David S. Allinson

David’s experience includes representing:

• Consortium of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Global Infrastructure Partners in the US$6.2 billion acquisition of ALLETE, Inc.
• Aera Energy, CPPIB, and IKAV in Aera's US$2.1 billion all-stock merger with California Resources Corporation
• Inovalon, a leading provider of cloud-based platforms empowering data-driven healthcare, in its US$7.3 billion take-private sale to an equity consortium led by Nordic Capital
• Romeo Power in its stock-for-stock merger with Nikola Corporation
• T-Mobile in its agreement with DISH to divest Sprint’s prepaid businesses and Sprint’s 800 MHz spectrum assets for approximately US$5 billion
• ArcLight Capital Partners in a number of transactions, including its: 
  • US$2 billion sale of Great River Hydro, the largest hydropower fleet in New England, to Hydro-Québec
  • US$1.92 billion acquisition of PSEG’s 6,750-megawatt fossil generating portfolio
  • US$2.1 billion acquisition with the Blackstone Energy Group of four power plants from American Electric Power
  • Acquisition and sale of Leeward Renewable Energy
• The Blackstone Group in a number of transactions, including its:
  • US$2.15 billion equity investment in NIPSCO
  • US$7 billion sale of its stake in Cheniere Energy Partners
  • US$1 billion equity financing of FirstEnergy
• Searchlight Capital Partners in its take-private acquisition of Hemisphere Media Group, a leading US media company targeting the US Hispanic and Latin American markets
• Consonance Capital Partners in a number of transactions, including its acquisitions of PMC, Priority on Demand, Sellers Dorsey, Orsini, and Enclara Healthcare
• Carlyle Power Partners and Cogentrix Energy in a number of transactions, including the US$3 billion sale of Cogentrix Energy to Quantum Capital and the acquisition of multiple cogeneration facilities from Cascade Investment
• ReNew Power, an India-based pure-play renewable energy producer, in its US$8 billion business combination with RMG Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC
• Property Solutions Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its US$3.4 billion business combination with Faraday Future, a developer of electric vehicles
• Blue Road Capital in a number of transactions, including its acquisitions of NatureSweet, Keany Produce, B&W Quality Growers, and Diamond of California
• Bridgepoint Advisors Limited in its acquisitions of RoC Skincare and Kyriba Corporation
• CVC Capital in a number of transactions, including the acquisition of The Alpha Corporation of Tennessee
• IFM Investors in its acquisition of interests in Global Container
• Goldman Sachs’ Merchant Banking division in its acquisition of Capital Vision Services from Atlas Partners and CDPQ
• Ribbon Communications in a number of transactions, including the merger of Sonus Networks and Genband, and its acquisition of ECI Telecom Group
• Dubai International Capital in its US$1.7 billion sale of Mauser Group to Clayton, Dubilier & Rice
• Global Crossing in its merger with Level 3 Communications
• Entain Holdings in its creation of BetMGM with MGM Resorts
• RMG Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its US$1.3 billion business combination with Romeo Systems, an energy technology company