EXPERIENCE

Thomas' recent experience includes advising:

Energy Infrastructure

• Quanta Services on its US$2.7 billion acquisition of Blattner Energy
• Phillips 66 on its US$3.4 billion take-private acquisition of Phillips 66 Partners
• Sasol on its US$2 billion sale of a 50% stake in Lake Charles Chemical Plant to form a joint venture with LyondellBasell, a multinational chemical company
• Energy Transfer on its US$7.2 billion acquisition of Enable Midstream Partners
• Energy Transfer Equity on its US$62 billion acquisition of Energy Transfer Partners
• Energy Transfer Partners on selling its compression business to USA Compression Partners
• EQM Midstream Partners on its US$1.03 billion acquisition of Eureka Midstream Holdings and Hornet Midstream Holdings
• Andeavor Logistics on its:
  • US$1.8 billion acquisition of Western Refining Logistics
  • US$3.8 billion exchange of incentive distribution rights
• Hess Midstream Partners on its US$390 million initial public offering (IPO)
• Kayne Anderson Acquisition Corp. on its joint venture with Apache to form a US$3.5 billion pure-play Permian Basin midstream company

Upstream

• Centennial Resource Development on:
  • Its US$7 billion merger with Colgate Energy Partners III to create the largest pure-play E&P company in the Delaware Basin
  • Numerous debt and equity offerings
• Chesapeake Energy on its US$2.2 billion acquisition of Vine Energy
• Colgate Energy Partners III on acquiring Luxe Energy in an all-stock transaction
• Great Western on its US$1.3 billion sale to PDC Energy
• Midstates Petroleum on its US$729 million merger of equals with Amplify Energy, an independent oil and natural gas company
• Mountain Capital Partners on numerous acquisitions and co-investments
• OnyxPoint Energy on its equity investment in, and the restructuring of, PRES Holdings
• The initial purchasers on Trinidad Drilling’s US$350 million senior notes offering

Renewables

• H2B2 Electrolysis Technologies, a global, vertically integrated provider of hydrogen energy systems, services, and equipment, in connection with its pending deSPAC merger with RMC Acquisition Corp. III.
• Harley-Davidson on LiveWire’s US$1.77 billion de-SPAC merger with AEA-Bridges Impact Corp., making LiveWire the first publicly traded electric vehicle motorcycle company in the US
• Mercuria Energy Trading on its transformative compressed natural gas (CNG) joint venture with Chevron U.S.A.
• TechnipFMC on the spin-off of its onshore/offshore business to create a standalone publicly traded company, Technip Energies, listed on Euronext Paris, with a separate over-the-counter listing of its American depositary receipts
• Denham Capital on its US$250 million investment in Ceiba Energy, an owner and developer of power generation assets in Latin America
• The underwriters to 8point3 Energy Partners on its US$420 million IPO of common units*

Gaming and Entertainment

• Fertitta Entertainment on its:
  • US$1.56 billion sale of Golden Nugget Online Gaming to DraftKings
  • US$8.6 billion de-SPAC combination with FAST Acquisition Corp.
• Peninsula Pacific Entertainment on the US$2.485 billion sale of its gaming business to Churchill Downs
• Tencent Holdings on the merger of HUYA and DouYu International Holdings

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham