Charles H. Martin

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in its $805 million convertible equity portfolio financing of a large portfolio of renewables assets owned by NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP).

Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE: BIP; TSX: BIP.UN) on its definitive agreement with Intel Corp. to jointly fund Intel’s under-construction semiconductor fabrication facility with Brookfield investing up to $15 billion for a 49 percent stake in Intel’s manufacturing expansion.

Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan in two related transactions involving a 2,520 megawatt renewable energy portfolio operated by NextEra consisting of 13 US based utility-scale wind and solar assets, three of which include battery storage. 

The acquiring consortium and KKR, a leading global investment firm, in the definitive agreement where KKR and Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), one of the world’s leading infrastructure investors, will acquire all outstanding shares of common stock of CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ:CONE), a premier global data center REIT, for $90.50 per share in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $15 billion, including the assumption of debt.

KKR in connection with the signing of definitive documentation to acquire the Thermal business of Clearway Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CWEN, CWEN.A), for total consideration of $1.9 billion, subject to customary closing adjustments. Clearway's Thermal business, commercially known as Clearway Community Energy, consists of thermal infrastructure assets that provide steam, hot water and/or chilled water, and in some instances electricity, to commercial businesses, universities, hospitals, and governmental customers across the United States.

KKR on its definitive agreements with NextEra Energy Resources (NYSE: NEE) and NextEra Energy Partners, LP (NYSE: NEP) to acquire a large portfolio of renewables assets.

Salt Creek Midstream in connection with a comprehensive recapitalization, which included additional investments from its existing lender groups and funds managed by Ares Management.

Oaktree Capital Management, L.P. in partnership with Watco Companies, LLC in the acquisition financing of Dow Inc.’s rail infrastructure assets and related equipment at six major North American sites. As part of the transaction, Watco will enter into a long-term service agreement to provide rail services at Dow’s flagship locations in Freeport and Seadrift, Texas; St. Charles and Plaquemine, Louisiana; and Fort Saskatchewan and Prentiss in Alberta, Canada.

Longview Power, LLC and its affiliates in connection with their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases involving the restructuring of approximately $355 million in funded debt. Longview operates a 710 net megawatt supercritical coal fired power generation facility in Maidsville, West Virginia that is at the forefront of the clean coal movement.

GSO Capital Partners, L.P., an affiliate of Blackstone, in securing an investment-grade term loan facility and a construction-to-term loan facility in connection with its $850 million recapitalization of Altus Power America, a market-leading solar power company that provides clean electricity to commercial, industrial and municipal clients across the United States.

KKR in its $900 million acquisition financing of an equity interest in a newly-formed partnership with NextEra Energy Partners, LP that owns a geographically diverse portfolio of ten utility scale wind and solar projects across the United States, collectively consisting of approximately 1,192 megawatts. This transaction was recognized as “Americas Power Deal of the Year” for 2019 by Project Finance International.

ArcLight Energy Partners Fund V, L.P. in its affiliate’s acquisition by merger of the outstanding common units that ArcLight and its affiliates did not own of American Midstream Partners, LP.

ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC in connection with the financing for its joint acquisition, with BP Products North America Inc., of Thorntons Inc., an owner and operator of retail gas stations and convenience stores.