthe sale of its specialty polymers business to SK Capital\nthe sale of its A-C Compressor service and repair business to Rotating Machinery Services, Inc.\nthe sale of its Rotoflow™ turboexpander business to Air Products\n {{ FIELD }}General Electric Company in a variety of transactions, including:\nthe sale of the small industrial motors business of its Power Conversion division to Wolong Electric Group Co., Ltd.\nthe sale of the Electric Machinery unit of its Converteam business to WEG{{ FIELD }}Georgia-Pacific in in acquisition of Excel Displays \u0026amp; Packaging, a designer and manufacturer of point-of-purchase displays and industrial packaging{{ FIELD }}Monstanto Company in its feed and processing joint venture with Cargill Inc.{{ FIELD }}The Vincit Group, a leading provider of food safety and pathogen control services for the protein industry, in its investment by Harvest Capital Partners{{ FIELD }}3M in multiple transactions, including:\nits pending $1.95 billion acquisition, in partnership with Bain Capital, of Madison Fire \u0026amp; Rescue from Madison Industries; in connection with the closing, 3M will contribute its Scott Safety business to the partnership\nthe sale of its fused silica manufacturing business to Christy Minerals\nthe sale to SIAT Group of 3M's 50% equity stake in Combi Packaging Systems (a producer and distributor of packaging machinery and spare parts){{ FIELD }}Superior Essex, in the formation of its global joint venture with Nexans, creating the world's largest manufacturer or magnet wire{{ FIELD }}TECHNOLOGY{{ FIELD }}Mailchimp, a leading email marketing company to small and mid-market businesses, in its $12 billion sale to Intuit. The transaction was the largest sale of a privately held software company in U.S. history{{ FIELD }}Xerox Holdings Corporation in its tender offer and proxy fight for HP Inc.{{ FIELD }}RELX Group plc in numerous transactions, including:\nits acquisitions of SST Software, a precision agriculture information solutions company, and CDMS, a leading provider of compliance data and solutions to support agronomic recommendations and decisions\nthe sale of a 51 percent stake in Reed Construction Data (RCD) to Warburg Pincus, and the sale of 100 percent of RSMeans to The Gordian Group, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company\nthe acquisition of Chemical Data, a leading provider of US petrochemical price benchmarks and predictive analytics\nthe acquisition of FlightStats, a leading flight status tracker\nits acquisition of Intelligize, a leading provider of Securities and Exchange Commission intelligence and data solutions{{ FIELD }}Monitise plc, a provider of mobile banking technology services, in its acquisition of ClairMail{{ FIELD }}ENERGY{{ FIELD }}Baker Hughes Company in the sale of its global Natural Gas Solutions (NGS) business to First Reserve{{ FIELD }}General Electric Company in multiple transactions, including:\nthe acquisition of the Salof group of companies, designers of mini LNG and CO2 technologies and facilities\nthe sale of its Industrial Air \u0026amp; Gas Technologies business to Colfax Corporation{{ FIELD }}FINANCIAL SERVICES{{ FIELD }}General Electric Company in the sale of its Commercial Distribution Finance, Vendor Finance, and Corporate Finance platforms to Wells Fargo \u0026amp; Co.{{ FIELD }}American First Finance, a leading virtual lease-to-own and retail finance provider, in its sale to FirstCash, Inc. for up to $1.47 billion in cash and stock{{ FIELD }}CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING{{ FIELD }}Georgia Pacific, in its acquisition of the Temple-Inland building products business from International Paper Company for $750 million{{ FIELD }}Kamco Supply, a leading supplier of ceilings, wallboard, steel, lumber, and related construction products, in its $317 million sale to GMS Inc. (NYSE: GMS){{ FIELD }}AVIATION, TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS{{ FIELD }}U.S. Xpress Enterprises (NYSE: USX) in its sale to Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE: KNX){{ FIELD }}ARINC Incorporated and its shareholders, including multiple major airlines, in the sale of the company to The Carlyle Group{{ FIELD }}United Parcel Service, in its acquisition of HTML Logistics{{ FIELD }}Koch Industries, in its acquisition of The Chicago Fuels Terminal from DTE Energy{{ FIELD }}HEALTHCARE{{ FIELD }}EDG Partners, a private equity firm focused on small and middle market healthcare companies, in numerous acquisitions, divestitures, and growth equity investments{{ FIELD }}Gemino Healthcare Finance, a nationwide provider of asset based and term loans to small and mid-size healthcare service providers, in the company's sale to Solar Senior Capital Ltd.{{ FIELD }}Erik Belenky focuses on mergers and acquisitions, where he represents public and private companies, as well as private equity firms, in the full range of M\u0026amp;A activity, including significant acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions. Erik also has substantial experience counseling companies, including boards of directors and C-Suite executives, on takeover defense, proxy contests, shareholder activism and corporate governance. \nErik has advised numerous leading public and private companies on substantial M\u0026amp;A matters, such as Newell Brands, General Electric Company, Baker Hughes Company, 3M, Georgia-Pacific, RELX Group (formerly, Reed Elsevier), The Home Depot, United Parcel Service, Xerox Holdings Corporation and Genuine Parts Company.  Recent representative transactions include acting for Newell Brands in its acquisition of Jarden Corporation; General Electric Company in the sale of its Small Industrial Motors business to Wolong Electric Group; 3M in its acquisition of Madison Fire \u0026amp; Rescue from Madison Industries, in partnership with Bain Capital; Baker Hughes Company in its acquisition of Continental Disc Corporation from Tinicum; Genuine Parts Company in its acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group; Mailchimp in its sale to Intuit; Xerox in its tender offer and proxy fight for HP; and U.S. Xpress in its sale to Knight-Swift Transportation.\nFor the last 14 consecutive years, Erik has been listed as a top M\u0026amp;A attorney in Chambers USA.  He is also listed in M\u0026amp;A by The Legal 500 US and Best Lawyers in America and has been recognized as a \"Client Service All Star MVP\" by BTI Consulting Group.\nErik was formerly a member of the board of trustees of The Schenck School (an independent school in Atlanta, GA for children with dyslexia). Erik Belenky lawyer Partner Leading Dealmakers in America Lawdragon 500 - 2025 BTI Client Service All Star 2021 Leader in M\u0026amp;A  Chambers USA  M\u0026amp;A  Legal 500 US  M\u0026amp;A; Corporate Law  Best Lawyers in Americas  Most Innovative Deal of the Year —  The Deal Awards Middle Market   The Deal, 2018 Colby College  London School of Economics and Political Science, UK  Duke University Duke University School of Law Georgia Erik has extensive M\u0026amp;A experience across a broad range of industries. Representative transactions include: CONSUMER AND RETAIL Nouria Energy Corporation, in its acquisition of Enmarket, a leading convenience store retailer in the Southeast, from Colonial Group, Inc. Newell Brands Inc. in numerous transactions, including:\nits $16 billion acquisition of Jarden Corporation\nthe sale of its Pure Fishing to Sycamore Partners for approximately $1.3 billion\nits sale of The Waddington Group to Novolex Holdings, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, for approximately $2.3 billion\nthe $1.95 billion sale of its Tools business, including the Irwin®, Lenox®, and Hilmor® brands, to Stanley Black \u0026amp; Decker, Inc.\nthe sale of The United States Playing Card Company to Cartamundi Group, a leading manufacturer and distributor of playing cards and board games\nthe sale of its Process Solutions business to One Rock Capital Partners, LLC for $500 million\nthe $395 million sale of Rawlings Sporting Goods Company, Inc. to Seidler Equity Partners and Major League Baseball - The Daily Deal's Most Innovative Middle Market Deal of the Year (2018)\nthe sale of its Winter Sports businesses to Kohlberg \u0026amp; Company for $240 million\nthe sale of its Pine Mountain® fire starters and fire logs business, and Diamond® matches, fire starters, lighters, toothpicks, and laundry business, to Royal Oak Enterprises, a leading manufacturer of charcoal and grilling products Genuine Parts Company, in its announced plan to separate its automotive parts and industrial parts segments into two independent, publicly traded companies. Genuine Parts Company, in its acquisition of Motor Parts \u0026amp; Equipment Corporation, the largest independent owner of NAPA Auto Parts stores in the U.S. The Home Depot in multiple transactions, including:\nits acquisition of The Litemore group of companies\nits acquisition of Landmark Interiors\nits acquisition of the Brafasco group of companies\nthe sale of Chem-Dry carpet cleaning franchise chain IQVentures Holdings, in its pending $504 million acquisition of The Aaron's Company (NYSE: AAN), a leading lease-to-own retailer of appliances, electronics, furniture and home goods Georgia-Pacific in the sale of its joint venture interest in Vania and Polive (feminine products) to Johnson \u0026amp; Johnson Sweetwater Sound, the nation's largest e-commerce retailer of musical instruments and pro audio equipment, in its growth equity investment by Providence Equity Partners Les Enterprises Barrette Ltee in the sale of Barrette Outdoor Living (North America's leading manufacturer of wood-alternative fence and railing products) to TorQuest Partners and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec INDUSTRIALS Genuine Parts Company in its $1.3 billion acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group, a leading distributor of power transmission, automation and fluid power products Baker Hughes Company in multiple transactions, including:\nthe pending $1.45 billion sale of its Waygate Technologies business to Hexagon\nits $540 million acquisition of Continental Disc Corporation, a leading provider of safety-critical pressure management solutions, from investment partnerships managed by Tinicum Incorporated\nits acquisition of AccessESP, a provider of advanced technology for artificial lift solutions\nthe sale of its specialty polymers business to SK Capital\nthe sale of its A-C Compressor service and repair business to Rotating Machinery Services, Inc.