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Vinay Prabhakar
Partner — Tax
E: vprabhakar@velaw.com T: +1.212.237.0115
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Partner — Tax

Vinay Prabhakar

Vinay Prabhakar
New York
T: +1.212.237.0115

The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036

E: vprabhakar@velaw.com
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Vinay Prabhakar

Vinay Prabhakar advises clients on the tax aspects of domestic and cross-border transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, capital market transactions, derivatives, and structured products.

Prior to joining V&E, he was a Managing Director and Global Head of Tax at Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP)—now part of BlackRock—where he was responsible both for tax planning for GIP’s funds and associated entities and transaction tax structuring. He also previously worked in the New York office of another prominent law firm.

Experience Highlights

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, with KKR, in their $15 billion all-cash acquisition of CyrusOne Inc. (NASDAQ: CONE), a leading global data center developer and operator, including the assumption of debt

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, with Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, in the $6.2 billion acquisition of ALLETE to advance its “Sustainability-in-Action” strategy

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, with GIC, Mubadala Investment Company, and TotalEnergies, in a $5.9 billion joint venture for Phase 1 of NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG project in Brownsville, Texas

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, with Khazanah, EPF, and ADIA, in connection with a conditional offer to acquire Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition and subsequent sale of EnLink Midstream

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in its investment in ADNOC gas pipelines

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in its 25% interest in Scotia Gas Networks

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Saavi Energia

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Atlas Renewables

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in the £1.27 billion sale of a 50.01% stake in Edinburgh Airport to VINCI Airports, the world’s leading private airport operator

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, through GIP III and its co-investors, in the sale of a 50% stake in Italo – Nuovo Trasporto Viaggiatori S.p.A. to Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) and formation of a strategic partnership for future development

  • Global Infrastructure Partners Emerging Markets I in the 50% acquisition of Tramarsa, a Peruvian ports infrastructure platform, and joint venture with Grupo Romero

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of NRG’s interest in NRG Yield and its renewables platform

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in the acquisition of MAP RE/ES, the renewable energy business of MAP Energy

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of Eversource’s 50% joint venture interest in Southfork and Revolution offshore wind projects

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, with Actis, in the acquisition of Atlas Renewable Energy, a 2.3 GW solar platform operating across Brazil, Chile, Mexico, and Uruguay

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, with TotalEnergies, in a strategic U.S. renewables partnership involving Clearway Energy Group and SunPower Corporation

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of 100% of wpd offshore GmbH, the offshore wind business of wpd AG, a leading global developer and independent power producer in onshore wind, offshore wind, and solar, now operating as Skyborn Renewables

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, with co-investors, in a $175 million senior secured term loan investment to finance the 670 MW Generadora de Gatun power plant in Colón, Panama

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, with co-investors, in a $500 million preferred equity investment in BrightNight, LLC, a U.S. renewable power company developing hybrid solar and storage projects

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of a 49.99% interest in Eni CCUS Holding, a leading global platform in the carbon capture, utilization, and storage sector

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, with Ocean Winds (a joint venture between EDP Renewables and ENGIE), in the development of Bluepoint Wind, a 1.7 GW offshore wind project in the New York Bight

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, with KKR, in a co-control partnership with Vodafone Group for Vantage Towers AG through Oak Holdings GmbH, acquiring an 89.3% stake for up to €6.6 billion

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, alongside ACS Group, in the formation of a 50-50 joint venture to develop and operate a global next-generation data center platform with an initial 1.7 GW portfolio

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition and subsequent sale of Medallion Midstream

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, with a consortium of global infrastructure investors, in a $20.7 billion investment in select ADNOC gas pipeline assets

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in the $2.5 billion sale of its 25.7% interest in Freeport LNG Development, L.P. to JERA Americas Inc

  • Global Infrastructure Partners in the acquisition of a 25% interest in Scotia Gas Networks from OMERS Infrastructure

  • Global Infrastructure Partners II in its sale of the principal holdings of Competitive Power Ventures, including portfolio equity interests and CPV’s development and asset management platforms

Credentials

  • University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D., 2010
  • Indiana University Bloomington (Hutton Honors College), B.A., with highest distinction, 2006
  • Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), Managing Director – Global Head of Tax, 2017–2025
  • New York