John Daywalt

John’s experience includes advising:

Alternative Energy

• Terra-Gen in its sale of an 80% interest in Edwards Sanborn 1A and a 50% interest in Edwards Sanborn 1B, co-located solar plus storage projects in Kern County, California comprised of a combined 807 MWac of solar capacity and 3,002 MWh of battery storage, to an affiliate of Axium Infrastructure
• EnCap Investments in its investment in Parliament Solar, a joint venture with Mercuria Energy, to construct and operate a 480 MWac solar project in Waller County, Texas
• Partners Group in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Dimension Renewable Energy, a distributed energy platform focusing on community solar and battery storage across the US
• Inspiration Mobility, an EV infrastructure platform, in securing an equity commitment of US$215 million from Macquarie Asset Management and Ferrovial
• Talos Energy in its sale of Talos Low Carbon Solutions LLC, a carbon capture and sequestration business, to TotalEnergies E&P USA, Inc.
• Marubeni America Corporation in its joint venture with Ozona CCS to develop and operate a carbon capture and sequestration project in Texas
• Oklo, an advanced nuclear technology company, in its acquisition of Atomic Alchemy
• TerraVolta, a lithium exploration and mining company, in securing an equity commitment from The Energy & Minerals Group
• GoGreen Investments Corporation in its business combination with Lifezone Metals Limited, a developer of clean battery metals
• Pickering Energy Partners in connection with the Series A financing of Merge Electric Fleet Solutions, a premier fleet electrification services and finance company
• An annuity and life insurance company in its acquisition of two utility scale solar projects in West Texas with a capacity of 250 MWac from Recurrent Energy*

Oil & Gas

• Vencer Energy in its US$2.15 billion sale of assets to Civitas Resources
• ArcLight Capital Partners in its US$865 million acquisition of a 25% interest from Phillips 66 and US$540 million acquisition of a 16% interest from Kinetik Energy, each in Gulf Coast Express Pipeline (GCX), which owns a 447.5-mile natural gas pipeline located in Texas  
• ConocoPhilips in its acquisition of a 30% ownership stake and offtake arrangements with Sempra Infrastructure Partners at the Port Arthur LNG Facility, a 13.5 Mtpa LNG project in Jefferson County, Texas
• Sendero Midstream Partners, a portfolio company of Energy Capital Partners, in its US$600 million sale to Crestwood Equity Partners
• Waterbridge NDB, a portfolio company of Five Point Energy, in its Delaware Basin strategic partnership with Devon Energy
• EnCap Flatrock Midstream in its equity commitment to Clearfork Midstream in connection with Clearfork’s acquisition of Azure Midstream
• SailingStone Capital Partners in its equity investment in Trinity Gas Storage
• Kayne Anderson, through its portfolio company, FourPoint Resources, in its US$2.0 billion acquisition of Uinta Basin Assets from Ovintiv
• Vickery Energy Partners in obtaining an equity commitment from Quantum Capital Group
• Vitol in its equity commitment to VTX Energy Partners
• EnCap Investments in the 100% equity sale valued at approximately US$151.3 million of certain oil and gas royalty assets to Kimbell Royalty Partners*
• EnCap Investments in multiple equity commitments and management buildups of upstream companies worth a combined investment total of more than US$2 billion*
• Oasis Petroleum in its US$510 million sale of its remaining interests in Bobcat DevCo LLC and Beartooth DevCo LLC to Oasis Midstream Partners*
• Antero Midstream Partners LP in its simplification transaction with Antero Midstream GP LP*
• Antero Resources Corporation in a volumetric production payment transaction with an affiliate of J.P. Morgan for cash proceeds of US$220 million*
• Canes Midstream, a company focused on acquiring and developing oil and gas midstream infrastructure, in an equity commitment by EIV Capital and Canes’ management*
• CARBO Ceramics, Inc. in its sale to Wilks Brothers and Equify Financial through a debt-for-equity exchange pursuant to a plan of reorganization in a chapter 11 bankruptcy case*

Other M&A and Joint Ventures

• Two limited partners in the consortium that acquired the Washington Commanders for US$6.05 billion
• Textron in its acquisition of Pipistrel Aviation
• Wafra in its joint venture with Chesswood Group Limited
• Tiger Infrastructure in its growth equity investment in Bolder Industries
• Trussway in its sale to Builders FirstSource
• Marlin Equity Partners in its majority investment in ProcessUnity, a leading provider of third-party risk and cybersecurity management software solutions
• Sallyport Commercial Finance in its sale to Northrim BanCorp
• Clovis Point Capital in its sale of CPaT Global, a SaaS-based distance learning solution for airlines, training organizations, aircraft maintenance companies, and aviation professionals
• FleetPride, a portfolio company of TPG Capital, in its sale to American Securities LLC*
• TPG Pace Tech Opportunities Corp., a special purpose acquisition company and affiliate of TPG Global, in its US$1.7 billion business combination with Nerdy*
• NOVA Infrastructure and Quintana Infrastructure & Development in their majority investment in telMAX Inc., a Canadian fiber-based telecommunication infrastructure company*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham