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Environment: transactional

Regarded for 'extensive knowledge and experience', Milbank provides support to environmentally sensitive industries in corporate and finance transactions. The firm is particularly notable for its expertise in energy project financings, with the firm's activity on wind and solar projects a cornerstone of the practice. In New York, Matthew Ahrens has a demonstrable track record in domestic and foreign M&A, project finance, and leveraged finance transactions. Meanwhile, Washington DC's Thomas Goslin brings knowledge in environmental regulations to energy and project deals at the firm, having advised on environmentally sensitive transactions and restructurings.
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Testimonials

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  • ‘Milbank's environmental team has extensive knowledge and experience in transactional matters. The team is thorough and provides a thoughtful assessment. ’

  • ‘Thomas Goslin is a pleasure to work with. He provides a practical and measured analysis of environmental risk and is a business-minded negotiator.’

  • ‘Small but experienced environmental team that provides quality advice.’

  • ‘Matthew Ahrens and Thomas Goslin are both respected practitioners in our field - people who we are happy to encounter on the other sides of deals’

  • ‘Team is amongst the best of the best in representing lenders on the environmental aspects of financing transactions. The team is also adept at environmental aspects of project finance.’

  • ‘Thomas Goslin has a wealth of experience across almost any industry and works efficiently to find quality solutions to complex environmental issues.’

Key clients

  • Bank of America Securities
  • Blackstone Credit & Insurance
  • BNP Paribas
  • Equinor Wind
  • Hannon Armstrong Capital
  • Mizuho
  • SEACOR Holdings
  • Tallgrass Energy
  • United States Steel Corporation

Work highlights

Represented United States Steel Corporation in its $14.98 billion all-cash acquisition by merger by Nippon Steel Corporation, Japan's largest steelmaker.
Represented Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP in connection with the financing of the development of the Trailblazer CO2 pipeline conversion project
Advised Blackstone Credit & Insurance, as leader of an investor consortium consisting of KKR, Apollo-managed funds and Private Credit at Goldman Sachs Alternatives, in connection with an approximately $7 billion equity investment forming part of a $14 billion joint venture to fund the development, construction and operation of Sempra Infrastructure Partners’ Port Arthur LNG Phase 2.
Practice head

Matthew Ahrens; Thomas Goslin

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