Ziyad Barghouthy

Ziyad’s representative transactions include advising:

M&A

• Equitrans Midstream in its merger with EQT Corporation to create a US$35 billion combined company
• Centennial Resource Development in its US$7 billion merger with Colgate Energy Partners III to create the largest pure-play E&P company in the Delaware Basin 
• Falcon Minerals Corporation in its US$1.9 billion acquisition of Desert Peak Minerals
• Heramba GmbH in its pending acquisition of Kiepe Electric 
• TotalEnergies in its US$250 million acquisition of SunPower’s Commercial & Industrial Solutions Business
• Landmark Dividend in its sale to Digital Bridge
• Riverstone Holdings in its simplification transaction with Enviva

SPAC Business Combinations

• Heramba Electric plc, a provider of electric mobility products and solutions for rail vehicles and buses, in its business combination with Project Energy Reimagined Corp.
• Above Food Corp., an innovative ingredients and consumer products food company, in its business combination with Bite Acquisition Corp.
• Intuitive Machines, a leading space exploration, infrastructure and services company, in its US$1.0 billion business combination with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp.
• X-Energy Reactor Company, a leading developer of small modular nuclear reactor and fuel technology, in its proposed US$2.0 billion business combination with Ares Acquisition Corp.
• Tempo Automation, Inc., a software-accelerated electronics manufacturer, in its merger with ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp.
• Latch, maker of LatchOS, the full-building enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, in its US$1.56 billion merger with TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp. 
• Nogin, a leading provider of Commerce-as-a-Service (CaaS) technology, in its US$646 million merger with Software Acquisition Group III
• Otonomo Technologies, an Israel-based automotive data services platform, in its US$1.4 billion merger with Software Acquisition Group Inc. II
• Valo Health, a Boston-based technology company focused on human-centric data and AI-powered computation for drug discovery and development, in its proposed US$2.25 billion merger with Khosla Ventures Acquisition Corp. 
• Chardan Healthcare Acquisition 2 Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its merger with Renovacor, Inc., an early-stage biotechnology company

Capital Markets

• Quanta Services, Inc. in its US$1.25 billion registered offering of senior notes
• Whistler Pipeline LLC in its US$1.85 billion 144A offering of senior notes
• Initial purchasers in Matador Resources’ US$900 million upsized 144A senior notes offering
• Underwriters in Matador Resources’ US$347.3 million common stock offering 
• The Dealer Manager in a US$650 million tender offer of Matador Resources’ 144A senior notes
• CARGO Therapeutics in its US$315 million IPO 
• Underwriters in Aris Water Solutions’ US$230 million IPO
• Initial purchasers in Matador Resources’ US$500 million 144A senior notes offering
• Vertiv Holdings in its US$850 million 144A offering of senior secured notes
• Initial purchasers in Kinetik Holdings’ US$1 billion sustainability-linked notes offering
• Innoviz in its registered follow-on equity offering
• Nogin in its registered follow-on equity offering

Other Corporate Matters

• Vault CCS, a carbon capture and storage developer, in its investment from Grey Rock Investment Partners 
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Navios Maritime Holdings in the take-private sale of Navios Maritime to N Logistics Holdings