Latham & Watkins Advises Vistra on Completed Acquisition of Seven Natural Gas Plants

Vistra (NYSE: VST) has announced it has completed the acquisition of seven modern natural gas generation facilities totaling approximately 2,600 MW of capacity from Lotus Infrastructure Partners. The transaction closing follows receipt of all required regulatory approvals.

Latham & Watkins LLP represents Vistra in the transaction with a corporate deal team led by Houston partner Trina Chandler and New York partner Caroline Phillips, with associates Lachlan Sievert, Rebekah Bingham, Caroline Silverstein, Alexandra Cumberland, Diego Guimaraes-Blandon, Logan McDowell, and Johnny Zhuang. Advice was also provided on benefits matters by New York partner Max Raskin, with associates Mary Daniel Morgan and Christina Schrantz; on regulatory matters by Washington, D.C. partner Natasha Gianvecchio and Washington, D.C. counsel James Blackburn; on labor and employment matters by Chicago counsel Laura Waller, with associate Jenny Bobbitt; on environment, land, and resources matters by Washington, D.C. partner Stacey VanBelleghem, with associates Jacqueline Zhang and Phil Goldberg; on data privacy matters by Houston partner Robert Brown, with associate Brianna Gordon; on intellectual property matters by Bay Area partner Michelle Gross, with associate Caroline Omotayo; on project development and finance matters by San Diego counsel Seth Richardson, with associate Kyle Pascucci; on sanctions and export controls matters by associates Eric Green and Amulya Vadapalli; on tax matters by New York partner Jocelyn Noll, with associate Chris Zhao; on FCC matters by Washington, D.C. partner Elizabeth Park, with connectivity, privacy, and information attorney Bradley Bourne; and on representations and warranty insurance matters by Los Angeles partner S. Drew Levin, with associate Enrique Covarrubias.