\nthe sale of its Rotoflow™ turboexpander business to Air Products\n  General Electric Company in a variety of transactions, including:\nthe sale of the small industrial motors business of its Power Conversion division to Wolong Electric Group Co., Ltd.\nthe sale of the Electric Machinery unit of its Converteam business to WEG Georgia-Pacific in in acquisition of Excel Displays \u0026amp; Packaging, a designer and manufacturer of point-of-purchase displays and industrial packaging Monstanto Company in its feed and processing joint venture with Cargill Inc. The Vincit Group, a leading provider of food safety and pathogen control services for the protein industry, in its investment by Harvest Capital Partners 3M in multiple transactions, including:\nits pending $1.95 billion acquisition, in partnership with Bain Capital, of Madison Fire \u0026amp; Rescue from Madison Industries; in connection with the closing, 3M will contribute its Scott Safety business to the partnership\nthe sale of its fused silica manufacturing business to Christy Minerals\nthe sale to SIAT Group of 3M's 50% equity stake in Combi Packaging Systems (a producer and distributor of packaging machinery and spare parts) Superior Essex, in the formation of its global joint venture with Nexans, creating the world's largest manufacturer or magnet wire TECHNOLOGY Mailchimp, a leading email marketing company to small and mid-market businesses, in its $12 billion sale to Intuit. The transaction was the largest sale of a privately held software company in U.S. history Xerox Holdings Corporation in its tender offer and proxy fight for HP Inc. RELX Group plc in numerous transactions, including:\nits acquisitions of SST Software, a precision agriculture information solutions company, and CDMS, a leading provider of compliance data and solutions to support agronomic recommendations and decisions\nthe sale of a 51 percent stake in Reed Construction Data (RCD) to Warburg Pincus, and the sale of 100 percent of RSMeans to The Gordian Group, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company\nthe acquisition of Chemical Data, a leading provider of US petrochemical price benchmarks and predictive analytics\nthe acquisition of FlightStats, a leading flight status tracker\nits acquisition of Intelligize, a leading provider of Securities and Exchange Commission intelligence and data solutions Monitise plc, a provider of mobile banking technology services, in its acquisition of ClairMail ENERGY Baker Hughes Company in the sale of its global Natural Gas Solutions (NGS) business to First Reserve General Electric Company in multiple transactions, including:\nthe acquisition of the Salof group of companies, designers of mini LNG and CO2 technologies and facilities\nthe sale of its Industrial Air \u0026amp; Gas Technologies business to Colfax Corporation FINANCIAL SERVICES General Electric Company in the sale of its Commercial Distribution Finance, Vendor Finance, and Corporate Finance platforms to Wells Fargo \u0026amp; Co. American First Finance, a leading virtual lease-to-own and retail finance provider, in its sale to FirstCash, Inc. for up to $1.47 billion in cash and stock CONSTRUCTION AND ENGINEERING Georgia Pacific, in its acquisition of the Temple-Inland building products business from International Paper Company for $750 million Kamco Supply, a leading supplier of ceilings, wallboard, steel, lumber, and related construction products, in its $317 million sale to GMS Inc. (NYSE: GMS) AVIATION, TRANSPORTATION AND LOGISTICS U.S. Xpress Enterprises (NYSE: USX) in its sale to Knight-Swift Transportation (NYSE: KNX) ARINC Incorporated and its shareholders, including multiple major airlines, in the sale of the company to The Carlyle Group United Parcel Service, in its acquisition of HTML Logistics Koch Industries, in its acquisition of The Chicago Fuels Terminal from DTE Energy HEALTHCARE EDG Partners, a private equity firm focused on small and middle market healthcare companies, in numerous acquisitions, divestitures, and growth equity investments Gemino Healthcare Finance, a nationwide provider of asset based and term loans to small and mid-size healthcare service providers, in the company's sale to Solar Senior Capital Ltd.","searchable_name":"Erik Belenky","is_active":true,"featured":null,"publish_date":null,"expiration_date":null,"blog_featured":null,"published_by":202,"capability_group_featured":null,"home_page_featured":null},{"id":447459,"version":1,"owner_type":"Person","owner_id":5272,"payload":{"bio":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ui-provider gl chx chy chz cia cib cic cid cie cif cig cih cii cij cik cil cim cin cio cip ciq cir cis cit ciu civ ciw cix ciy ciz cja cjb cjc cjd cje\" dir=\"ltr\"\u003eLaurent Bensaid is Managing Partner of the Paris office and a member of the firm's Corporate, Finance and Investments practice.\u0026nbsp;\u003c/span\u003eLaurent has extensive experience in public mergers \u0026amp; acquisitions and private equity.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHe advises domestic and foreign companies, private equity funds and investment banks on a broad range of corporate transactions (including LBOs, tender offers, PIPES and Public-to-Private deals).\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaurent has developed a practice in a wide variety of industries, including consumer products, telecommunications, energy, financial services and new technologies. 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acquisitions and private equity.\nHe advises domestic and foreign companies, private equity funds and investment banks on a broad range of corporate transactions (including LBOs, tender offers, PIPES and Public-to-Private deals).\nLaurent has developed a practice in a wide variety of industries, including consumer products, telecommunications, energy, financial services and new technologies. He has been recognized as a leading French M\u0026amp;A lawyer and rising star by various publications. Partner Recognised as a Leading Lawyer Best Lawyers in France, 2025 Recognised as Excellent - Large \u0026amp; upper mid-cap LBO transactions  Décideurs Leaders League | Private Equity 2025 Recognised as Excellent - Advising management teams Décideurs Leaders League | Private Equity 2025 Laurent Bensaid is ranked Excellent - Large \u0026amp; upper mid-cap LBO Décideurs Magazine PE France, 2022 Laurent Bensaid is ranked Excellent - Advising Management teams Décideurs Magazine PE France, 2022 Laurent Bensaid is ranked Excellent - Development Capital Transactions Décideurs Magazine PE France, 2022 Laurent Bensaid is ranked Excellent in PE - Mid-cap LBO transactions  Décideurs Magazine, PE 2021 Laurent Bensaid is ranked Excellent in PE - Development capital transactions Décideurs Magazine, PE 2021 Laurent Bensaid is ranked Excellent in PE - Advising Management Teams Décideurs Magazine, PE 2021 Laurent Bensaid is ranked excellent in M\u0026amp;A complex or high litigation potential stock-exchange transactions Décideurs Magazine Corporate/M\u0026amp;A, 2020-21 Laurent Bensaid is ranked leading lawyer in mergers \u0026amp; acquisitions transactions between €75 \u0026amp; €500 million  Décideurs Magazine Corporate/M\u0026amp;A, 2020-21 King \u0026amp; Spalding is ranked as a “highly recommended Firm” in M\u0026amp;A complex or high litigation transactions Décideurs Magazine, 2019 King \u0026amp; Spalding is ranked as a \"Leading Firm\" for M\u0026amp;A transactions bet ween €150 and €500 million Décideurs Magazine, 2019 Laurent Bensaid is ranked excellent in LBO Mid Cap, Capital Investment and Capital Innovation Décideurs Magazine, 2019 K\u0026amp;S ranked as highly reputed for large cap operations and complicated public M\u0026amp;A deals involving high risk litigation  Décideurs Magazine King \u0026amp; Spalding ranked as a front line firm for French mid-cap private equity transactions  Décideurs Magazine Laurent Bensaid is named as one of the \"50 Remarkable Business Lawyers in 2018\" and “Rising Star” Décideurs Magazine University Paris II Panthéon-Assas  Columbia University Columbia University School of Law Paris Dauphine University  Chequers Capital on the majority leveraged buyout of Aserti Group (2026) Air France-KLM on its acquisition of a minority stake in Canadian airline WestJet (2025) The controlling shareholders of Apside on its sale to CGI (2025) Generix Group and its shareholders (Montefiore Investment and Pleiade Investissement) in connection with the leverage recapitalization of the group arranged by Bain Capital. 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(2024) Ardian in connection with the divestment of its stake in Argon \u0026amp; Co and related reinvestment in a new holding vehicle jointly controlled by the Managers of the Group and private equity house Bridgepoint. (2024) Generix Group (via its holding named New Gen Holding) in connection with the acquisition of Keyneo. (2024) Andera Partners in connection with the acquisition of a minority stake in Groupe ADF. (2024) Sidetrade S.A, in connection with the acquisition of SHS Viveon AG, in Germany. (2024) Id Verde, in connection with its acquisition of Montaut Group. (2024) Id Verde, in connection with the acquisition of SB Paysage. (2024) The founding shareholders of ESI Group in connection with the sale of the group to Keysight Technologies. (2023) Almerys (Heka Group) on its acquisition of GFP Technologies. (2023) Bridgepoint in connection with the LBO of Laboratoire Vivacy (acquisition from TA Associates). 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more than a dozen underground natural gas storage projects in the U.S.; numerous natural gas, petroleum and petrochemicals pipeline construction and expansion projects in the U.S. and Canada; several natural gas and oil production facility, gathering system, processing plant and pipeline construction and expansion projects in the U.S. and Canada; liquefied natural gas production, storage, import and export facilities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico; hydrogen production, storage and distribution facilities in the U.S. and Canada; and several expansions or conversions of energy pipeline facilities to ethane and other NGLs service.{{ FIELD }}Advises potential investors in connection with the evaluation of pipeline, storage facility, electric generating facility, electric transmission facility, hydrogen and clean fuels production and storage projects for potential acquisition.{{ FIELD }}Advises asset owners, infrastructure funds, and master limited partnerships in sales and purchases of ownership interests in natural gas storage facilities, natural gas pipelines, oil and gas midstream companies, gas distribution companies, electric utilities, and conventional and renewable electric power generation facilities.{{ FIELD }}Advises natural gas, oil, NGLs, hydrogen and CO2 pipeline and storage facility owners, prospective owners and operators on compliance with pipeline safety regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration.{{ FIELD }}Advised a government agency and other stakeholders on the structuring of regulatory regimes to govern the development, operation and service offerings of district cooling facilities and the restructuring of the water/wastewater sectors in two jurisdictions in the Middle East.{{ FIELD }}Advised participants in Brazil’s independent power and natural gas sectors on commercial, project development and regulatory policy matters.{{ FIELD }}Jim Bowe focuses on the energy sector, including regulation of the pipeline, oil and gas, hydrogen/renewable fuels and electric power industries, and commercial matters relating to energy production, transportation, storage and use. Jim advises clients on energy and infrastructure project development and financing, energy and environmental regulatory compliance questions, clean energy incentive regimes and energy transactions.  He has handled energy matters in North America, South America and the Middle East.\nJim represents both conventional and renewable energy project developers, owners, operators, investors and lenders, as well as energy shippers and end users. He advises clients in securing authorizations to build and expand energy production, transportation and storage facilities, and in rate and enforcement proceedings before federal, state and territorial regulators. Jim has also represented financial institutions and project developers in connection with the development and financing of U.S. and international energy projects, and in merger and acquisition matters involving energy assets and companies.\nJim counsels clients on energy supply, transportation, storage, asset management and tolling agreement negotiations; permitting issues; energy company reorganizations; and transactions and financings involving natural gas, liquefied natural gas, petroleum, hydrogen and renewable fuels, conventional and renewable electric power generation, electric transmission, and district energy. Jim also assists energy sector clients in addressing environmental permitting and compliance issues (including climate change and Environmental Justice issues) and pipeline safety issues.\nExperienced in a wide range of energy sector law, Jim is a frequent speaker, panelist and author. Jim heads King \u0026amp; Spalding’s Hydrogen Initiative, which serves as a clearinghouse for information relating to the evolution of hydrogen as a clean fuel, energy storage medium and renewable energy enabler and the firm’s work in this growing area.  Jim has been recognized for two decades as a leading practitioner in the oil \u0026amp; gas sector by publications such as Chambers Global, Chambers USA, Legal 500 and Best Lawyers. Partner One of the U.S. Energy Bar’s leading lawyers Chambers USA and Chambers Global, 2003–2025 Ranked in Nationwide, Energy: Oil \u0026amp; Gas (Regulatory \u0026amp; Litigation) Chambers USA, 2017-2025 A Leading Lawyer in Energy: Regulatory Legal 500 United States, 2016-2023 One of Washington, D.C.’s Super Lawyers in Energy \u0026amp; Natural Resources Super Lawyers, 2014–2025 Williams College  Northwestern University Northwestern Pritzker School of Law District of Columbia American Bar Association Energy Bar Association Represents natural gas pipeline companies, natural gas storage companies, midstream companies, LNG terminal developers, and pipeline shippers in a variety of rate, tariff, capacity allocation and export authorization proceedings before the U.S. Department of Energy, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the U.S. Department of Transportation, the U.S. Department of the Interior and other U.S. regulators. 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Represents sponsors and offtakers in the development, permitting, expansion and financing of gas-fired, biomass fueled and wind electric generating facilities and hydrogen hubs in the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Brazil, including some of the largest wind generation projects developed to date in Texas; more than a dozen underground natural gas storage projects in the U.S.; numerous natural gas, petroleum and petrochemicals pipeline construction and expansion projects in the U.S. and Canada; several natural gas and oil production facility, gathering system, processing plant and pipeline construction and expansion projects in the U.S. and Canada; liquefied natural gas production, storage, import and export facilities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico; hydrogen production, storage and distribution facilities in the U.S. and Canada; and several expansions or conversions of energy pipeline facilities to ethane and other NGLs service. 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Read more about her.","primary_title_id":15,"translated_fields":{"en":{"bio":"\u003cp\u003eZo\u0026euml; Bromage is an energy partner in King \u0026amp; Spalding\u0026rsquo;s Singapore office. Her practice focuses on cross-border transactions, project development and first-of-their-kind projects in the energy sector.[[--readmore--]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZo\u0026euml; represents clients from the full spectrum of the energy industry throughout Asia and globally on structuring and developing projects in the traditional oil, gas and LNG sectors, as well as low-carbon energy sector, including\u0026nbsp;hydrogen and its derivatives, carbon capture, battery storage and renewables. She also has extensive experience assisting clients on merger and acquisition activity ranging from smaller-scale farmouts to high value / multi-jurisdictional corporate and asset transactions in the energy sector.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eZo\u0026euml;\u0026rsquo;s experience as a leading energy lawyer is recognized by independent legal directories, including\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eChambers \u0026amp; Partners\u003c/em\u003e\u0026nbsp;and\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eLegal 500\u003c/em\u003e. She has practiced in Singapore, London and Aberdeen and has experience working in-house, having spent 9 months at Premier Oil\u0026rsquo;s (now Harbour Energy) headquarters in London.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost recently, Zo\u0026euml; was named as Women in Hydrogen 50 by the\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eHydrogen Economist, 2024\u003c/em\u003e.