Jared W. Grimley

jared.grimley@lw.com

+1.713.546.7403

Profile

Jared Grimley advises domestic and multinational corporations on the tax aspects of complex domestic and cross-border transactions, including tax-free spin-offs, mergers and acquisitions, and restructurings.

Jared provides a solutions-oriented approach with a commercial perspective, and brings familiarity with complex modeling and analysis. He draws on nearly fifteen years in the financial derivatives industry, including in structuring, trading and risk management roles.

Jared speaks and writes about tax topics, including for the International Tax Journal and the Tax Executives Institute.

Experience

Jared counsels clients on the tax aspects of major strategic transactions. His representative experience includes advising:

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
Teleperformance in its acquisition of ZP Better Together
Protective Industrial Products, Inc. in its acquisition of Honeywell’s personal protective equipment (PPE) business
Topgolf Callaway Brands in connection with the planned spin-off of its venue-based golf entertainment business
Howard Hughes Holdings Inc. in connection with the spin-off of its Seaport Entertainment division
Worthington Enterprises, Inc. (formerly Worthington Industries, Inc.) in connection with the spin-off of its steel processing business
Ligand Pharmaceuticals Inc. in connection with the spin-off of its OmniAb antibody discovery business
Enovis Corporation (formerly Colfax Corporation) in connection with the spin-off of its fabrication technology business
Arch Resources in its merger of equals with CONSOL Energy, creating Core Natural Resources, a premier natural resource company focused on global markets
Woodside Energy in its pending US$2.35 billion acquisition of OCI Clean Ammonia Holding B.V., including its lower carbon ammonia project located in Texas
Enerplus Corporation on its US$11 billion combination with Chord Energy
MidOcean Energy, an LNG company formed by EIG Partners, in its acquisition of all of SK Earthon’s interest in Peru LNG, which owns and operates a 4.45 Mtpa LNG project located in Peru
CenterPoint Energy in its US$850 million sale of business units to PowerTeam Services
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
Greenbelt Capital Partners in its acquisition of Saber Power, a fully integrated substation and medium-to-high-voltage infrastructure services platform, from Oaktree
Midstates Petroleum Company in its US$729 million merger of equals with Amplify Energy
Pembina Pipeline Corporation in its US$4.35 billion acquisition of Kinder Morgan Canada
FMC Technologies in its US$13 billion merger of equals with Technip via the EU cross-border merger regime
Energy Transfer in its US$5.1 billion acquisition of SemGroup
EQM Midstream Partners in its US$1.8 billion merger with Equitrans Midstream Corporation
Akebia Therapeutics in its US$575 million merger of equals with Keryx Biopharmaceuticals
Rice Energy in its US$2.7 billion acquisition of Vantage Energy and Vantage Energy II
UGI in its US$2.4 billion acquisition of 74% stake in AmeriGas
Weatherford International in its US$8.6 billion chapter 11 restructuring
Enduro Resource Partners in its US$350 million chapter 11 restructuring
Lone Star Resources in its US$535 million chapter 11 restructuring
Pacific Drilling in its US$1.2 billion chapter 11 restructuring