Justin T. Stolte

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Profile

Justin T. Stolte is Global Chair of Latham’s Energy & Infrastructure Group and a partner in its Houston and New York offices. His practice focuses on M&A and joint ventures in the energy and infrastructure sector.

Justin is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America (2021-2025), Chambers USA, America’s Leading Lawyers for Business (2019-2025), IFLR (2023-2024), and Legal 500 US (2018-2025). In addition, he was named an Energy MVP by Law360 in 2022 and 2025, was shortlisted as a finalist for Texas Lawyer’s “Energy Attorney of the Year” in 2025, and has garnered recognition by American City Business Journal, Hart Energy, Houston Business Journal, Lawdragon, and Texas Monthly for his work on energy and infrastructure transactions.

Prior to Latham, Justin worked in business development, commercial, and engineering roles at two global energy and infrastructure companies, where he led the acquisition, development, and divestiture of several multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects. Clients have praised this experience, noting in Chambers that it uniquely allows him “to bring a practical business perspective” and “understand what’s important” to transactions.

Justin has led Latham’s Energy & Infrastructure Group since its inception, a group that is consistently recognized as the top energy and infrastructure practice in the world. In addition, Justin serves on the Law School Advisory Council for Notre Dame Law School and the Executive Committee of the Institute for Energy Law.

Experience

Justin’s experience at Latham includes:

Confidential buyer – US$2.305 billion transaction involving Eagle Ford business of Baytex Energy Corp. (NYSE: BTE) (pending)
Chevron Corp. (NYSE: CVX) – (i) sale of Advanced Refining Technologies to W.R. & Grace Co., (ii) US$1.2 billion renewable fuels joint venture with Bunge North America, Inc., and (iii) investments in Bayou Bend CCS, Brightmark RNG, CoverCress Inc. (NYSE: CCI), and Chevron Lummus Global
Brookfield Asset Management – US$5.0 billion joint venture with Bloom Energy (NYSE: BE) to develop AI infrastructure globally (pending)
MidOcean Energy (EIG) – (i) acquisition of a partial interest in LNG Canada from PETRONAS (pending) and (ii) acquisition of a combined 35% interest in Peru LNG through separate transactions with Hunt Oil Company and SK Earthon (recognized as a 2024 Deal of the Year by IJGlobal)
Vision Ridge Partners – acquisition of FortisTCI Ltd., the electricity utility company serving the Turks and Caicos Islands
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPP Investments) and Encino Energy – US$5.6 billion sale of Encino Acquisition Partners to EOG Resources, Inc. (NYSE: EOG)
Repsol S.A. – sale of a 46.3% interest in a US solar and battery storage portfolio valued at US$795 million to Stonepeak
ArcLight Capital Partners in US$8.5+ billion worth of transactions, including:
- US$2.0+ billion acquisition of a combined 62.5% interest in Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC through separate transactions with Kinder Morgan Inc. (NYSE: KMI) and Brookfield Infrastructure Partners L.P. (NYSE: BIPC)
- US$2.2+ billion acquisition of a combined 66% interest in Gulf Coast Express Pipeline LLC through separate transactions with Phillips 66 (NYSE: PSX), Kinetik Energy (NYSE: KNTK), and Targa Resources (NYSE: TRGP)
- US$1.3+ billion sale of Midcoast Energy’s midstream business located in the US Gulf Coast region to M6 Midstream
Brookfield Asset Management – investments in Centersquare, Rockpoint Gas Storage, SH 130, Shepherds Flat, and Urban Grid
Alliant Energy Corp. (NASDAQ: LNT) – development of the Big Cedar Industrial Data Center located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, which will include the US$750 million Quality Technology Services (QTS) data center project and a US$576 million Google data center project
INEOS Energy – US$2.0 billion acquisition of the US Gulf oil and gas business of CNOOC Energy Holdings U.S.A. Inc.
Ara Partners – investments in Anviplas, BioVeritas, CycleØ, Divert, Inc., Microtec Development & Holdings LLC, Microtec GmbH, Priority Power, Sedron Technologies, Utility Global, and Vacuumschmelze (recognized as a 2024 Deal of the Year by IJGlobal)
Kayne Anderson (FourPoint) – US$2.0 billion acquisition of Uinta Basin Assets from Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV)
ExxonMobil Corporation (NYSE: XOM) – sale of a 35% interest in the Baytown Hydrogen Facility to ADNOC
Woodside Energy (NYSE: WDS) – US$2.35 billion acquisition of OCI Clean Ammonia Holding B.V.
MLCJR – 363 sale of its US Gulf oil and gas assets in separate transactions to W&T Offshore, Inc. (NYSE: WTI), A-Port, LLC, Natural Resources Worldwide, and Rosefield Operating Company, LLC
Talos Energy (NYSE: TALO) – sale of Talos Low Carbon Solutions LLC, a CCUS infrastructure business, to a subsidiary of TotalEnergies SE (NYSE: TTE)
Enduring Resources – US$5.5+ billion worth of acquisitions and divestitures in the Eagle Ford, Permian Basin, and San Juan Basin
Greenbelt Capital Partners – acquisition of Saber Power, a fully integrated substation and medium-to-high-voltage infrastructure services platform, from Oaktree
AB CarVal – US$700 million acquisition of Peregrine Energy, an integrated multi-technology clean energy platform with a focus on utility-scale energy storage, from its private shareholders
Wren House – acquisition of an equity stake in Seacube Container Leasing Ltd., a global shipping container business, from OTPPB
CPP Investments and OMERS Infrastructure – US$2.0 billion sale of their respective stakes in Skyway Concession, a company that manages, operates, and maintains the Chicago Skyway toll road, to Atlas Arteria
ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) – acquisition of a 30% ownership stake in the Port Arthur LNG Facility from Sempra Infrastructure Partners (NYSE: SRE)
Quanta Services Inc. (NYSE: PWR) – US$2.7 billion acquisition of Blattner Energy, a renewable energy infrastructure solutions company, from its private shareholders