\u003c/p\u003e","matters":["\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePROJECT DEVELOPMENT\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eProject Development - Low-Carbon Energy\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScatec\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003eon the development, construction and financing of a large-scale, green hydrogen production facility and associated PV / wind power production facilities in Egypt\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eENOWA\u003c/strong\u003e, the energy, water and hydrogen subsidiary of NEOM, on Saudi Arabia\u0026rsquo;s first Hydrogen and Innovation Development Center (HIDC), a hydrogen and e-fuels demonstration plant together with Hydrogen filling and refueling station utilities facilities and other ancillary equipment and facilities\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePuerto Rico Electric Power Authority\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;(PREPA) during its procurement of 3,750 MW of renewable energy resources and 1,500 MW of energy storage resources, one of the single largest energy transition programs in the United States\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNEOM\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;on the first and largest megacity to be constructed in Saudi Arabia, fueled 100% by renewable energy\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eProject Development - LNG - Liquefaction and Regasification (including FLNG, FSRU and FSU)\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEemsEnergy Terminal B.V (EET)\u003c/strong\u003e, a wholly owned subsidiary of Gasunie which is wholly owned by the Government of the Netherlands, on the development of the Eemshaven LNG import terminal in the Netherlands\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEnergy Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT)\u003c/strong\u003e, on plans to develop an LNG FSRU import terminal in Thailand\u003c/p\u003e","\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeppel Corporation\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003eon its investment in the Gimi floating LNG facility, which following its conversion will be located on the Mauritania and Senegal maritime border that will be leased to BP for 20-year term, including advising on the lease and operate agreement with BP.\u0026nbsp;This matter was awarded\u0026nbsp;\u003cem\u003eAfrica Oil \u0026amp; 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A key element of the deal was that, instead of a full disposal, BP retained a significant interest in the carboniferous reservoirs in the Amethyst and Ravenspurn licenses in the southern basin. This was the first deal of its kind in the UK Continental Shelf\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBP\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003eon its divestment of its participating interest in the Alba and Britannia fields in the North Sea to Mitsui for US$280 million\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBP\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003eon the disposal of its non-operated 50% participating interest in in the Sean gas field in the UK North Sea to SSE Plc for US$288 million\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConocoPhillips\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;on the potential disposal of certain North Sea assets\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eM\u0026amp;A \u0026ndash; LNG\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJAPEX\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;on the acquisition of a 36% stake in ITECO Joint Stock Company, an LNG terminal business operator in Vietnam\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLNG portfolio company\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003eon its proposal to acquire an interest in the Bac Lieu LNG-to-Power project, Vietnam\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKeppel Corporation\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003eon its 30% investment into Gimi MS Corporation (Golar LNG Limited is the other shareholder), which will undertake the development, construction and operation of a floating LNG facility located on the Mauritania and Senegal maritime border that will be leased to BP for 20-year term, including advising on the lease and operate agreement with BP\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eM\u0026amp;A \u0026ndash; Power\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMitsui\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003eon its exit from coal-fired power generation, including Mitsui's announced sale of its 45.5% stake in PT Paiton Energy, Indonesia's largest power plant\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJERA Co., Inc\u003c/strong\u003e, a leading Japanese energy company, on its US$1.6 billion acquisition of a 27% stake in publicly-traded Aboitiz Power Corporation (PSE: AP), one of the largest power producers in the Philippines, including on a strategic alliance for co-investment in clean and renewable energy projects\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTEPCO Renewable Power\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;on its acquisition of 25% of the issued shares of PT Kencana Energi Lestari, Tbk, an Indonesia-based renewable energy company listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange that focuses on hydroelectric power and currently owns three hydroelectric power subsidiaries\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eScatec Solar ASA\u003c/strong\u003e, a leading publicly-listed solar power producer with its headquarters in Oslo Norway, on its US$1.166 billion acquisition of SN Power AS, a leading hydropower developer and independent power producer, with operating assets the Philippines, Laos and Uganda with a total gross capacity of 1.4 GW plus a pipeline of 2.5 GW across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAES Corporation\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;in the auction sale of its 51% interest in the 990MW Masinloc power project and associated 30MW battery energy storage project in the Philippines to a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, including the negotiation of an associated co-sale by EGCO of its 49% stake to SMC, for a total enterprise value of US$2.4 billion\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEdra Global Energy Berhad\u003c/strong\u003e\u0026nbsp;on its US$2.3 billion power assets\u0026rsquo; portfolio divestment to a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power Corporation. The transaction is the largest announced M\u0026amp;A transaction in Malaysia to date, and one of the largest in the Asia power sector in 2015\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eM\u0026amp;A \u0026ndash; Infrastructure\u003c/em\u003e\u003c/strong\u003e\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAeropark Development Philippines Inc.\u003c/strong\u003e, a special purpose entity owned by CarVal Investors, acquired West Aeropark a five-building development in Clark Global City, Pampanga, Philippines with a combined gross floor area of 142,000 square meters, previously owned by Udenna Land\u0026rsquo;s Global Gateway Development Corp. in Clark Global City, Pampanga\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCerberus Capital Management\u0026nbsp;\u003c/strong\u003eon its US$2.4 billion acquisition of shipyard in the Philippines (the largest ever foreign investment in the Philippines (largest ever foreign investment in the country, once employing 40,000 people) out of the country\u0026rsquo;s largest ever bankruptcy\u003c/p\u003e"],"recognitions":[{"title":"\"Zoe is very client oriented and  a sharp legal negotiator.\" -  Energy \u0026 Natural Resources","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2026"},{"title":"\"Zoë is an exquisite professional who has extensive expertise in the oil and gas sector\" - Energy \u0026 Natural Resources ","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2026"},{"title":"\"Zoë has strong expertise in the legal field\" - Energy \u0026 Natural Resources","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2026"},{"title":"Zoë Bromage – Rising Star Partner","detail":"IFLR1000, Project Development, Singapore 2025"},{"title":"Zoë’s practice focuses on traditional oil, gas, LNG and power sectors to the developing low-carbon energy sector.","detail":"Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Energy – Foreign Firms, Singapore 2025"},{"title":"Zoë Bromage’s global practice focuses on energy across the value chain.","detail":"Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Energy – Foreign Firms, Singapore 2025"},{"title":"Zoë Bromage is a prominent member of the team, noted for her in-depth knowledge of the energy and LNG sectors.","detail":"Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Foreign Firms - Indonesia, 2025"},{"title":"\"Zoë is able to effectively handle complex international projects\" - Enery \u0026 Natural Resources","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2025"},{"title":"\"Zoë has been extremely attentive to client needs\" - Enery \u0026 Natural Resources","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2025"},{"title":"\"Zoë is invested in her clients, and she is always available and very resourceful\" - Enery \u0026 Natural Resources ","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2025"},{"title":"\"Zoë Bromage is sharp, pragmatic and commercially sound\" - Enery \u0026 Natural Resources","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2025"},{"title":"Recognised as Women in Hydrogen 50","detail":"Hydrogen Economist, 2024"},{"title":"Recognised