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Adam Hankiss is a partner in our Corporate Finance and Investments practice. Adam regularly represents private equity funds, private and public corporate clients, pension plans, family offices and investment banking firms in U.S. and cross-border M&A, private equity, joint venture, venture capital and other complex corporate transactions. He has significant experience in a variety of sectors, with a focus on the energy, infrastructure and natural resources, and the telecommunications, media and technology sectors.

Credentials

J.D., Columbia University

LL.M., Columbia University

J.D., ELTE University Budapest, summa cum laude

New York

Hungarian

Matters

Representing an ethanol producer and affiliate of a hybrid hedge/private equity fund re a first in kind tax equity financing under 45Q Carbon Sequestration transaction located in Texas. (2020)

Represented Axium Infrastructure, a private equity fund based in Montreal and New York that focuses on energy and infrastructure investments, re its acquisition from Recurrent Energy of an 80% interest in the Crimson Battery Energy Storage Projects. Please click here to read an article about the transaction. (2021)

Advised JonesTrading, the PIPE placement agent in connection with the Forbes Global Media Holding's SPAC merger

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Representing an ethanol producer and affiliate of a hybrid hedge/private equity fund re a first in kind tax equity financing under 45Q Carbon Sequestration transaction located in Texas. (2020)

Represented Axium Infrastructure, a private equity fund based in Montreal and New York that focuses on energy and infrastructure investments, re its acquisition from Recurrent Energy of an 80% interest in the Crimson Battery Energy Storage Projects. Please click here to read an article about the transaction. (2021)

Advised JonesTrading, the PIPE placement agent in connection with the Forbes Global Media Holding's SPAC merger

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of a large equity interest in CPV Three Rivers Energy Center, a 1,258 MW power project to be constructed in northeastern Illinois, from affiliates of General Electric Company and Competitive Power Ventures, Inc. (2020)

Represented DE Shaw Renewable Investments re its sale of a 49% equity interest in a portfolio of operating and to be constructed solar projects to a group of financial investors, led by Ullico and Fiera Infrastructure. (2020)

Represented T&D Holdings in its acquisition, along with an investment vehicle managed by The Carlyle Group, of Fortitude Re from AIG for approximately $1.8 Billion. (2019)

Represented Ridgewood Infrastructure re its acquisition of an FBO/logistics business. (2021)

Represented Axium Infrastructure in its acquisition of a 100% equity interest in Upper Peninsula Holding Company, owner of a 100% equity interest in Upper Peninsula Power Company from Basalt Infrastructure Partners. (2021)

Represented Hotwire Communications, a leading provider of fiber-to-the-home in the United States, in connection with a large private equity investment by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Blackstone Infrastructure Partners. Please click here to read the press release. (2021)

Represented Capital Dynamics, a Swiss/NYC private equity fund re its acquisition from Middle River Power and the subsequent development and construction of the 60 MW / 240 MWh Coso battery storage project located in California as one of the first battery storage projects selected to meet the California Public Utilities Commission’s mandate to meet California’s rapidly increasing needs for resource adequacy. (2020)

Representing TPG TSSP/Infrastructure in a U.S. private equity transaction in the U.S. Military housing space structured as a P3. (2019)

Represented Starwood Energy Group re its acquisition and construction equity financing of Gulf Coast Ammonia, the developer of a world-scale $900 million anhydrous ammonia plant in Texas, from Macquarie Capital, Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG and Agrifos. The deal was named the “2019 North American Petrochemicals Deal of the Year” by Proximo. (2020)

Represented InstarAGF Essential Infrastructure, a North American-based private equity fund, in its leveraged buyout of a portfolio of US pipeline and terminal assets from affiliates of Buckeye Partners, L.P., including a jet fuel pipeline from Port Everglades, Florida to the Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, Florida airports, pipelines and terminal facilities serving the Reno, Nevada, San Diego, California and Memphis, Tennessee airports, and refined petroleum products terminals in Sacramento and Stockton, California. (2018)

Represented Starwood Energy Group Global, a leading private equity firm focused on energy infrastructure, in its $1.23 billion acquisition of 100% of the equity interests in the operating subsidiaries for two of Dominion’s combined-cycle gas turbine plants from an affiliate Dominion Energy Inc. (2018)

Representing DE Shaw Renewable Investments in connection with the acquisition and tax equity financing of a 100MW solar PV power plant located in California. (2018)

Represented Starwood Energy Group in the sale of a 50% equity interest in its Compass Power Generation gas-fired portfolio located in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, to an affiliate of JERA Co. (2018)

