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Simpson Thacher was recognized as the leading legal advisor by deal value for all M&A infrastructure transactions globally, all infrastructure transactions in North America, and as the top project finance advisor to special purpose vehicles (SPVs) and grantors during the first half of 2025, according to data from Infralogic. During this time frame, the Firm advised on the following significant transactions in sectors such as energy, power, data centers, towers, telecommunications, energy transition, transportation, logistics and infrastructure, among many others:

• Stonepeak in its $5.7 billion acquisition of a 40% interest in the $17.5 billion Louisiana LNG project, marking Lousiana’s largest-ever foreign direct investment;
• Zayo in its $4.25 billion acquisition of Crown Castle’s Fiber Solutions, concurrent with the EQT Active Core Infrastructure fund’s acquisition of the Small Cells business, for a total transaction value of $8.5 billion;
• Holloway Group in the project development, project financing and joint venture arrangements relating to the greenfield ‘Lost Hills’ automotive shredder residue metals and plastics recycling facility located in Bakersfield, California;
• KKR in the sale of its interest in Colonial Pipeline, the largest U.S. fuel transportation system, as part of Brookfield Infrastructure Partners’ $9 billion acquisition of all assets of Colonial Enterprises;
• WhiteWater in the $3 billion sale of certain interests in Matterhorn Express Pipeline to I Squared, MPLX LP and Enbridge Inc.;
• Switch in the $2.4 billion CMBS issuance of data centers located in Nevada, the largest green data center CMBS transaction and the second largest data center CMBS transaction in history at closing;
• Capital Power Corporation in its $2.2 billion acquisition of PJM Power Generation Portfolio; and
• KKR and Stonepeak in the £1.6 billion cash offer to acquire the entire issued and to be issued share capital of FTSE 250 company Assura plc.