as a Rising Star","detail":"Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Energy – Foreign Firms, Singapore 2024"},{"title":"Zoë is recognised for her expertise in the oil and gas and LNG space","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024"},{"title":"Zoë is a fast-rising partner in Singapore with experience handling cross-border transactions and project development","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024"},{"title":"“Zoe is careful and deliberate, while not being overly risk averse in a commercial context” - Energy \u0026 Natural Resources","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific, International, Singapore 2024"},{"title":"“Zoë is particularly attentive and is very good at pushing negotiations forward.” - Energy \u0026 Natural Resources","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific, International, Singapore 2024"},{"title":"“Zoë’s very practical, quick to understand issues and highly responsive.” - Energy \u0026 Natural Resources","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific, International, Singapore 2024"},{"title":"“Zoë is proactive, with good management skills and in-depth knowledge of the subject.” - Energy \u0026 Natural Resources","detail":"Chambers Asia-Pacific, International, Singapore 2024"},{"title":"Shortlisted Lawyer: Rising Star of the Year","detail":"Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards, Projects and Energy"},{"title":"Rising Star","detail":"Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2022"},{"title":"“Very happy with Zoë and would use her again without a doubt.”","detail":"Legal 500, Asia-Pacific 2022"}]},"locales":["en"]},"secondary_title_id":null,"upload_assignments":{"headshot":[{"id":744}]},"capability_group_id":1},"created_at":"2026-04-20T19:16:27.000Z","updated_at":"2026-04-20T19:16:27.000Z","searchable_text":"Bromage{{ FIELD }}{:title=\u0026gt;\"\\\"Zoe is very client oriented and  a sharp legal negotiator.\\\" -  Energy \u0026amp; 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Gas Deal of the Year by IJGlobal in 2019{{ FIELD }}Summit Corporation Limited, part of the Summit Group, in all aspects of Bangladesh’s second floating LNG import terminal, including advising on the Implementation Agreement with the Government of Bangladesh and the Terminal Use Agreement with Petrobangla, the 15-year FSRU time charter party agreement with Excelerate Energy, the subsea pipeline and marine work turnkey contract for the FSRU terminal with Geocean and MacGregor, and the port serves and vessel support agreement with PSA Marine{{ FIELD }}H-Energy on all aspects of its floating LNG import project at Jaigarh on the West coast of India including negotiation of (i) long term FSRU vessel charter party contract with ENGIE; (ii) negotiation of LNGC charter party contract; (iii) negotiation of LNG sales contract with PETRONAS; (iv) short and mid-term LNG procurement tender and (v) LNGC charter arrangements{{ FIELD }}Singapore LNG Corporation in connection with the SLNG project including multi-user terminal use agreements{{ FIELD }}BW Gas on its charter party arrangements with a confidential LNG project company (Central America) on a long term FSRU charter to support a 670 MW LNG to Power development and small scale, break bulk and reloading services{{ FIELD }}Mitsubishi Corp., JERA Inc., PJB and Rukun Raharja in their bid and financing arrangements for the 1,600MW Jawa 1 LNG-to-Power project in Indonesia, including advising on long term LNG supply to the project, the FSRU and the interconnecting offshore pipeline{{ FIELD }}Project Development - Oil and Gas\nUpstream operator on transition agreements in connection with handover of large offshore natural gas field in Gulf of Thailand for transfer to successor operator{{ FIELD }}Chevron in connection with its operations in the Chuandongbei sour gas field in Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, China{{ FIELD }}Hess Corporation on a variety of commercial matters relating to its upstream assets in Malaysia and the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area{{ FIELD }}Sojitz on the negotiation of the decommissioning security agreement for the Gryphon field, North Sea with Total{{ FIELD }}Upstream operator on project development, tie-in arrangements for gas and condensate, and joint marketing in Vietnam{{ FIELD }}Brunei Fertilizer, a company which is majorly owned by the Government of Brunei, on all aspects of its establishment of a petrochemical plant in Brunei, including advising on its natural gas supply arrangements; pipeline crossing agreement, construction and O\u0026amp;M agreements{{ FIELD }}Conrad Petroleum on the development of the Mako gas field that will transport gas to Singapore through the West Natuna Transportation System Gas Pipeline{{ FIELD }}Conrad Petroleum on the conversion of the Duyung PSC, Indonesia from a Cost Recovery Production Sharing Contract to a Gross Split Production Sharing Contract{{ FIELD }}Ophir Energy Plc in relation to its FSO bareboat charter and O\u0026amp;M agreements in Thailand{{ FIELD }}Sarawak Energy Berhad, a state-owned utility in Sarawak, on all aspects of its development of the Sarawak Gas Market and Pipeline Network, including advising on market and pipeline project structuring, as well drafting and negotiating gas sales agreements, gas transportation agreements, the pipeline operation agreement and the pipeline system rules{{ FIELD }}Ministry of Mines and Energy, Cambodia on the drafting and negotiating of a new production sharing contract for an offshore oil and gas block{{ FIELD }}Supermajor on its proposed country entry into the downstream sector of a country in Asia{{ FIELD }}Consortium of international financial institutions in relation to a US$1 billion project financing for the second stage of the Shah Deniz gas development project in Azerbaijan{{ FIELD }}Hess Corporation on contract support in its tendering programme for offshore drilling services{{ FIELD }}Premier Oil on a variety of corporate and commercial matters{{ FIELD }}Project Development - Power\nTEPCO Renewable Power on the development of hydrogen EPC construction templates{{ FIELD }}Japanese trading house on the potential development and construction of a peaking gas fired independent power project in Indonesia{{ FIELD }}NEPC Consortium Power Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pendekar Energy (L) Ltd., on the extension of a power purchase agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board and associated documents for its 110 MW (8 x Diesel Engine) barge mounted dual fuel power plant in Bangladesh{{ FIELD }}MARKETING \u0026amp; TRADING\nMarketing and Trading - LNG\nCommonwealth LNG on its entry into two LNG SPAs for the supply of up to 2.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG over 20 years from Commonwealth’s LNG export facility under development in Cameron Parish, Louisiana\nDiamond Gas International in connection with several short and mid term supply arrangements in Asia\nPV Gas on LNG procurement plans for the Thi Vai LNG import terminal facility in Vietnam\nNextDecade in connection with its marketing activities from the Rio Grande LNG export facility in the United States\nConfidential LNG seller on its LNG price review negotiations\nTNB Fuels in connection with LNG purchase, regasification and gas supply arrangements in Malaysia and on the liberalisation of the natural gas market, including introduction of third-party access requirements\nPavilion Energy in relation to new LNG import and bunkering arrangements in Singapore, including truck loading arrangements\nAnadarko on the long-term offtake and marketing of LNG volumes from the Mozambique LNG project, including long-term SPA with CNOOC Gas \u0026amp; Marketing\nRGE on the development of and offtake arrangements from the Woodfibre LNG export facility in Canada\nSan Miguel Corporation on the strategic review of the Ilijan IPP project in the Philippines and potential LNG importation options\nConfidential project sponsor in connection with its bid for an LNG import project in Sri Lanka, including advising on FSU chartering arrangements, LNG sale and purchase arrangements, and downstream gas arrangements\nH-Energy on its LNG sale and purchase arrangements for its Indian West coast LNG import project\nJapanese Trading House in connection with supplying LNG into Pakistan\nMarketing and Trading – Oil \u0026amp; Gas\nConrad Petroleum on the negotiation of its international gas sale agreements\nOphir Energy Plc on the negotiation of its gas sale agreements from Bangkanai PSC, Indonesia to PLN\nMubadala on the development of a model form crude sales agreement{{ FIELD }}MERGERS \u0026amp; ACQUISITIONS\nM\u0026amp;A – Oil and Gas\nDialog Group Berhad on its acquisition of Tarpon Platform Systems Malaysia and all assets of Tarpon Systems International II, LLC. Tarpon Malaysia provides engineering, construction, installation, and maintenance services in connection with the Tarpon platform system, which is an alternative to traditional wellhead platforms and has been used extensively in water depths less than 90m\nDialog Resources Sdn Bhd, on its acquisition of Canadian publicly listed entity oil and natural gas company Pan Orient Energy Corp. (POEC) for USD$38.7 million, by way of a plan of arrangement. POEC, through its wholly-owned Singapore incorporated subsidiary Pan Orient Petroleum Pte Ltd holds a 50.01% equity interest in Pan