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Vinson & Elkins works closely with waste and water solutions companies, recyclers, manufacturers, refiners, chemical companies, investors, and lenders to industrial participants around the world. From environmental and regulatory concerns to a full spectrum of transactional and corporate advice, V&E lawyers have a detailed understanding of the market conditions that affect the industrial sector.
Drawing on our market-leading experience in the renewables, waste and recycling, downstream, chemical and infrastructure sectors, V&E’s multi-disciplinary team provides comprehensive service to our industrial clients on all phases and aspects of their transactions and projects. V&E’s experience includes advising on financing, mergers and acquisitions, project development, tax, intellectual property, environmental and regulatory matters. Our lawyers advise participants in a full range of industries, including:
Waste Management, Inc. in its $7.2 billion acquisition of Stericycle
Avangard Innovative in the sale of its U.S. operations to Waste Management and the subsequent joint venture with Waste Management to form Natura PCR, a company that monetizes recyclables and refurbishes them for reuse
Freepoint Eco-Systems in project agreements for the engineering, procurement and construction of an advanced recycling facility in Ohio with the capacity to convert 240 metric tons per day of waste plastic into naphtha, distillates and fuel oil
Archaea Energy in the formation of a joint venture with a waste management company for the development of landfill gas to renewable natural gas projects at various landfills located in the United States
Long Ridge Energy Terminal, a portfolio company of Fortress Investment Group, in the execution of a definitive agreement for the investment in and development of a low carbon, biodegradable plastics production facility in Hannibal, Ohio with Newlight Technologies
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
Verde Clean Fuels in a joint development agreement with Cottonmouth Ventures LLC for the proposed development, construction, and operation of an advanced gasoline synthesis facility using Verde’s proprietary STG+ technology to produce commodity-grade gasoline utilizing associated natural gas feedstock supplied from Cottonmouth’s operations in the Permian Basin
LRS, an independent waste diversion, recycling and portable services provider, and Goldman Sachs, as lead investor in LRS, in the sale of LRS to an affiliate of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, an energy infrastructure company providing oilfield products, services, and infrastructure solutions, in its acquisition of Mobile Energy Rentals, a supplier of mobile power source equipment including generators, transformers, and power distribution systems for electric companies and electric cooperatives
Ridgewood Infrastructure in its formation of the $600 million Ridgewood Water & Strategic Infrastructure Fund
Ridgewood Infrastructure in a $79 million line of equity platform investment in Undine Group, a company that acquires, develops and operates regulated water and wastewater companies in the United States
Gravity, a leading water and energy infrastructure company backed by affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, in its acquisition of On Point Oilfield Holdings, creating the largest commercial produced water disposal company by injection volumes in the Midland Basin
Goldman Sachs in a co-investment in a waste management company for a total investment of approximately $35 million
Ridgewood Infrastructure in its investment in Vista Ridge, a 142 mile pipeline that supplies approximately 20% of the fresh water for the City of San Antonio, Texas under a 30-year “take-or-pay” contract with the San Antonio Water System
Represented waste recycling companies in various state rulemaking proceedings and permitting matters
Counseled carbon nanotube manufacturing on compliance with federal Toxic Substances Control Act requirements applicable to nanotechnology uses
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August 16, 2022 • 1-minute read
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July 28, 2022 • V&E Energy Update
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