Adam Arikat

Adam Arikat is a Partner in the Firm’s Tax Practice. Based in Houston, he advises public companies and private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on the tax aspects of the full range of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, financings and restructurings. He also advises sponsors on tax matters related to the formation of funds. He has deep experience in addressing tax considerations related to high-profile real estate transactions, including the formation of REITs. He also counsels clients on matters across the energy and infrastructure industries, including renewable energy, energy transition and impact investments, oil and gas, as well as the use of the IRA and tax credits.

Adam was recognized in 2023 by The Legal 500 in the U.S. Taxes: Non-Contentious category.

His experience includes representation of:

• Brookfield Asset Management in multiple transactions, including its acquisition of the Thermal Management business of nVent Electric plc in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.7 billion; and its acquisition, with La Caisse (f/k/a CDPQ), of Antylia Scientific in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $1.34 billion
• WhiteWater in multiple transactions, including in its agreement to sell certain interest in Matterhorn Express Pipeline to I Squared, MPLX LP and Enbridge Inc; sale, together with affiliates of Diamondback Energy, of 55% of the interests in the BANGL pipeline system to MPLX LP for $715 million; and partnership with an affiliate of Targa Resources Corp. to reach final investment decision to move forward with the construction of the Blackcomb Pipeline
• Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners in a strategic investment in Torch Clean Energy, a premier U.S.-based utility-scale solar and storage developer, which will enable Torch to transition from a development platform to an integrated clean power platform with capabilities across development, construction and asset management
• KKR in its $1.19 billion CAD acquisition of an indirect minority equity interest in the Labrador Island Link, a 1,100 km high voltage transmission line that delivers renewable energy to Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and beyond
• Summit Partners Credit Advisors and Riverstone Credit Partners in the sale of their equity interests in R3 Renewables LLC, a joint venture launched by Summit, Riverstone and Peabody that repurposes land previously used for coal mining to deliver clean, renewable energy through large-scale solar and energy storage projects, to RWE
• Vanguard Renewables, a portfolio company of a fund managed by BlackRock’s Diversified Infrastructure business, in its creation of an equally owned joint venture with TotalEnergies to develop, build and operate Farm Powered® renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in the United States
• Kimmeridge in its sale of a 24.1% interest in Caturus (f/k/a SoTex HoldCo LLC) to Mubadala Energy, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mubadala Investment Company, a sovereign investor owned by the Government of Abu Dhabi, via the issuance of new equity, marking Mubadala Energy’s entry into the United States
• Silver Lake Partners in the acquisition of Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc., in partnership with the Endeavor management team and additional anchor investors, at an equity value of $13 billion and a $25 billion enterprise value, making this the largest private equity sponsor public-to-private investment transaction in over a decade, and the largest ever in the media and entertainment sector
• El Puerto de Liverpool, S.A.B. de C.V. in the take-private acquisition, together with members of the Nordstrom family, of Nordstrom, Inc in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $6.25 billion on an enterprise basis

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes representing:

• TGNR in its agreement to purchase Rockcliff for $2.7 billion
• Communications & Power Industries in its $1.385 billion sale of its Electron Device business
• Brookfield and Everise on Everise’s investment by Warburg Pincus
• Kimmeridge in its $200 million investment to launch Chestnut Carbon

Adam received his LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 2017. He received his J.D., with Honors, from University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 2013, Order of the Coif. He received his B.S. in Applied Math & Economics from University of California, Berkeley in 2009 where he was a Regents & Chancellors Scholar. He is admitted to practice in Texas.