Ryan Polk

Ryan’s experience includes advising:

• North Hudson Resource Partners on the US$1 billion sale of LOGOS Resources II, an operator of oil and gas assets in the San Juan Basin, to Sixth Street Partners*
• Talen Energy on its combined US$3.8 billion acquisitions of gas-fired power plants Moxie Freedom Energy Center and Guernsey Power Station from Caithness Energy and BlackRock*
• Enable Midstream, a natural gas and crude oil midstream company, on its US$7.2 billion merger with Energy Transfer*
• Preferred Apartment Communities, a REIT owner and operator of Class A multifamily properties and grocery-anchored retail assets, on its US$5.8 billion acquisition by Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, Inc.*
• KKR’s Independence Energy on its US$5.7 billion merger with Contango to form Crescent Energy Company*
• Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a SPAC, on its US$1.1 billion business combination with Swvl, a Dubai-based provider of transformative mass transit and shared mobility solutions*
• I Squared Capital on its acquisition of Mobico’s North America School Bus business*
• Ares Infrastructure Opportunities’ funds on their investment with ENGIE North America for a 2.7 GW portfolio of 15 operating US renewables and storage projects*
• ONEOK, Inc. (NYSE: OKE) on its US$2.6 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners’ equity interests in Medallion Midstream, LLC*
• Blackstone on:
  • The sale of its equity interest in Lightstone Generation, a portfolio company that includes Ohio’s 2.6 GW Gavin power plant, to Energy Capital Partners*
  • Its acquisition of Trystar, a provider of electrical equipment used for backup power solutions for data center and other end markets*
• Blackstone’s Trystar on its acquisition of Salient, an original equipment manufacturer of custom switchgear and industrial controls for data centers*
• KKR on its acquisition of a majority equity stake in Avantus, a developer of large utility-scale solar and solar-plus-storage projects*
• Centerbridge Partners on its acquisition of Precinmac, a high-complexity precision components manufacturer*
• Ryan, LLC, a global tax services and software provider, on a commitment by Neuberger Berman Capital Solutions, along with funds managed by Neuberger Berman Private Markets, to acquire a significant minority equity interest in Ryan*
• Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners on its investment in an infrastructure solutions company*
• Avangard Innovative on the sale of its US operations to Waste Management and the subsequent joint venture with Waste Management to form Natura PCR, a company that monetizes recyclables and refurbishes them for reuse*
• Select Energy Services on:
  • Its acquisition of Nuverra Environmental Solutions*
  • Its acquisition of Breakwater Energy Services, a leading provider of water infrastructure, recycling, transfer and disposal solutions*
• FloWorks International, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, on its sale to Wynnchurch Capital*
• Harvest Midstream on the formation of MaderaGas I, an RNG-focused joint venture with NOVUS Wood Group*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham