Alongside its expertise in mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, projects, and financing in the environmental sector, King & Spalding LLP‘s environmental team is known for advising private equity and energy companies on the full spectrum of their green transition objectives. Practice head Granta Nakayama has considerable knowledge of the energy sector, regularly advising companies on a range of regulatory and enforcement issues. The team also includes Cynthia Stroman, a specialist in the energy, renewables and environmental sectors, Joseph Eisert, an expert in transactional, enforcement and incident response matters, and Chicago-based Karl Heisler, who chairs the firm’s environmental, health and safety’s practice in the Midwest. Attorneys are based in Washington DC unless otherwise stated.
Key clients
- Mubadala Investment Company
- Atlas Holdings
- Axium Infrastructure
- Instar Asset Management
- Sun Coast Resources, Inc.
- Mesquite Generation Holdings LLC
- Baker Hughes Incorporated
- Lotus Infrastructrue Partners
- Shell
- Antares Holdings, LP and Antares Capital
- JPMorgan Chase Bank
- Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC)
- Home Depot
- Hahn & Co.
- SK Capital Partners
Work highlights
- Advised Instar Asset Management in its business combination of Oilfield Water Logistics.
- Advised The Home Depot, Inc., through its subsidiary, HD Supply, Inc, on entering into a definitive agreement to acquire Redi-Carpet, Inc. and 23 of its affiliated entities from the Caress family.
- Advised the shareholders of Sun Coast Resources, Inc. on EHS issues in their agreement to sell Sun Coast to RelaDyne LLC, a portfolio company of American Industrial Partners. Key EHS issues included Toxics Release Inventory issues and FIFRA compliance.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Granta Nakayama