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Consistently recognized as one of the world’s leading energy firms, Vinson & Elkins has a long history of supporting industry innovators and the technologies they’ve developed. Our clients are redefining industries across the spectrum by promoting sustainability and efficiency and reducing negative environmental impacts through the development of energy technologies, such as renewable energy sources, specialty materials, enhanced detection and capture resources, asset monitoring devices, data analytics, workflow automation tools, efficient storage techniques, and other green technologies that promote environmentally-conscious operations. Our experience in these cutting edge fields provides us with unique insight for our clients developing these technologies and for those that are providing capital to fuel the energy transition.

Comprehensive Capabilities

Working across our M&A, projects, finance, tax, intellectual property, regulatory, environmental, antitrust, capital markets, technology transactions and venture capital teams, we provide our CleanTech and Energy Technologies clients with a full range of transactional services for both domestic and cross-border transactions. In particular, we have deep experience representing a significant number of venture capital and private equity funds in sustainable portfolio investments as well as experience representing promising emerging companies and entrepreneurs in the venture capital or growth equity financings for their sustainable technology oriented businesses.

Diverse Experience

V&E has advised clients developing and investing in a range of innovative technologies, including:

  • Renewable/Alternative Energy
  • Carbon Capture
  • Cybersecurity
  • Imaging
  • Fuel Sensors & Monitoring
  • Power Transmission
  • Drilling & Completions Technologies
  • Data Analytics
  • Energy Storage
  • Electrification of Transport
  • AgTech
  • Smart Grid Applications
  • Software Solutions
  • Well Stimulation Technologies

Experience

  • Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures in numerous investments across the sustainability, digital and industrial internet of things, upstream, downstream, petrochemicals and materials science technologies sectors, including:

    • Lead investment in the €5 million Series A financing of HT Materials Science, a developer of heat transfer fluids to reduce energy consumption
    • Investment in Energy Vault, a creator of renewable energy storage products
    • Investment in the $100 million Series A financing of EnerVenue, a developer of metal-hydrogen batteries for grid energy storage
    • Investments in the Series A and Series B financings of Data Gumbo, a developer of blockchain-based smart contract network for industrial enterprises
    • Lead investment in the $10 million Series B financing of Clarke Valve, a provider of high quality industrial control valves
    • Investment in OxyMem, a developer of membrane aeration systems for waste water treatment (Acquired by DuPont)

  • Apollo Global Management in a $150 million equity commitment to FlexGen Power Systems, a leading integration services and software technology provider for energy storage solutions in the U.S. and globally

  • Blackstone in the formation of a $150 million exclusive financing agreement for the development of microgrid projects between its portfolio company, ClearGen, LLC, and Verdant Microgrid, LLC, a leading clean energy development company

  • EVgo Services, a portfolio company of LS Power and an electric vehicle public fast charging network, in its $2.6 billion business combination with Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC

  • Macquarie Capital in the launch of Aerogy, a platform to develop, operate and invest in renewable natural gas infrastructure projects and in the development and financing of Aerogy’s anaerobic digestion based RNG production facility at a leading dairy producer in Wisconsin

  • SEA Electric, an automotive technology company with a focus on the electrification of commercial vehicles, in its $42 million Series A preferred stock financing

  • PAS Global in a $40 million growth investment in the company by Tinicum Partners, and later in the sale of the company to Hexagon AB, a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions

  • Live Oak Acquisition Corp. II in its $1.4 billion business combination with Navitas Semiconductor, the industry leader in Gallium nitride power ICs

  • Riverstone Holdings in its investment in Loanpal, America’s number one point-of-sale payment platform for sustainable home solutions

  • Quantum Energy Partners in an investment in the Series A preferred stock financing of Orennia, a developer of technology solutions for renewable energy investment and allocation decisions

  • Affiliates of The Carlyle Group in their lead investment in a $40 million financing round for Fermata Energy, an electric vehicle charging and services company developing bidirectional charging technologies

  • Earthy Labs, a leading provider of small-scale carbon capture systems, in an equity investment in the company by Chart Industries (NYSE: GTLS), and later in the sale of the company to Chart Industries

  • Rebellion Photonics, a provider of intelligent visual gas monitoring solutions, in an investment from Tinicum and in the company’s acquisition by Honeywell

  • TPG Growth and The Rise Fund in the acquisition of CLEAResult, the country’s leading provider of energy efficiency solutions for utility companies

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