Aaron S. Mitchell Associate

• Advised a private equity-backed renewable energy portfolio company in the repowering of a portfolio of wind farms totaling over 700 MW, including financing, project development and tax credit transfer agreements.
• Advised a public utility company in a build-transfer agreement for an approximately 100MW solar project.
• Advised a renewable energy developer in the financing and development of a 150MW / 300MWh battery energy storage system.
• Advised a public utility company in a build-transfer agreement for an approximately 300MW solar project.
• Advised a public utility company in a build-transfer agreement for an approximately 200MW wind project.
• Advised a renewable energy developer in the financing and development of a 250 MW / 500 MWh battery energy storage system.
• Advised a renewable energy developer in the tax equity financing and development of a 182MW solar facility.
• Advised a renewable energy developer in the sale of an 80MW wind project.
• Advised a public utility company in the sale of over $100M in tax credits, attributable to five separate renewable energy projects.
• Advised several public companies in the purchase of investment tax credits, production tax credits, and advanced manufacturing production credits, collectively totaling over $200 million.
• Advised various renewable energy project developers, public utility companies and others in project development, EPC contracts, long-term service agreements and early- and mid-stage mergers and acquisitions.
• Advised a thermal energy storage company in Section 45X tax credit qualification.
• Advised a joint venture between two global electronics manufacturers in claiming and monetizing Section 45X credits.

Select experience prior to joining McGuirewoods LLP:

• Advised sovereign wealth funds and infrastructure investors in their $3.6 billion acquisition of a chassis leasing and management company.
• Advised an infrastructure investment firm in the $3.25 billion sale of its midstream assets to a publicly traded energy company.
• Advised a private equity-backed upstream company in the $3 billion sale of its oil and gas interests to a publicly traded exploration and production company.
• Advised a publicly traded midstream company in its partnership with a clean ammonia producer to develop a blue ammonia project eligible for Section 45Q carbon sequestration credits, with a total investment over $2.5 billion.
• Advised a private equity firm in its approximately $2 billion acquisition of oil and gas interests.
• Advised affiliates of a private equity firm and a market insights company in a $1.6 billion merger with a pharmaceutical intelligence firm.
• Advised a publicly traded pipeline company in its $80 million acquisition of a 10% stake in a food waste-to-renewable natural gas company and a related $1 billion infrastructure development agreement.
• Advised a global biofuels company in a $1 billion investment in a renewable diesel joint venture with a publicly traded oil company.
• Advised an infrastructure investment firm in its $1 billion acquisition of a Texas natural gas utility.
• Advised a private equity firm and its midstream portfolio company in the $765 million sale of Permian Basin assets to a publicly traded midstream company.
• Advised a publicly traded midstream partnership in a $750 million senior notes offering.
• Advised sovereign wealth funds in a $650 million financing for a large-scale green hydrogen production and storage platform.
• Advised a midstream company in its acquisition of Permian Basin assets, including 520 MMcf/d processing capacity, over 800 miles of pipelines, and related infrastructure.
• Advised initial purchasers in a $500 million senior notes offering by a publicly traded fuel distributor.
• Advised a special committee of the board of directors of a Fortune 40 company regarding its reincorporation in Texas and ratification of a CEO compensation package.
• Advised a private equity firm in its acquisition of a waste-to-renewable natural gas company.
• Advised a SPAC in its $236 million business combination with a biopharmaceutical company focused on health span technologies.
• Advised a global conglomerate in its acquisition of 92% working interests in a South Texas unconventional gas asset.
• Advised an infrastructure investment firm in its acquisition of a 50% interest in a Canadian natural gas liquids pipeline system.
• Advised an upstream company in its $125 million acquisition of natural gas assets.
• Advised a publicly traded fuel distributor in its $110 million acquisition of 16 refined product terminals.
• Advised a fuel retailer in its agreement with an automotive manufacturer to develop a national EV fast-charging network.