Orient Energy (Siam) Ltd, which is the operator of Concession L53/48, onshore Thailand\nConfidential bidder on its bid to acquire Repsol Exploración, S.A.’s upstream assets in Malaysia and Vietnam, which includes 60% participating interest in PM305 PSC, PM314 PSC and 2012 Kinabalu Oil PSC, 35% participating interest in the PM3 CAA PSC and 70% participating interest in the Block 46 Cai Nuoc PSC\nBatavia Oil on the acquisition of Perenco Rang Dong Ltd. from Perenco Overseas Holdings Ltd., which holds a 30.5% non-operating interest in the Block 15-2 Rang Dong, offshore Vietnam\nPhilippine Downstream Company on its proposed sale of a minority interest to a foreign investor and related long term petroleum supply agreement\nEuropean commodity trader on its proposed acquisition of an oil products trading business with operations in Singapore and South East Asia\nPTTEP on its acquisition of 33.8% stake in APICO LLC from Tatex Thailand LLC and Tatex Thailand II LLC. APICO LLC holds 35% participating interest in Blocks EU1 and E5N or the Sinphuhorm Project and 100% participating interest in Block L15/43 and Block L27/43 both located in the northeast of Thailand\nOphir Energy Plc on the US$205 million agreement to acquire a package of Southeast Asian assets including material producing assets in Vietnam and Indonesia plus exploration and appraisal assets in Malaysia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh, from Australian-listed Santos Limited\nCoro Energy Plc on the acquisition of a 42.5% participating interest in the Bulu PSC, Indonesia contains the Lengo gas field\nBatavia Oil in connection with its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Premier Oil Kakap B.V. which holds an 18.75% participating interest in the Kakap PSC, Indonesia\nConfidential international oil \u0026amp; gas company in relation to the potential acquisition of ENGIE’s (GDF Suez) 33.334% participating interest in the Muara Bakau PSC, Indonesia, which included a 0.11% participating interest in the Indonesian Deepwater Development\nConfidential international oil \u0026amp; gas company in relation to the potential acquisition of a participating interest in the Andaman III PSC, Indonesia\nNational oil company in relation to the potential acquisition of a participating interest in the Bentu PSC, Indonesia\nJapanese Trading House on its bid for the acquisition of Chevron’s 28.3% participating interest in producing blocks M5/M6 and related export pipeline between Myanmar and Thailand and 99% participating interest in exploration block A5\nNational oil company on the potential divestment of its participating interest in a producing gas field offshore Indonesia\nSona Petroleum Berhad on its proposed US$280 million acquisition of a 40% stake in the Greater Bualuang Area, offshore Thailand\nNational oil company on the divestment of its downstream business in a country in Africa\nGenting Oil \u0026amp; Gas Limited on its wholly owned subsidiary, Genting CDX Singapore Pte Ltd’s acquisition of a 57% participating interest in Chengdaoxi Block, Bohai Bay, offshore China\nPremier Oil on its acquisition of a 55% participating interest in Block 2B, onshore Kenya\nBP on the divestment of its participating interest in the Southern Gas Area of the North Sea to Perenco UK Limited for US$400 million. A key element of the deal was that, instead of a full disposal, BP retained a significant interest in the carboniferous reservoirs in the Amethyst and Ravenspurn licenses in the southern basin. This was the first deal of its kind in the UK Continental Shelf\nBP on its divestment of its participating interest in the Alba and Britannia fields in the North Sea to Mitsui for US$280 million\nBP on the disposal of its non-operated 50% participating interest in in the Sean gas field in the UK North Sea to SSE Plc for US$288 million\nConocoPhillips on the potential disposal of certain North Sea assets\nM\u0026amp;A – LNG\nJAPEX on the acquisition of a 36% stake in ITECO Joint Stock Company, an LNG terminal business operator in Vietnam\nLNG portfolio company on its proposal to acquire an interest in the Bac Lieu LNG-to-Power project, Vietnam\nKeppel Corporation on its 30% investment into Gimi MS Corporation (Golar LNG Limited is the other shareholder), which will undertake the development, construction and operation of a floating LNG facility located on the Mauritania and Senegal maritime border that will be leased to BP for 20-year term, including advising on the lease and operate agreement with BP\nM\u0026amp;A – Power\nMitsui on its exit from coal-fired power generation, including Mitsui's announced sale of its 45.5% stake in PT Paiton Energy, Indonesia's largest power plant\nJERA Co., Inc, a leading Japanese energy company, on its US$1.6 billion acquisition of a 27% stake in publicly-traded Aboitiz Power Corporation (PSE: AP), one of the largest power producers in the Philippines, including on a strategic alliance for co-investment in clean and renewable energy projects\nTEPCO Renewable Power on its acquisition of 25% of the issued shares of PT Kencana Energi Lestari, Tbk, an Indonesia-based renewable energy company listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange that focuses on hydroelectric power and currently owns three hydroelectric power subsidiaries\nScatec Solar ASA, a leading publicly-listed solar power producer with its headquarters in Oslo Norway, on its US$1.166 billion acquisition of SN Power AS, a leading hydropower developer and independent power producer, with operating assets the Philippines, Laos and Uganda with a total gross capacity of 1.4 GW plus a pipeline of 2.5 GW across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa\nAES Corporation in the auction sale of its 51% interest in the 990MW Masinloc power project and associated 30MW battery energy storage project in the Philippines to a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, including the negotiation of an associated co-sale by EGCO of its 49% stake to SMC, for a total enterprise value of US$2.4 billion\nEdra Global Energy Berhad on its US$2.3 billion power assets’ portfolio divestment to a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power Corporation. The transaction is the largest announced M\u0026amp;A transaction in Malaysia to date, and one of the largest in the Asia power sector in 2015\nM\u0026amp;A – Infrastructure\nAeropark Development Philippines Inc., a special purpose entity owned by CarVal Investors, acquired West Aeropark a five-building development in Clark Global City, Pampanga, Philippines with a combined gross floor area of 142,000 square meters, previously owned by Udenna Land’s Global Gateway Development Corp. in Clark Global City, Pampanga\nCerberus Capital Management on its US$2.4 billion acquisition of shipyard in the Philippines (the largest ever foreign investment in the Philippines (largest ever foreign investment in the country, once employing 40,000 people) out of the country’s largest ever bankruptcy{{ FIELD }}Zoë Bromage is an energy partner in King \u0026amp; Spalding’s Singapore office. Her practice focuses on cross-border transactions, project development and first-of-their-kind projects in the energy sector.\nZoë represents clients from the full spectrum of the energy industry throughout Asia and globally on structuring and developing projects in the traditional oil, gas and LNG sectors, as well as low-carbon energy sector, including hydrogen and its derivatives, carbon capture, battery storage and renewables. She also has extensive experience assisting clients on merger and acquisition activity ranging from smaller-scale farmouts to high value / multi-jurisdictional corporate and asset transactions in the energy sector.\nZoë’s experience as a leading energy lawyer is recognized by independent legal directories, including Chambers \u0026amp; Partners and Legal 500. She has practiced in Singapore, London and Aberdeen and has experience working in-house, having spent 9 months at Premier Oil’s (now Harbour Energy) headquarters in London.\nMost recently, Zoë was named as Women in Hydrogen 50 by the Hydrogen Economist, 2024. Zoë Bromage lawyer Partner \"Zoe is very client oriented and  a sharp legal negotiator.\" -  Energy \u0026amp; Natural Resources Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2026 \"Zoë is an exquisite professional who has extensive expertise in the oil and gas sector\" - Energy \u0026amp; Natural Resources  Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2026 \"Zoë has strong expertise in the legal field\" - Energy \u0026amp; Natural Resources Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2026 Zoë Bromage – Rising Star Partner IFLR1000, Project Development, Singapore 2025 Zoë’s practice focuses on traditional oil, gas, LNG and power sectors to the developing low-carbon energy sector. Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Energy – Foreign Firms, Singapore 2025 Zoë Bromage’s global practice focuses on energy across the value chain. Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Energy – Foreign Firms, Singapore 2025 Zoë Bromage is a prominent member of the team, noted for her in-depth knowledge of the energy and LNG sectors. Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Foreign Firms - Indonesia, 2025 \"Zoë is able to effectively handle complex international projects\" - Enery \u0026amp; Natural Resources Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2025 \"Zoë has been extremely attentive to client needs\" - Enery \u0026amp; Natural Resources Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2025 \"Zoë is invested in her clients, and she is always available and very resourceful\" - Enery \u0026amp; Natural Resources  Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2025 \"Zoë Bromage is sharp, pragmatic and commercially sound\" - Enery \u0026amp; Natural Resources Chambers Asia-Pacific, International Firms, Singapore 2025 Recognised as Women in Hydrogen 50 Hydrogen Economist, 2024 Recognised as a Rising Star Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, Energy – Foreign Firms, Singapore 2024 Zoë is recognised for her expertise in the oil and gas and LNG space Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024 Zoë is a fast-rising partner in Singapore with experience handling cross-border transactions and project development Chambers Asia-Pacific 2024 “Zoe is careful and deliberate, while not being overly risk averse in a commercial context” - Energy \u0026amp; Natural Resources Chambers Asia-Pacific, International, Singapore 2024 “Zoë is particularly attentive and is very good at pushing negotiations forward.” - Energy \u0026amp; Natural Resources Chambers Asia-Pacific, International, Singapore 2024 “Zoë’s very practical, quick to understand issues and highly responsive.” - Energy \u0026amp; Natural Resources Chambers Asia-Pacific, International, Singapore 2024 “Zoë is proactive, with good management skills and in-depth knowledge of the subject.” - Energy \u0026amp; Natural Resources Chambers Asia-Pacific, International, Singapore 2024 Shortlisted Lawyer: Rising Star of the Year Legal 500 Southeast Asia Awards, Projects and Energy Rising Star Legal 500 Asia-Pacific, 2022 “Very happy with Zoë and would use her again without a doubt.” Legal 500, Asia-Pacific 2022 BPP Law School BPP Law School London University of Bristol, UK  England and Wales Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN) England \u0026amp; Wales (SRA # 543351) PROJECT DEVELOPMENT\nProject Development - Low-Carbon Energy\nScatec on the development, construction and financing of a large-scale, green hydrogen production facility and associated PV / wind power production facilities in Egypt ENOWA, the energy, water and hydrogen subsidiary of NEOM, on Saudi Arabia’s first Hydrogen and Innovation Development Center (HIDC), a hydrogen and e-fuels demonstration plant together with Hydrogen filling and refueling station utilities facilities and other ancillary equipment and facilities Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) during its procurement of 3,750 MW of renewable energy resources and 1,500 MW of energy storage resources, one of the single largest energy transition programs in the United States NEOM on the first and largest megacity to be constructed in Saudi Arabia, fueled 100% by renewable energy Project Development - LNG - Liquefaction and Regasification (including FLNG, FSRU and FSU)\nEemsEnergy Terminal B.V (EET), a wholly owned subsidiary of Gasunie which is wholly owned by the Government of the Netherlands, on the development of the Eemshaven LNG import terminal in the Netherlands Energy Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT), on plans to develop an LNG FSRU import terminal in Thailand Keppel Corporation on its investment in the Gimi floating LNG facility, which following its conversion will be located on the Mauritania and Senegal maritime border that will be leased to BP for 20-year term, including advising on the lease and operate agreement with BP. This matter was awarded Africa Oil \u0026amp; Gas Deal of the Year by IJGlobal in 2019 Summit Corporation Limited, part of the Summit Group, in all aspects of Bangladesh’s second floating LNG import terminal, including advising on the Implementation Agreement with the Government of Bangladesh and the Terminal Use Agreement with Petrobangla, the 15-year FSRU time charter party agreement with Excelerate Energy, the subsea pipeline and marine work turnkey contract for the FSRU terminal with Geocean and MacGregor, and the port serves and vessel support agreement with PSA Marine H-Energy on all aspects of its floating LNG import project at Jaigarh on the West coast of India including negotiation of (i) long term FSRU vessel charter party contract with ENGIE; (ii) negotiation of LNGC charter party contract; (iii) negotiation of LNG sales contract with PETRONAS; (iv) short and mid-term LNG procurement tender and (v) LNGC charter arrangements Singapore LNG Corporation in connection with the SLNG project including multi-user terminal use agreements BW Gas on its charter party arrangements with a confidential LNG project company (Central America) on a long term FSRU charter to support a 670 MW LNG to Power development and small scale, break bulk and reloading services Mitsubishi Corp., JERA Inc., PJB and Rukun Raharja in their bid and financing arrangements for the 1,600MW Jawa 1 LNG-to-Power project in Indonesia, including advising on long term LNG supply to the project, the FSRU and the interconnecting offshore pipeline Project Development - Oil and Gas\nUpstream operator on transition agreements in connection with handover of large offshore natural gas field in Gulf of Thailand for transfer to successor operator Chevron in connection with its operations in the Chuandongbei sour gas field in Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, China Hess Corporation on a variety of commercial matters relating to its upstream assets in Malaysia and the Malaysia-Thailand Joint Development Area Sojitz on the negotiation of the decommissioning security agreement for the Gryphon field, North Sea with Total Upstream operator on project development, tie-in arrangements for gas and condensate, and joint marketing in Vietnam Brunei Fertilizer, a company which is majorly owned by the Government of Brunei, on all aspects of its establishment of a petrochemical plant in Brunei, including advising on its natural gas supply arrangements; pipeline crossing agreement, construction and O\u0026amp;M agreements Conrad Petroleum on the development of the Mako gas field that will transport gas to Singapore through the West Natuna Transportation System Gas Pipeline Conrad Petroleum on the conversion of the Duyung PSC, Indonesia from a Cost Recovery Production Sharing Contract to a Gross Split Production Sharing Contract Ophir Energy Plc in relation to its FSO bareboat charter and O\u0026amp;M agreements in Thailand Sarawak Energy Berhad, a state-owned utility in Sarawak, on all aspects of its development of the Sarawak Gas Market and Pipeline Network, including advising on market and pipeline project structuring, as well drafting and negotiating gas sales agreements, gas transportation agreements, the pipeline operation agreement and the pipeline system rules Ministry of Mines and Energy, Cambodia on the drafting and negotiating of a new production sharing contract for an offshore oil and gas block Supermajor on its proposed country entry into the downstream sector of a country in Asia Consortium of international financial institutions in relation to a US$1 billion project financing for the second stage of the Shah Deniz gas development project in Azerbaijan Hess Corporation on contract support in its tendering programme for offshore drilling services Premier Oil on a variety of corporate and commercial matters Project Development - Power\nTEPCO Renewable Power on the development of hydrogen EPC construction templates Japanese trading house on the potential development and construction of a peaking gas fired independent power project in Indonesia NEPC Consortium Power Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of Pendekar Energy (L) Ltd., on the extension of a power purchase agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board and associated documents for its 110 MW (8 x Diesel Engine) barge mounted dual fuel power plant in Bangladesh MARKETING \u0026amp; TRADING\nMarketing and Trading - LNG\nCommonwealth LNG on its entry into two LNG SPAs for the supply of up to 2.5 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) of LNG over 20 years from Commonwealth’s LNG export facility under development in Cameron Parish, Louisiana\nDiamond Gas International in connection with several short and mid term supply arrangements in Asia\nPV Gas on LNG procurement plans for the Thi Vai LNG import terminal facility in Vietnam\nNextDecade in connection with its marketing activities from the Rio Grande LNG export facility in the United States\nConfidential LNG seller on its LNG price review negotiations\nTNB Fuels in connection with LNG purchase, regasification and gas supply arrangements in Malaysia and on the liberalisation of the natural gas market, including introduction of third-party access requirements\nPavilion Energy in relation to new LNG import and bunkering arrangements in Singapore, including truck loading arrangements\nAnadarko on the long-term offtake and marketing of LNG volumes from the Mozambique LNG project, including long-term SPA with CNOOC Gas \u0026amp; Marketing\nRGE on the development of and offtake arrangements from the Woodfibre LNG export facility in Canada\nSan Miguel Corporation on the strategic review of the Ilijan IPP project in the Philippines and potential LNG importation options\nConfidential project sponsor in connection with its bid for an LNG import project in Sri Lanka, including advising on FSU chartering