Kirkland Advises MSIP on Acquisition of a 47.5% Interest in, and Positive Final Investment Decision on, the $4.6 Billion Greenlight Electricity Centre

Kirkland & Ellis advised Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners (MSIP) on its acquisition from OPTrust, Kineticor's majority shareholder, of a 47.5% ownership interest in Greenlight Electricity Centre (GLEC) as well as MSIP’s investment in and positive final investment decision on GLEC with a total expected project cost of $4.6 billion. GLEC is a 932-megawatt gas-fired combined cycle power generation facility to be located in Sturgeon County, within the Alberta Industrial Heartland, to serve a large hyperscale customer’s co-located data center development.

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The Kirkland team included corporate lawyers Rob Goodin, Allan Kirk, Daniel Cadis, Brad Johnson, Lauren Stelck, Brennon Nelson and Lucy Li; debt finance lawyers Rohit Chaudhry, Olivia George, Josh Ryu, Sarah Al Salem and Jessie Mann; tax lawyer Bill Dong; and energy regulatory lawyer Drew Stuyvenberg.