Josh Blankenship is an associate in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins.

Josh represents clients in a variety of corporate matters including private equity investments, public and private M&A transactions, and securities offerings.

Josh’s experience includes advising:

  • Ares Capital in its sale of the 774-megawatt natural gas powered Potomac Energy Center to Blackstone
  • Platinum Equity in:
    • Its acquisition of GSM Outdoors
    • Its sale of the 810-megawatt natural gas powered Hunterstown Power Generation Facility to LS Power
  • Aspen Manufacturing in its acquisition by CSW Industrials
  • A major private equity firm in connection with its acquisition of a life sciences company
  • American Triple I as part of JFK Millennium Partners’ US$4.2 billion deal to develop a new Terminal 6 at JFK Airport
  • Textron in its acquisition of Pipistrel Aviation, a manufacturer of electric-powered airplanes and other aircraft
  • EnCap’s Energy Transition Fund in a strategic investment in Catalyze (a renewable energy company) by Actis
  • EnCap Flatrock Midstream in:
    • Its partnership with Manchester Energy to develop a large scale, diversified midstream energy business
    • Its capital commitment to Clearfork Midstream in connection with Clearfork’s acquisition of Azure Midstream
  • A leading investment firm in connection with a restructuring transaction related to a major renewable energy project in Chile
  • A leading private equity firm in connection with its sale of a major power generation facility
  • Advantage Capital in its formation of a renewable energy development joint venture with Sumitomo Corporation
  • A leading investment firm in connection with multiple carbon capture acquisitions and joint ventures
  • A major publicly traded energy company in connection with various renewable energy acquisitions
  • Brookfield Capital in a carbon management joint venture with California Resources Corporation
  • Phillips 66 in connection with its $3.4 billion acquisition of all limited partner interests in Phillips 66 Partners
  • Blackstone in its acquisition of Sabre Industries, a telecom and power infrastructure provider*
  • A leading private equity firm in an approximately US$3 billion strategic energy investment partnership with a Fortune 100 company*
  • A leading private equity firm in multiple equity commitments worth a combined investment total of over US$1 billion*
  • EVgo in its approximately US$2 billion de-SPAC business combination with Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corp.*
  • Noble Energy in its US$5 billion acquisition by Chevron*
  • Frank’s International in its merger with Expro Group*
  • Felix Energy II in its US$2.5 billion acquisition by WPX Energy*

*Matter handled prior to joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • District of Columbia
  • Texas

Education

  • J.D., Duke University School of Law, 2019
  • BA, Texas Christian University, 2016
    Phi Beta Kappa