Energy – Renewable Fuels & Biofuels

Sundrop Fuels, a subsidiary of Chesapeake Energy, in its investment in, and ongoing development, financing, and construction of, a $450 million, 50,000 barrel per day advanced biofuels facility utilizing natural gas and biomass to produce drop-in transportation fuels

Private developer as project counsel in all aspects of the development and project financing of a renewable diesel production facility with a nameplate capacity of 100 million gallons annually to be located on the Texas Gulf Coast, including the negotiation of hydrogen supply agreements

BioFields SAPI de CV in its joint venture with Kaiima Bio-Agritech for the development of castor seed genetics for use in the production of castor oil feedstock to supply a planned biorefinery in Mexico

Aurora Biofuels/Aurora Algae in the development of a commercial scale algae-to-fuel biorefinery in Western Australia, including negotiation of CO2 supply agreements, seawater access agreements, and EPC contracts

ING (U.S.) Capital LLC in the project financing of an 88 million gallon per year soybean biodiesel plant and related facilities in Indiana, including a construction loan, term loan, and borrowing base working capital facility

A Mexican biofuels company in a biofuels joint venture to develop technology for using castor oil as a feedstock for the production of synthetic lubricants and lubricant basestocks, including related licensing matters

TPG Capital in its $345 million joint venture with Italy-based Gruppo Mossi & Ghisolfi to explore and promote a break-through technology to produce biofuels

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures in its investment in the $20 million Series D Preferred Stock financing of Rive Technology, a provider of innovative materials-based solutions for catalytic and separations processes in the petroleum refining, chemicals, water and biofuels industries

Riverstone Holdings in its investment in Intrinergy (now Enviva), a manufacturer of processed biomass fuel in the United States and Europe

A petroleum refining company in advice related to the utilization of excise tax credits for a new renewable diesel unit

Velocys in a landfill biomass-to-liquids joint venture

Reliance Industries Limited in connection with its $90 million investment in a company developing biofuels in the United States

Assisted in advising a national trade association in connection with waiver provisions under the EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard

Advising LNG producer on the generation of credits under the Renewable Fuel Standard in connection with production of renewable natural gas

Commodity trading group in the acquisition of retail renewable compressed natural gas fueling stations