EXPERIENCE

Jason’s experience includes leading the representation of:

• NextDecade with respect to the US$18.9 billion equity and debt financing of the first three liquefaction trains of its multi-train Rio Grande LNG facility near Brownsville, Texas, and the further development and financing and refinancing of the Rio Grande LNG facility and related CCS projects
• Breakthrough Energy Catalyst in its foundational investment in Project Roadrunner, which will convert waste carbon dioxide (CO2) and renewable power into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and other low-carbon fuels. This first-of-a-kind commercial-scale Power-to-Liquids (PtL) eFuels facility, being developed by Infinium, is expected to be the largest PtL eFuels project in North America once operational
• Delfin Midstream with respect to the equity and debt financing of the Delfin LNG multi-vessel floating LNG project 
• Buckeye Partners in the acquisition of Bear Head Energy, Inc., which is developing a large-scale green hydrogen and ammonia production, storage and export project in Point Tupper, Nova Scotia, with hydrogen electrolyzer capacity of over two gigawatts 
• Freeport LNG in each of its equity and debt financings and refinancings in respect of its three-train natural gas liquefaction and LNG export facility with aggregate proceeds to date exceeding US$38 billion*
• IFM Investors in the acquisition of Buckeye Partners in a US$10.3 billion take-private transaction*
• Global Infrastructure Partners in the acquisition and financing of Medallion Gathering & Processing, the owner of the largest, privately held crude oil transportation system in the Midland Basin of West Texas for US$1.825 billion*
• Macquarie Infrastructure Partners in its successful topping bid to take private Cincinnati Bell in a deal valued at US$2.9 billion*
• Infrastructure private equity houses in the acquisition and divestiture of privately held telecommunications-related businesses, including:
  • Fatbeam, on behalf of Basalt Infrastructure Partners
  • Skyway Towers, on behalf of Basalt Infrastructure Partners
  • Bluebird Network, on behalf of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners*
  • Everstream Solutions, on behalf of AMP Capital*
  • Netrality Data Centers, on behalf of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners*
  • Tillman Infrastructure, on behalf of UBS Infrastructure*
  • InSite Wireless, on behalf of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners*
  • Aligned Energy, on behalf of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners*
• Macquarie Infrastructure Partners in the acquisition and divestiture of circular economy businesses including Lakeshore Recycling Systems, WCA Waste, and Waste Industries*
• AMP Capital in its 50/50 partnership with Invenergy Clean Power to acquire and hold Invenergy’s operating and development portfolio of natural gas-fired power generation facilities across North America*
• AMP Capital in its pan-American joint venture with Enel X, which acquired the Transantiago 1, 2, and 3 electric bus concessions in Santiago, Chile, and the JV’s debt financing of the Transantiago concessions through a project finance facility
• Blue Sky Investments in establishing esVolta, which acquired an initial portfolio of 116 MWh over-the-fence battery storage projects, placing it among the largest owners of energy storage assets*
• The lead arrangers on the project financing of Gulf Coast Ammonia, a world-scale hydrogen and nitrogen based ammonia plant in Texas City, Texas*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham