Stephanie H. Coco
Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002
Stephanie practices in the areas of project development, complex structured transactions, joint ventures and mergers and acquisitions. She has experience in multiple sectors of the energy industry, including solar, wind, EV charging, other energy transition areas, midstream, LNG, RNG, downstream and chemicals, and power generation. Stephanie has deep experience with project and infrastructure construction and development.
Experience Highlights
MN8 Energy, a leading renewable energy and battery storage owner-operator in the US, in its agreement with Mercedes-Benz to deliver an open network of branded high-power charging stations in North America
An international trading and terminalling company in the development of a floating liquefaction facility
MN8 Energy (Goldman Sachs Renewable Power) in the establishment of a financing partnership with ChargePoint (NYSE: CHPT) to reduce upfront costs of EV charging technology
Buckeye Partners in the development of multiple utility scale solar projects, including engineering, procurement, construction, operating and maintenance and energy management arrangements
Freepoint Eco-Systems in project agreements for the engineering, procurement and construction of an advanced recycling facility in Ohio with the capacity to convert 240 metric tons per day of waste plastic into naphtha, distillates and fuel oil
The Carlyle Group in a USD $374 million investment in Amp Solar Group, a global energy transition platform, to support the growth of both Amp’s asset base and Amp X, a proprietary digital energy platform, within its core markets of North America, Japan, Australia, Iberia and the UK
Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas) and Diamond Gas North America Corporation in a participation arrangement with Sempra, Total and Mitsui to develop a carbon dioxide capture, compression, pipeline transportation, injection and sequestration facility in Louisiana, for the sequestration of CO2 from a natural gas liquefication and export facility
Noble Energy, Inc. as project counsel in the development of the Leviathan natural gas field in offshore Israel, including the development, construction and financing of a 2.1 Bcf/d natural gas production platform and associated subsea and tie-back facilities
Abeinsa Juárez N-III as project counsel in operations of the 907 MW Norte III natural gas fired combined-cycle power plant, operating in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico
Gulf Coast Ammonia as project counsel in the development and financing of a world-scale ammonia project in Texas (Proximo’s 2019 North American Petrochemicals Deal of the Year)
Texas Central Partners as project counsel in the development of a high speed rail project between Houston and Dallas
US independent in connection with offshore development arrangements for a multi-billion dollar project in Ghana
A large international energy company in the development and construction of a variety of infrastructure projects, including domestically, internationally, offshore and onshore
SunPower Corporation in the negotiation of supply agreements with an EPC Contractor for a 110MW solar project
Sixth Street in a range of transactions, including multiple acquisitions of wind assets
Global Atlantic Financial Group in the $1.175 billion acquisition from Southern Power of a 33 percent minority interest in its solar portfolio (comprised of 26 operating solar facilities representing approximately 1.7 gigawatts of capacity)
An investment banking firm in its investment in three wind projects, operational matters in connection therewith and the subsequent sale of the same
Archaea Energy, an industry-leading RNG producer, in a joint venture with Republic Services Inc., a leader in the environmental services industry, to contribute approximately $1.1 billion over five years in order to develop 39 landfill gas to RNG projects across the U.S.
Archaea Energy in its $215 million acquisition of NextGen Power Holdings, the owner of a portfolio of 14 operating landfill gas to power projects located in the Mid-Atlantic United States, from Riverview Investment Holdings, an affiliate of Castleton Commodities International
Blackstone in connection with financing its acquisition of a 49.9% interest in ET Rover Pipeline for approximately $1.57 billion in cash
TPG Capital and TPG Growth on a range of energy transactions, including TPG Growth on its acquisition of Discovery Midstream, a Dallas-based provider of oil and natural gas gathering and natural gas processing services in the southern portion of Colorado’s Denver-Julesburg Basin
Chisholm Energy Holding on the acquisition of its first asset located in New Mexico
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of the Red Oak Power Plant, an 805 MW combined cycle, natural gas-fired generation facility, from Cogentrix, an affiliate of the Carlyle Group
Credentials
- New York University, J.D., 2014 (Editor, NYU Journal of Law & Business)
- Texas A&M University, M.S., Finance, 2010
- Texas A&M University, B.B.A., Accounting magna cum laude, 2010
- Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2022-2024
- Legal 500 U.S., “Rising Star” in Real Estate: Construction (Including Construction Litigation), 2019–2024; Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power, 2020; Real Estate: Construction (including Construction Litigation), 2020 and 2023
- Expert Guides, Energy and Natural Resources: “Rising Star”, 2020
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Houston): Energy Law, 2021–2024; Mergers & Acquisitions Law, 2023 and 2024; Construction Law, 2024; Project Finance Law, 2024
- Texas
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