Representing DE Shaw Renewable Investments in connection with the acquisition and tax equity financing of a solar PV power plant located in Oregon. (2018)

Representing InstarAGF Asset Management in its bid for a midstream pipeline located in Ohio. (2018)

Representing Luminus Management in its bid to acquire two jack-up rigs located in Mexico. (2018)

Representing Axium Infrastructure in its bid to acquire a hydro pump storage facility located in Pennsylvania. (2018)

Represented Starwood Energy Group in its leveraged buyout of a portfolio of natural-gas-fired electricity generation plants located in Massachusetts, from Dynegy, Inc. (2017)

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments in the acquisition, tax equity financing and back-leverage debt financing of the Cuyama Project, a utility scale 40 MW-ac solar PV project, from First Solar, Inc. located in California.

Represented UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity in its acquisition of a significant minority interest in a 785 MW combined-cycle natural-gas-fired electricity generation power plant located in Connecticut from G.E. (2017)

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments in the acquisition, tax equity financing, and project financings of a 46 MW solar power plant in Arizona; Seller was Torch Clean Energy. (2017)

Represented a leading NY-based hedge fund, in its acquisition and related tax equity and construction financing of a 52MW PV solar power project located in Mississippi, which marks the largest solar project development in Mississippi. (2016)

Represented Axium Infrastructure in connection with the Axium-led consortium to acquire the energy assets that supply Ohio State University in excess of $1 billion. (This transaction marked one of the largest P3 social infrastructure deals in the U.S.) (2017)

Represented Axium Infrastructure, a private equity fund, in the acquisition from EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. of a 50% equity interest in the Slate Creek Wind Project, LLC, a 150 MW operating wind farm located in Kansas. (2016)

Represented Global Partnership Investing Capital (“GPI”), a private equity fund, in connection with the $2.5 billion funding round of GrabTaxi.

Represented Starwood Energy Group, a Greenwich, CT-based private equity fund, in its acquisition of a 790-megawatt combined-cycle natural-gas-fired generation power plant and a 50MW "Peaker" natural-gas-fired generation power plant located in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania from NextEra Energy Resources for $760M. (2016)

Represented UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity, a New York-based private equity fund, in its leveraged buyout of a portfolio of 14 conventional energy power plants located in the U.S. and in the Caribbean. (2016)

Matters

Representing an ethanol producer and affiliate of a hybrid hedge/private equity fund re a first in kind tax equity financing under 45Q Carbon Sequestration transaction located in Texas. (2020)

Represented Axium Infrastructure, a private equity fund based in Montreal and New York that focuses on energy and infrastructure investments, re its acquisition from Recurrent Energy of an 80% interest in the Crimson Battery Energy Storage Projects. Please click here to read an article about the transaction. (2021)

Advised JonesTrading, the PIPE placement agent in connection with the Forbes Global Media Holding's SPAC merger

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Matters

Representing an ethanol producer and affiliate of a hybrid hedge/private equity fund re a first in kind tax equity financing under 45Q Carbon Sequestration transaction located in Texas. (2020)

Represented Axium Infrastructure, a private equity fund based in Montreal and New York that focuses on energy and infrastructure investments, re its acquisition from Recurrent Energy of an 80% interest in the Crimson Battery Energy Storage Projects. Please click here to read an article about the transaction. (2021)

Advised JonesTrading, the PIPE placement agent in connection with the Forbes Global Media Holding's SPAC merger

Represented Axium Infrastructure re its acquisition of a large equity interest in CPV Three Rivers Energy Center, a 1,258 MW power project to be constructed in northeastern Illinois, from affiliates of General Electric Company and Competitive Power Ventures, Inc. (2020)

Represented DE Shaw Renewable Investments re its sale of a 49% equity interest in a portfolio of operating and to be constructed solar projects to a group of financial investors, led by Ullico and Fiera Infrastructure. (2020)

Represented T&D Holdings in its acquisition, along with an investment vehicle managed by The Carlyle Group, of Fortitude Re from AIG for approximately $1.8 Billion. (2019)

Represented Ridgewood Infrastructure re its acquisition of an FBO/logistics business. (2021)

Represented Axium Infrastructure in its acquisition of a 100% equity interest in Upper Peninsula Holding Company, owner of a 100% equity interest in Upper Peninsula Power Company from Basalt Infrastructure Partners. (2021)

Represented Hotwire Communications, a leading provider of fiber-to-the-home in the United States, in connection with a large private equity investment by Blackstone Tactical Opportunities and Blackstone Infrastructure Partners. Please click here to read the press release. (2021)

