Simpson Thacher represented Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock, in connection with the sale of its 65% indirect equity interest in Tenaska Georgia Partners, L.P. (“Tenaska Georgia”) to Gulf Pacific Power, an affiliate of Harbert Management Corporation.
Tenaska Georgia owns a 945-megawatt, dual-fuel natural gas peaking facility located in Franklin, Georgia.
The Simpson Thacher team included Eli Hunt, Roy Jackson, Si Sun, Sunny Perkins, Antonio Spatafore and Matthew Anderson (Energy & Infrastructure); Matthew Einbinder, Amy Beller, Bryce Kaufman and Logan Harris (Banking and Credit); Marcy Geller, Caroline Phillips, Jessica Berman and Jason Yoo (Tax); Michael Isby (Environmental); Larry Moss (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Steven DeLott (Insurance); Peter Guryan, Étienne Renaudeau, Kelly Karapetyan, Richard Jamgochian and Matthew Evola (Antitrust); James Talbot and Christine Song (Intellectual Property and Data Privacy); and Timothy Gallagher (Real Estate).