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“He’s an M&A powerhouse; a businessperson’s lawyer who is creative and solutions-oriented. Peter can pull rabbits out of hats you didn’t know you were wearing, or even owned.” – 2020 Chambers and Partners Market Commentator
Chambers USA, 2020–2026
Peter Marshall’s legal practice focuses on representing private equity funds and other financial sponsors in acquisitions, dispositions and equity financing transactions. His work spans a range of industries, including infrastructure, renewables, consumer technology, healthcare and retail.
Peter’s experience extends to financings in the middle of the capital structure—preferred equity, joint ventures, and other special situations work.
Peter acts as a talent lead for the Dallas office and is a member of the Renewables Task Force and the Hybrid Capital Task Force. He also serves as a Deputy Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Corporate practice group.
Goldman Sachs in the sale of its interests in Elea Digital Infraestrutura, a Brazilian interconnected platform of edge data centers, to affiliates of I Squared Capital
Global Atlantic Financial Company in the approximately $1 billion sale of its interests in SP Solar Holdings I, LP, a partnership comprised of 26 solar photovoltaic and storage projects
Large financial investor in growth equity and other investments in over 40 companies across a variety of industries
MN8 Energy (Goldman Sachs Renewable Power) Fund as transactional counsel to its $4 billion renewable energy fund, including in connection with (i) its approximately $350 million acquisition from Marina Energy, a subsidiary of Southern Jersey Industries, of its solar portfolio comprised of 76 distributed solar energy projects with total capacity of 204 MW, (ii) its acquisition of a 142 MW portfolio of solar power generation assets from a subsidiary of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation and (iii) a range of other ongoing acquisition, financing and transactional matters
Brookfield Renewable Power in the approximately $1 billion acquisition of Scout Clean Energy from Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners
Goldman Sachs’ Alternative Energy Investing Group in the formation of a joint venture with TELOS Clean Energy to develop, construct, own, and operate distributed solar power projects
Special Committee of the Board of Directors of USMD Holdings in the $268 million sale of USMD Holdings, a healthcare services provider, to WellMed Medical Management, a subsidiary of United Healthcare
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners in its $1.03 billion sale of Eureka Midstream Holdings and Hornet Midstream Holdings to EQM Midstream Partners
Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of the General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners in the $2.4 billion drop-down acquisition by Phillips 66 Partners of Phillips 66’s 25% interest in its Bakken Pipeline Joint Ventures and 100% interest in the owner of fuel-grade coke processing units
TPG Capital in the $300 million acquisition of a minority stake in M&G Chemicals, a chemicals manufacturing and engineering company and a leading global supplier of polyethylene terephthalate
Private equity firm in its middle market growth program joint venture, which provides private equity sponsors and borrowers with unitranche loans of up to $350 million for a single transaction
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Delaware Supreme Court Sets High Bar for Counterparty Aiding and Abetting Liability in M&A Deals
The Delaware Supreme Court’s June 17, 2025 decision in In re Columbia Pipeline Group Merger Litigation reversed a $199 million damages award against TC Energy for aiding and abetting breaches by fiduciaries of Columbia Pipeline Group relating to TC Energy’s acquisition of Columbia Pipeline.
June 24, 2025 • V&E Shareholder Litigation Update
June 24, 2025 • 5-minute read
Client Alerts
In the latest instance of a private equity seller vindicating contractual rights in the Delaware Court of Chancery, on April 30, Vice Chancellor Lori W. Will rejected attempts by minority LLC members in urgent care provider CityMD to avoid the clear terms of their LLC agreement by urging the court to impose fiduciary duty-type obligations on the majority owner and seller, Warburg Pincus, LLC and funds it controls (“WP Investors”).
May 7, 2025 • V&E Corporate Governance Update Published by Harvard Law School Forum on Corporate Governance
May 7, 2025 • 9-minute read
Client Alerts
On January 7, 2025, Vice Chancellor Glasscock issued a 68-page post-trial decision in Manti Holdings, LLC v. The Carlyle Group Inc., in which he rejected plaintiffs’ claims of breach of fiduciary duty in connection with the sale of Authentix Acquisition Company, Inc. (“Authentix” or the “Company”) to private equity firm Blue Water Energy LLP (“BWE”) in September 2017.
January 13, 2025 • V&E Shareholder Litigation Update | Published in March-April issue of Deal Lawyers & Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Blog February 2025
January 13, 2025 • 11-minute read
