Robert G. Vezina
Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002
Rob advises clients in connection with strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, private equity investments, financings and other special situations transactions. Rob primarily works with clients in the energy and infrastructure sectors, including in renewable and sustainable energy and traditional hydrocarbon energy.
The following is a list of representative matters in which Rob has assisted.
Experience Highlights
Private equity fund in its approximately $1 billion back-levered acquisition (by way of joint venture) of a portfolio of wind and solar assets from a global conglomerate
Enbridge (US) Inc. in its $1.2 billion acquisition of seven operating U.S. landfill gas-to-renewable natural gas facilities in Texas and Arkansas from Morrow Renewables
Apollo Global Management in connection with its $175 million strategic investment in Summit Ridge Energy, a leading owner-operator of community solar assets
Tax equity investor in their investment in two solar projects with 450 MW combined capacity in California
Continental Resources in its $250 million strategic investment in Summit Carbon Solutions to fund the development and construction of carbon capture, transportation and sequestration infrastructure located in the Midwestern United States with initial capacity of up to 12.0 MMtpa and expansion capabilities up to 20.0 MMtpa
M6 Midstream in the acquisitions of Midcoast Energy’s East Texas Business from an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners and Align Midstream from Tailwater Capital to establish a leading presence in the Haynesville Shale
8 Rivers Capital in its joint venture with ADM to develop the 280 MW Broadwing Clean Energy Complex in Illinois, one of the world’s first zero emissions Allam-Fetvedt cycle power plants, including CO2 storage capabilities
Hygo Energy Transition in its $5 billion merger with New Fortress Energy
Major financial institution in an approximately $142 million tax equity investment in the re-powering of a 162.2 MW wind project located in Caddo and Kiowa Counties, Oklahoma; the re-powered project will be operated by a market leading wind energy developer, and its affiliates, and will sell power and environmental attributes pursuant to a long-term power purchase agreement with an off-taker located in a different regional power market
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
Tax equity investor in its approximately $130 million commitment in a 285 MWdc solar project in Muscle Shoals, Alabama
Chevron Phillips Chemical Company in connection with a joint venture with QatarEnergy to develop an $8.5 billion integrated polymers facility in Orange, Texas
Devon Energy Production Company in its formation of a joint venture with QL Capital Partners (QLCP) in the Delaware Basin, and contribution of its gathering system and compression assets to the partnership in exchange for certain special cash distribution funded by QLCP
EnCap Investments and its portfolio company, Verdun Oil Company, in the purchase of 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests in EP Energy, which owns certain entities engaged in the ownership and operation of upstream and midstream oil and gas interests located in Texas and Utah
Harvest Midstream in its $232.5 million acquisition of the remaining 75% interest in Arrowhead ST Holdings from its joint venture partner HEF HoldCo, resulting in Harvest owning 100% of Arrowhead
Credentials
- Duke University School of Law, J.D., 2019
- Rollins College, B.A. in Literature cum laude, 2012
- Texas
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