Represented Capital Dynamics, a Swiss/NYC private equity fund re its acquisition from Middle River Power and the subsequent development and construction of the 60 MW / 240 MWh Coso battery storage project located in California as one of the first battery storage projects selected to meet the California Public Utilities Commission’s mandate to meet California’s rapidly increasing needs for resource adequacy. (2020)

Representing TPG TSSP/Infrastructure in a U.S. private equity transaction in the U.S. Military housing space structured as a P3. (2019)

Represented Starwood Energy Group re its acquisition and construction equity financing of Gulf Coast Ammonia, the developer of a world-scale $900 million anhydrous ammonia plant in Texas, from Macquarie Capital, Mabanaft GmbH & Co. KG and Agrifos. The deal was named the “2019 North American Petrochemicals Deal of the Year” by Proximo. (2020)

Represented InstarAGF Essential Infrastructure, a North American-based private equity fund, in its leveraged buyout of a portfolio of US pipeline and terminal assets from affiliates of Buckeye Partners, L.P., including a jet fuel pipeline from Port Everglades, Florida to the Ft. Lauderdale and Miami, Florida airports, pipelines and terminal facilities serving the Reno, Nevada, San Diego, California and Memphis, Tennessee airports, and refined petroleum products terminals in Sacramento and Stockton, California. (2018)

Represented Starwood Energy Group Global, a leading private equity firm focused on energy infrastructure, in its $1.23 billion acquisition of 100% of the equity interests in the operating subsidiaries for two of Dominion’s combined-cycle gas turbine plants from an affiliate Dominion Energy Inc. (2018)

Representing DE Shaw Renewable Investments in connection with the acquisition and tax equity financing of a 100MW solar PV power plant located in California. (2018)

Represented Starwood Energy Group in the sale of a 50% equity interest in its Compass Power Generation gas-fired portfolio located in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, to an affiliate of JERA Co. (2018)

Representing DE Shaw Renewable Investments in connection with the acquisition and tax equity financing of a solar PV power plant located in Oregon. (2018)

Representing InstarAGF Asset Management in its bid for a midstream pipeline located in Ohio. (2018)

Representing Luminus Management in its bid to acquire two jack-up rigs located in Mexico. (2018)

Representing Axium Infrastructure in its bid to acquire a hydro pump storage facility located in Pennsylvania. (2018)

Represented Starwood Energy Group in its leveraged buyout of a portfolio of natural-gas-fired electricity generation plants located in Massachusetts, from Dynegy, Inc. (2017)

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments in the acquisition, tax equity financing and back-leverage debt financing of the Cuyama Project, a utility scale 40 MW-ac solar PV project, from First Solar, Inc. located in California.

Represented UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity in its acquisition of a significant minority interest in a 785 MW combined-cycle natural-gas-fired electricity generation power plant located in Connecticut from G.E. (2017)

Represented D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments in the acquisition, tax equity financing, and project financings of a 46 MW solar power plant in Arizona; Seller was Torch Clean Energy. (2017)

Represented a leading NY-based hedge fund, in its acquisition and related tax equity and construction financing of a 52MW PV solar power project located in Mississippi, which marks the largest solar project development in Mississippi. (2016)

Represented Axium Infrastructure in connection with the Axium-led consortium to acquire the energy assets that supply Ohio State University in excess of $1 billion. (This transaction marked one of the largest P3 social infrastructure deals in the U.S.) (2017)

Represented Axium Infrastructure, a private equity fund, in the acquisition from EDF Renewable Energy, Inc. of a 50% equity interest in the Slate Creek Wind Project, LLC, a 150 MW operating wind farm located in Kansas. (2016)

Represented Global Partnership Investing Capital (“GPI”), a private equity fund, in connection with the $2.5 billion funding round of GrabTaxi.

Represented Starwood Energy Group, a Greenwich, CT-based private equity fund, in its acquisition of a 790-megawatt combined-cycle natural-gas-fired generation power plant and a 50MW "Peaker" natural-gas-fired generation power plant located in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania from NextEra Energy Resources for $760M. (2016)

Represented UBS Infrastructure & Private Equity, a New York-based private equity fund, in its leveraged buyout of a portfolio of 14 conventional energy power plants located in the U.S. and in the Caribbean. (2016)

Credentials

J.D., Columbia University

LL.M., Columbia University

J.D., ELTE University Budapest, summa cum laude

New York

Hungarian