EXPERIENCE

Justin’s representative experience at Latham includes:

• ArcLight Capital Partners in its US$2.2+ billion acquisition of a combined 66% interest in Gulf Coast Express Pipeline LLC, which owns a 447.5-mile natural gas pipeline located in Texas, through separate transactions with Phillips 66 (pending), Kinetik Energy, and Targa Resources 
• INEOS Energy in its acquisition of the US Gulf of Mexico business of CNOOC Energy Holdings U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of CNOOC International Limited (pending)
• Kayne Anderson, through its portfolio company FourPoint Resources, LLC, in its US$2.0 billion acquisition of Uinta Basin Assets from Ovintiv Inc. (pending)
• MidOcean Energy, a company managed by EIG Partners, in its acquisition of a combined 35% interest in Peru LNG, which owns and operates a 4.45 Mtpa LNG project located in Peru, through separate transactions with Hunt and SK Earthon (recognized as 2024 Deal of the Year by IJGlobal)
• ExxonMobil in its sale of a 35% interest in the Baytown Hydrogen Facility, the world’s largest low-carbon hydrogen project, to ADNOC
• Woodside Energy in its US$2.35 billion acquisition of OCI Clean Ammonia Holding B.V., including its lower carbon ammonia project located in Texas, from OCI
• Talos Energy in its sale of Talos Low Carbon Solutions LLC, a CCUS infrastructure business, to TotalEnergies E&P USA, Inc.
• EnCap Investments, through its portfolio company Enduring Resources, in US$5.5+ billion worth of acquisitions and divestitures in the Eagle Ford, Permian Basin, and San Juan Basin
• Greenbelt Capital Partners in its acquisition of Saber Power, a fully integrated substation and medium-to-high-voltage infrastructure services platform, from Oaktree
• AB CarVal in its US$700 million acquisition of Pergerine Energy, an integrated multi-technology clean energy platform with a focus on utility-scale energy storage, from its private shareholders
• Ara Partners in its acquisition of Vacuumschmelze, a leading infrastructure producer of advanced magnetic materials and the largest producer of rare earth permanent magnets in the Western Hemisphere, from Apollo
• Wren House in its acquisition of an equity stake in Seacube Container Leasing Ltd., a global shipping container business, from OTPPB
• ArcLight Capital Partners in its US$1.0+ billion acquisition of a combined 37.5% interest in Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC, which owns and operates the largest natural gas network in North America, through separate transactions with Kinder Morgan and Brookfield Infrastructure
• CPP Investments and OMERS Infrastructure in the US$2.0 billion sale of their respective stakes in Skyway Concession, a company that manages, operates, and maintains the Chicago Skyway toll road, to Atlas Arteria
• ConocoPhillips in its acquisition of a 30% ownership stake in the Port Arthur LNG Facility, a 13.5 Mtpa LNG project located in the US Gulf Coast, from Sempra Infrastructure Partners
• ArcLight Capital Partners in its US$1.3 billion sale of Midcoast Energy’s midstream business located in the US Gulf Coast region to M6 Midstream
• Quanta Services in its US$2.7 billion acquisition of Blattner Energy, a renewable energy infrastructure solutions company, from its private shareholders
• Several LNG projects:
  • Driftwood LNG Project (Gulf Coast US)
  • EG LNG Project (Equatorial Guinea)
  • Kitimat LNG Project (Canada)
  • Peru LNG Project
  • Wheatstone LNG Project (Australia)
• Several CCS projects:
  • Marubeni America Corporation in its development of the Ozona CCS Project located in Texas
  • Talos Energy in the development of the Harvest Bend CCS Project located in the US Gulf Coast region
  • Chevron in the development of the Bayou Bend CCS Project located in the US Gulf Coast
  • ExxonMobil in the development of the Pecan Island CCS Project located in Louisiana
• Several low carbon fuel projects:
  • Clean Hydrogen Works in the development of the Ascension Clean Energy Project, a low-carbon hydrogen-ammonia project located in the US Gulf Coast region
  • Chevron in its US$1.2 billion joint venture with Bunge Limited and CoverCress, Inc. to develop a renewable fuel feedstocks platform across North America
  • Divert Inc. in its US$1.1 billion joint venture with Enbridge Inc. to develop wasted food-to-RNG projects across North America
  • Woodside Energy in the development of the H2OK Hydrogen Project, a net zero hydrogen project located in Oklahoma
  • Bakken Energy in the development of a low-carbon hydrogen hub located in North Dakota