Latham Advises on Private Credit Financing for EQT’s Acquisition of Eagle Railcar Services From JM Texas Companies

EQT, a global investment organization, announced that the EQT Infrastructure VI fund (EQT) has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Eagle Railcar Services. The transaction is subject to customary conditions and approvals. It is expected to close in Q2 2025.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents the direct lenders in the transaction with a team led by New York partners Erika Weinberg, Jesse Sheff, Nicole Fanjul, Alfred Xue, and Conray Tseng, and Houston partner Pamela Kellet, with associates Yoojin DeNiro, Daniel Ovadia, Tulika Sinha, Julio Martinez Rivas, Fizza Hasan, Sean Travers, and Angela Lin. Advice was also provided on tax matters by New York partner Bora Bozkurt, with associate Kathryn Harrington; on tax matters by Washington, D.C. partner Scott Cockerham; on uniform commercial code matters by New York partner Brian Rock; on intellectual property and data privacy matters by Bay Area partner Michelle Gross, with associates Karen Lee and Eric Gonzalez; on environmental matters by Los Angeles/Houston partner Joshua Marnitz, with associate Reilly Nelson; on labor/employment matters by New York partner Bradd Williamson, New York counsel Rifka Singer, and Chicago counsel Laura Waller; and on litigation matters by New York partner Zachary Rowen.