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Blackstone Capital Partners and Blackstone Energy Partners Form New Utility and Heavy Equipment Platform

02.11.15
Simpson Thacher represented Blackstone Capital Partners and Blackstone Energy Partners in a series of financing transactions in connection with Blackstone’s investment in Utility One Source (“UOS”). 

UOS will be comprised of three family-owned heavy equipment companies, Custom Truck & Equipment, Utility Fleet Sales and Forestry Equipment of Virginia. UOS will build upon the market positions of each of the three companies in the energy and infrastructure industries while serving as a single source supplier for the utility and heavy equipment industries with a focus on sales, rental equipment, parts, transportation and service.

The Simpson Thacher team included Alden Millard, Brian Gluck, Wenli Cai and Kirsten Popoff (Banking and Credit).