Select Matters
- M&A transactions (buy-side): Regular representation of private investment funds and affiliates in support of their participation in multi-phased/multi-bidder auction processes for energy generation assets (fossil and renewable), including asset evaluation, diligence, risk assessment and bid documentation.
- M&A transaction (buy-side): Represented a strategic buyer in its acquisition of an over 500 MW gas-fired power generation facility in the southeastern U.S.
- Joint venture governance/management: Ongoing representation of an independent asset management group in its management of a consortium of domestic and international investors in a portfolio of infrastructure assets located throughout the U.S., including governance, compliance, financing and other commercial and operational matters.
- Portfolio management/financings/M&A (sell-side): Ongoing work on a wide variety of matters in connection with a portfolio of U.S. gas-fired and coal-fired power generation facilities, including asset sales, project and holdco financings, governance matters and other commercial and operational matters.
- M&A transactions (sell-side): Represented the U.S. subsidiary of a publicly-traded Japan-based energy company in the sale of its limited partnership interests in U.S. generation facilities, including a 200 MW gas-fired electric generation facility in New York and a 240 MW gas fired cogeneration facility in California.
- Financing transaction: Represented a private investment fund in its restructuring of project and mezzanine financing for a 668 MW gas-fired power generation facility in Alabama.
- Joint venture structuring and governance/portfolio management: Ongoing work on a wide variety of matters in connection with an investment joint venture with a large state employee retirement fund in its acquisition and ownership of electric generating facilities across the US, including management and governance matters, regulatory compliance, asset management, financings and other commercial and operational matters.
- Joint venture structuring/asset development: Represented a private investment fund in the establishment of a joint venture focused on the development, construction, ownership and operation of a portfolio of solar generation facilities in the southeastern U.S.
- Power generation operations/asset management: Represented owner investment fund in restructuring the operation and maintenance and asset management arrangements for a portfolio of 11 power generation facilities in the U.S. with a new operator and asset manager.
- M&A transactions (sell-side): Represented a private investment fund in the sale by two ownership groups of two gas-fired power generation facilities in New York with a combined net capacity of over 1,000 MW to a consortium of U.S. and non-U.S. buyers.
- M&A transaction (sell-side): Represented a private investment fund in the sale of its 50% stake in a 400 MW natural gas-fired generating facility located in Ontario, Canada, as well as the winding up of the fund’s legacy holding company structure in Canada and the Netherlands.
- M&A transaction (buy-side): Represented a private investment fund in its acquisition (via competitive auction process) of a 668 MW gas-fired power generation facility in Alabama, including representation of the fund in mezzanine acquisition financing.
- Power generation operations/asset management: Represented owner investment funds in restructuring the operation and maintenance and asset management arrangements for five gas-fired power generation facilities with a new third-party operator.
- M&A transaction (buy-side): Represented a private investment fund and a large state retirement system in the acquisition (via competitive auction process) of a 50% interest in a portfolio of eight gas-fired and coal-fired power generation facilities in Florida, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and California with a combined net capacity of 1,235 MW.
- M&A transaction (buy-side): Represented a private investment fund and a large state retirement system in two separate acquisitions of ownership interests in a 550 MW gas-fired power generation facility in New York, and advised the same investment fund in the acquisition of ownership interests in a sister 560 MW generation facility.
- M&A transaction (buy-side): Represented the US subsidiary of a publicly-traded Japan-based manufacturing company in its acquisition of the leading US manufacturer of metal press machines.
- M&A transaction (sell-side): Represented a private investment fund in the sale of its 50% interest in a 208 MW combined cycle power generation facility in Hawaii.
- M&A transaction (sell-side): Represented a group of private investment funds in their sale (via competitive auction process) of over 550 MW of gas-fired power generation facilities in California, including representation of the funds in connection with the buyer’s assumption and refinancing of project and holdco debt.
- M&A transaction (sell-side): Represented a private investment fund and large public utility in the sale of a biomass generation facility in New Hampshire.
- Cross-border joint venture: Represented US-based private investment fund in structuring a joint venture with a Canadian energy company for investment in Canadian flare-gas projects.
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Credentials
Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2000
- University of Arkansas, B.A., 1997, summa cum laude
Bar Admissions
- Alabama, 2000
Professional Affiliations
- Alabama State Bar
- Birmingham Bar Association
Awards & Accolades
- The Best Lawyers in America®, Corporate Law