Ziyad Barghouthy

Ziyad’s representative transactions include advising:

Private Capital

• ONEOK on its US$9 billion minority equity investment by Apollo to fund the Brazos Midstream acquisition and debt repayment program

M&A

• ONEOK in its US$4.425 billion acquisition of Brazos Midstream
• Tempus AI, Inc. in its US$1.5 billion acquisition of Personalis, Inc., a cancer genomics and advanced genomic testing company
• Twin Eagle and Five Point Infrastructure in the US$1.25 billion acquisition of Twin Eagle by Expand Energy Corporation
• Tilman J. Fertitta and Fertitta Entertainment in its US$300 million acquisition of the WNBA franchise Connecticut Sun
• CARGO Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on developing CAR T-cell therapies, in its US$202 million sale to Concentra Biosciences
• Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Encino Energy in the US$5.6 billion sale of Encino Acquisition Partners to EOG Resources
• Equitrans Midstream in its merger with EQT Corporation to create a US$35 billion combined company
• Centennial Resource Development in its US$7 billion merger with Colgate Energy Partners III to create the largest pure-play E&P company in the Delaware Basin
• Falcon Minerals Corporation in its US$1.9 billion acquisition of Desert Peak Minerals
• Open World in its merger with VerifyMe, Inc.
• McClatchy Media Company, a local news and information company, on its merger with accelerate360, a distribution logistics and media company
• Heramba GmbH in its pending acquisition of Kiepe Electric
• TotalEnergies in its US$250 million acquisition of SunPower’s Commercial & Industrial Solutions Business
• Landmark Dividend in its sale to Digital Bridge
• Riverstone Holdings in its simplification transaction with Enviva
• Blaize, Inc., a provider of purpose-built artificial intelligence-enabled computing solutions, in its US$894 million business combination with BurTech Acquisition Corp.
• Heramba Electric plc, a provider of electric mobility products and solutions for rail vehicles and buses, in its business combination with Project Energy Reimagined Corp.
• Above Food Corp., an innovative ingredients and consumer products food company, in its business combination with Bite Acquisition Corp.
• Intuitive Machines, a leading space exploration, infrastructure, and services company, in its US$1.0 billion business combination with Inflection Point Acquisition Corp.
• X-Energy Reactor Company, a leading developer of small modular nuclear reactor and fuel technology, in its proposed US$2.0 billion business combination with Ares Acquisition Corp.
• Tempo Automation, Inc., a software-accelerated electronics manufacturer, in its merger with ACE Convergence Acquisition Corp.
• Latch, maker of LatchOS, the full-building enterprise software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform, in its US$1.56 billion merger with TS Innovation Acquisitions Corp.
• Nogin, a leading provider of Commerce-as-a-Service (CaaS) technology, in its US$646 million merger with Software Acquisition Group III
• Otonomo Technologies, an Israel-based automotive data services platform, in its US$1.4 billion merger with Software Acquisition Group Inc. II
• Valo Health, a Boston-based technology company focused on human-centric data and AI-powered computation for drug discovery and development, in its proposed US$2.25 billion merger with Khosla Ventures Acquisition Corp.
• Chardan Healthcare Acquisition 2 Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its merger with Renovacor, Inc., an early-stage biotechnology company

Capital Markets

• WaterBridge Infrastructure in its upsized US$677 million IPO
• Quanta Services, Inc. in its US$2 billion registered offering of senior notes
• Waste Connections, Inc. in its C$700 million offering of senior notes
• Underwriters in Eos Energy Enterprises’ upsized US$525 million convertible senior notes offering
• Underwriters in HMH Holding Inc.’s US$210.4 million IPO
• Initial purchasers in Matador Resources’ US$750 million upsized 144A senior notes offering
• The dealer manager in a US$500 million tender offer of Matador Resources’ 144A senior notes
• Eos Energy Enterprises in the US$225 million upsized convertible senior notes and concurrent US$86 million common stock offering
• Quanta Services, Inc. in its US$1.25 billion registered offering of senior notes
• Whistler Pipeline LLC in its US$1.85 billion 144A offering of senior notes
• Initial purchasers in Matador Resources’ US$900 million upsized 144A senior notes offering
• Underwriters in Matador Resources’ US$347.3 million common stock offering
• The Dealer Manager in a US$650 million tender offer of Matador Resources’ 144A senior notes
• CARGO Therapeutics in its US$315 million IPO
• Underwriters in Aris Water Solutions’ US$230 million IPO
• Initial purchasers in Matador Resources’ US$500 million 144A senior notes offering
• Vertiv Holdings in its US$850 million 144A offering of senior secured notes
• Initial purchasers in Kinetik Holdings’ US$1 billion sustainability-linked notes offering
• Innoviz in its registered follow-on equity offering
• Nogin in its registered follow-on equity offering
• Waste Connections, Inc. in its US$600 million offering of 4.8% senior unsecured notes due 2036
• Initial purchasers in Matador Resources’ US$750 million 6% senior unsecured notes due 2034 offering
• Underwriters in Eos Energy Enterprises’ US$250 million 6.75% convertible senior unsecured notes due 2030 offering
• Underwriters in Eos Energy Enterprises’ US$86.25 million common stock offering
• Quanta Services, Inc. in its US$1.5 billion registered offering of senior notes

Other Corporate Matters

• Vault CCS, a carbon capture and storage developer, in its investment from Grey Rock Investment Partners
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Navios Maritime Holdings in the take-private sale of Navios Maritime to N Logistics Holdings
• NextDecade Corporation in its US$734 million project financing in connection with the Rio Grande LNG facility
• Crusoe in its partnership with ON.energy to power AI infrastructure