King & Spalding advises sponsors, corporates, private equity, tax equity and financial investors, as well as project developers, on M&A transactions, project and acquisition financings, and early-stage development and capital structuring to support construction, long-term financing and tax credit monetization, alongside energy regulatory advice. Based in New York, Jonathan Melmed focuses on M&A and private equity matters across the power, renewables, alternative energy and infrastructure sectors. Fellow New York-based partner Brandon Dalling represents financial institutions, private equity and strategic sponsors, developers and commodity hedge counterparties in leveraged finance, project finance and acquisition finance, as well as structured commodity hedging and energy management transactions, with a particular focus on alternative and conventional power generation, LNG-to-power, transmission and battery storage. Houston-based Scott Greer leads the firm’s global energy and construction transactional practice, advising owners and developers on large-scale projects worldwide. Also based in New York, Stuart Zisman advises on a broad range of renewable energy and energy storage projects, while Tristan Pelham Webb, who splits his time between New York and Denver, focuses on greenfield and brownfield energy and infrastructure project financings.
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Key clients
- Arevon Asset Management
- Avantus
- Axium Infrastructure
- Brookfield Infrastructure Group
- D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments
- Instar Asset Management
- Lotus Infrastructure Partners (f/k/a Starwood Energy Group)
- Natura Resources
- Ohio Power Partners
- Puresky Energy
- The Carlyle Group
- Ridgewood Infrastructure, LLC
Work highlights
Advised Macquarie Asset Management (“MAM”) in connection with its acquisition of a minority stake in D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments, Inc. (DESRI) via a number of MAM-managed funds.
Represented certain affiliates of LotusInfrastructure Partners (“Lotus”), as they successfully closed their sale of 100% of their equity interest in seven modern natural gas generation facilities located across PJM, New England, New York and California.
Advised Q-Generation, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quantum Energy Partners, LLC (“Quantum”) on the acquisition of CPP II Master Holdco, LLC, which owns Cogentrix Energy Power Management, LLC (“CEPM”) and eleven (11) electric generation facilities which are operated and managed by CEPM and its affiliates (such electric generation facilities and CEPM collectively, “Cogentrix”), from CPP II Master, LLC, an affiliate of the Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) (“Carlyle”).
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Leading partners
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Practice head
Jonathan Melmed; Brandon Dalling; Scott Greer; Stuart Zisman
Other key lawyers
Tristan Pelham Webb