Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP announced today that Jennifer Gasser has joined the firm in Houston as a partner in the M&A Group within the Corporate Department. Gasser advises private equity sponsors and public companies in the energy and infrastructure industries on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures.
“Jennifer’s arrival marks another key step in the continued buildout of our Houston team, and we are excited to welcome her to the firm,” said Paul, Weiss Chairman Scott A. Barshay.
“Jennifer is a highly skilled M&A lawyer specializing in energy and infrastructure,” said Sean T. Wheeler, global co-chair of M&A and head of the firm’s Houston office. “Her proven track record advising clients in these spaces on their most important transactions makes her an invaluable addition to our growing Houston team.”
Gasser’s recent representations include advising EQT Corporation in multiple transactions, including its midstream joint venture with Blackstone Credit & Insurance and its merger with Equitrans Midstream Corporation; Sandbrook Capital in its acquisition of Bernhard Capital Partners’ equity interests in United Utility Services and Electro Rent Corporation’s equity interests in Intellirent; Cloverleaf Infrastructure in its sale of powered land to Vantage Data Centers in connection with the development of a data center campus; Celanese in the divestment of its Micromax portfolio of products to Element Solutions Inc.; and ONEOK, Inc. in its acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners’ equity interests in Medallion Midstream. She has also counseled clients in connection with the negotiation of partnership and LLC agreements, securities laws compliance and corporate governance matters.
“I have long been impressed by the caliber of work Paul, Weiss’s M&A platform handles,” Gasser said. “I look forward to collaborating with my new colleagues and expanding the firm’s leading capabilities within Houston, a hotbed of activity for energy and infrastructure.”
Gasser has been recognized in The Legal 500 in the “Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power” category. She earned a B.S. from Portland State University, cum laude, and a J.D. from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law.
The Paul, Weiss Mergers & Acquisitions Practice works with leading private equity firms and many of the world’s largest, most prominent publicly traded and privately held companies, as well as financial advisors and other financial institutions and investors, on the full range of business-critical transactions. The firm’s Infrastructure Group, in particular, provides comprehensive counsel to leading global companies, investors and financial sponsors on complex transactions spanning the infrastructure sector.
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