arrangements, LNG sale and purchase arrangements, and downstream gas arrangements\nH-Energy on its LNG sale and purchase arrangements for its Indian West coast LNG import project\nJapanese Trading House in connection with supplying LNG into Pakistan\nMarketing and Trading – Oil \u0026amp; Gas\nConrad Petroleum on the negotiation of its international gas sale agreements\nOphir Energy Plc on the negotiation of its gas sale agreements from Bangkanai PSC, Indonesia to PLN\nMubadala on the development of a model form crude sales agreement MERGERS \u0026amp; ACQUISITIONS\nM\u0026amp;A – Oil and Gas\nDialog Group Berhad on its acquisition of Tarpon Platform Systems Malaysia and all assets of Tarpon Systems International II, LLC. Tarpon Malaysia provides engineering, construction, installation, and maintenance services in connection with the Tarpon platform system, which is an alternative to traditional wellhead platforms and has been used extensively in water depths less than 90m\nDialog Resources Sdn Bhd, on its acquisition of Canadian publicly listed entity oil and natural gas company Pan Orient Energy Corp. (POEC) for USD$38.7 million, by way of a plan of arrangement. POEC, through its wholly-owned Singapore incorporated subsidiary Pan Orient Petroleum Pte Ltd holds a 50.01% equity interest in Pan Orient Energy (Siam) Ltd, which is the operator of Concession L53/48, onshore Thailand\nConfidential bidder on its bid to acquire Repsol Exploración, S.A.’s upstream assets in Malaysia and Vietnam, which includes 60% participating interest in PM305 PSC, PM314 PSC and 2012 Kinabalu Oil PSC, 35% participating interest in the PM3 CAA PSC and 70% participating interest in the Block 46 Cai Nuoc PSC\nBatavia Oil on the acquisition of Perenco Rang Dong Ltd. from Perenco Overseas Holdings Ltd., which holds a 30.5% non-operating interest in the Block 15-2 Rang Dong, offshore Vietnam\nPhilippine Downstream Company on its proposed sale of a minority interest to a foreign investor and related long term petroleum supply agreement\nEuropean commodity trader on its proposed acquisition of an oil products trading business with operations in Singapore and South East Asia\nPTTEP on its acquisition of 33.8% stake in APICO LLC from Tatex Thailand LLC and Tatex Thailand II LLC. APICO LLC holds 35% participating interest in Blocks EU1 and E5N or the Sinphuhorm Project and 100% participating interest in Block L15/43 and Block L27/43 both located in the northeast of Thailand\nOphir Energy Plc on the US$205 million agreement to acquire a package of Southeast Asian assets including material producing assets in Vietnam and Indonesia plus exploration and appraisal assets in Malaysia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh, from Australian-listed Santos Limited\nCoro Energy Plc on the acquisition of a 42.5% participating interest in the Bulu PSC, Indonesia contains the Lengo gas field\nBatavia Oil in connection with its acquisition of the entire issued share capital of Premier Oil Kakap B.V. which holds an 18.75% participating interest in the Kakap PSC, Indonesia\nConfidential international oil \u0026amp; gas company in relation to the potential acquisition of ENGIE’s (GDF Suez) 33.334% participating interest in the Muara Bakau PSC, Indonesia, which included a 0.11% participating interest in the Indonesian Deepwater Development\nConfidential international oil \u0026amp; gas company in relation to the potential acquisition of a participating interest in the Andaman III PSC, Indonesia\nNational oil company in relation to the potential acquisition of a participating interest in the Bentu PSC, Indonesia\nJapanese Trading House on its bid for the acquisition of Chevron’s 28.3% participating interest in producing blocks M5/M6 and related export pipeline between Myanmar and Thailand and 99% participating interest in exploration block A5\nNational oil company on the potential divestment of its participating interest in a producing gas field offshore Indonesia\nSona Petroleum Berhad on its proposed US$280 million acquisition of a 40% stake in the Greater Bualuang Area, offshore Thailand\nNational oil company on the divestment of its downstream business in a country in Africa\nGenting Oil \u0026amp; Gas Limited on its wholly owned subsidiary, Genting CDX Singapore Pte Ltd’s acquisition of a 57% participating interest in Chengdaoxi Block, Bohai Bay, offshore China\nPremier Oil on its acquisition of a 55% participating interest in Block 2B, onshore Kenya\nBP on the divestment of its participating interest in the Southern Gas Area of the North Sea to Perenco UK Limited for US$400 million. A key element of the deal was that, instead of a full disposal, BP retained a significant interest in the carboniferous reservoirs in the Amethyst and Ravenspurn licenses in the southern basin. This was the first deal of its kind in the UK Continental Shelf\nBP on its divestment of its participating interest in the Alba and Britannia fields in the North Sea to Mitsui for US$280 million\nBP on the disposal of its non-operated 50% participating interest in in the Sean gas field in the UK North Sea to SSE Plc for US$288 million\nConocoPhillips on the potential disposal of certain North Sea assets\nM\u0026amp;A – LNG\nJAPEX on the acquisition of a 36% stake in ITECO Joint Stock Company, an LNG terminal business operator in Vietnam\nLNG portfolio company on its proposal to acquire an interest in the Bac Lieu LNG-to-Power project, Vietnam\nKeppel Corporation on its 30% investment into Gimi MS Corporation (Golar LNG Limited is the other shareholder), which will undertake the development, construction and operation of a floating LNG facility located on the Mauritania and Senegal maritime border that will be leased to BP for 20-year term, including advising on the lease and operate agreement with BP\nM\u0026amp;A – Power\nMitsui on its exit from coal-fired power generation, including Mitsui's announced sale of its 45.5% stake in PT Paiton Energy, Indonesia's largest power plant\nJERA Co., Inc, a leading Japanese energy company, on its US$1.6 billion acquisition of a 27% stake in publicly-traded Aboitiz Power Corporation (PSE: AP), one of the largest power producers in the Philippines, including on a strategic alliance for co-investment in clean and renewable energy projects\nTEPCO Renewable Power on its acquisition of 25% of the issued shares of PT Kencana Energi Lestari, Tbk, an Indonesia-based renewable energy company listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange that focuses on hydroelectric power and currently owns three hydroelectric power subsidiaries\nScatec Solar ASA, a leading publicly-listed solar power producer with its headquarters in Oslo Norway, on its US$1.166 billion acquisition of SN Power AS, a leading hydropower developer and independent power producer, with operating assets the Philippines, Laos and Uganda with a total gross capacity of 1.4 GW plus a pipeline of 2.5 GW across Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa\nAES Corporation in the auction sale of its 51% interest in the 990MW Masinloc power project and associated 30MW battery energy storage project in the Philippines to a subsidiary of San Miguel Corporation, including the negotiation of an associated co-sale by EGCO of its 49% stake to SMC, for a total enterprise value of US$2.4 billion\nEdra Global Energy Berhad on its US$2.3 billion power assets’ portfolio divestment to a subsidiary of China General Nuclear Power Corporation. The transaction is the largest announced M\u0026amp;A transaction in Malaysia to date, and one of the largest in the Asia power sector in 2015\nM\u0026amp;A – Infrastructure\nAeropark Development Philippines Inc., a special purpose entity owned by CarVal Investors, acquired West Aeropark a five-building development in Clark Global City, Pampanga, Philippines with a combined gross floor area of 142,000 square meters, previously owned by Udenna Land’s Global Gateway Development Corp. in Clark Global City, Pampanga\nCerberus Capital Management on its US$2.4 billion acquisition of shipyard in the Philippines (the largest ever foreign investment in the Philippines (largest ever foreign investment in the country, once employing 40,000 people) out of the country’s largest ever bankruptcy","searchable_name":"Zoë Bromage","is_active":true,"featured":null,"publish_date":null,"expiration_date":null,"blog_featured":null,"published_by":202,"capability_group_featured":null,"home_page_featured":null},{"id":432187,"version":1,"owner_type":"Person","owner_id":2620,"payload":{"bio":"\u003cp\u003eLaura Bushnell is a partner in our\u0026nbsp;Corporate, Finance and Investments\u0026nbsp;practice who counsels\u0026nbsp;management and Boards of Directors of private and public companies, particularly in the life sciences and technology sectors, on capital raising matters, strategic transactions and corporate governance.[[--readmore--]]\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLaura has represented issuers, investors and financial institutions in numerous capital-raising transactions, including venture capital and seed financings, crossover rounds, strategic investments, initial public offerings, follow-on and secondary offerings, recapitalizations and PIPE financings.\u003c/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, Laura frequently serves as primary outside counsel to emerging growth\u0026nbsp;companies. 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