Simpson Thacher represented certain infrastructure funds affiliated with Goldman Sachs Asset Management in connection with their equity investment in Synthica Energy, LLC (“Synthica”).
Synthica is an energy transition platform aimed at designing, building, owning, and operating large-scale, contracted anaerobic digestion facilities to convert pre-consumer organic waste into renewable natural gas. Founded in 2017, Synthica aims to produce renewable natural gas from pre-consumer food and beverage waste and other organic manufacturing byproducts.
Established in 2006, the infrastructure investing business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management has consistently navigated the evolving infrastructure asset class, having invested approximately $15 billion in infrastructure assets across market cycles since its inception.
The Simpson Thacher team included Katherine Krause, Breen Haire, Heesu Kim, Felicity Bell, James Crisp and Dan Kim (M&A); Jonathan Goldstein, Ruoxi Zhang, Scott Grundei and Elizabeth Trask (Tax); Andrew Blau, Charles Pfeifer and Matias Botto (Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits); Lori Lesser, Melanie Jolson and Rachelle Broida (Intellectual Property); Michael Isby (Environmental); and Daniel Levien (Financial Regulation).