Chantal Carriere

Ms. Chantal´s experience includes representing:

• AlphaStruxure, a joint venture between Schneider Electric and Carlyle Group, in its Integrated Fleet Electrification Infrastructure Project, a first-of-its-kind energy-as-a-service (EaaS) fleet electrification project, to support a growing bus electric bus fleet in Montgomery County, Maryland, enabling at least 44 buses in Ride On Montgomery County’s fleet to transition from diesel to electric*
• GreenStruxure, a joint venture of Schneider Electric and Huck Capital, on developing a strategic partnership with ClearGen, a Blackstone portfolio company, whereby ClearGen will provide US$500 million in long-term capital to GreenStruxure to develop, operate, and maintain on-site renewable energy microgrid systems*
• Invenergy and its project subsidiary Energia del Pacifico on the development and project financing of the 378 MW LNG-to-power infrastructure project at the Port of Acajutla in El Salvador, in the largest foreign direct investment in the country to date, requiring an investment of approximately US$1 billion; the project includes a thermal power plant and a marine terminal that consists of a floating storage regasification unit (FSRU) permanently moored through a modified-spread mooring system, a long-term LNG supply contract for the FSRU, a natural gas pipeline that will run from the FSRU to the power plant, and the construction of a transmission line and related substations to connect the power plant to El Salvador’s electrical grid of El Salvador*
• An investment-bank-backed portfolio company on negotiating and structuring its investments into LNG-to-power projects across Asia, Europe, and the Americas, as well as on drafting and negotiating all material project documents*
• A project sponsor on drafting and negotiating all material project documents for a proposed gas-to-gasoline plant, including feedstock supply, pipeline precedent and transportation agreements, product offtake agreements (including hydrogen and low-carbon fuel standard (LCFS) hydrocarbons), and utilities arrangements (including power purchase agreements)*
• Vitol in connection with LNG master services agreements and LNG sales and purchase agreements (SPAs), including the LNG SPA with Tellurian for 3 million tons per year on a free-on-board basis at Driftwood LNG for a 10-year term, valued at about US$12 billion in revenue over 10 years and indexed to a combination of two indices: the Japan Korea Marker and the Dutch Title Transfer Facility, each netted back for transportation charges*
• An oil and gas company in its negotiation of a cross border unitization project*
• An energy infrastructure company in its sale of a non-controlling interest in its North American LNG business*
• A lender syndicate in the financing of a deepwater oil and gas development plan*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham