Adam Arikat - Partner

Adam Arikat advises public companies and private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies on the tax aspects of the full range of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, financings and restructurings. He also advises sponsors on tax matters related to the formation of funds. He has deep experience counseling clients on matters across the real estate and energy and infrastructure industries, including the use of the IRA and tax credits.

Shamus M. Crosby - Partner

Shamus Crosby is a Partner in our Houston office, where he specializes in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and structured financing transactions. Shamus advises many of the world’s largest private equity firms on transactions in the energy and infrastructure space.  Shamus is particularly focused on the digital infrastructure and energy sectors, with significant experience advising on transactions involving data centers, broadband fiber infrastructure, public utilities, renewable and other sustainable energy assets, midstream and LNG.  

Shamus has been highly ranked by Chambers USA and recognized for his corporate transactional work by IFLR1000.

Matthew P. Einbinder - Partner

Co-Managing Partner of Simpson Thacher’s Houston office, Matt Einbinder is a leading energy and infrastructure finance lawyer. He regularly represents borrowers, direct lenders and lenders in complex banking and credit transactions, including acquisition and bridge financings, project financings, back leverage financings, workout and restructuring situations and acquisitions of debt portfolios. Matt has been recognized as a leader in his field by Chambers USA, which reports that he is praised by clients for being “polished, thoughtful and quick” and always “deliver[ing] as promised.” Matt’s recent clients have included Apollo, BlackRock, Citi, EIG, EOC Partners, Essential Utilities, JPMorgan, Riverstone and Stonepeak. Matt was also recently recognized as a 2021 American Lawyer “Trailblazer” for the southern region, a "Leading Practitioner" in banking and project finance by IFLR1000, a Law360 “Rising Star” in the energy sector and “Lawyer on the Rise” by Texas Lawyer.

M. Breen Haire - Partner

Breen Haire is Co-Managing Partner of Simpson Thacher’s Houston office and Co-Head of the Firm’s Energy and Infrastructure Practice. Breen focuses on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions across the infrastructure sector, including in the energy, digital infrastructure and transportation industries. His energy experience includes representing major operating companies and investors in the power, renewables and oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, oilfield services, contract drilling and petrochemicals sectors. A leading practitioner in the region, Breen was named a 2020 “Texas Trailblazer” by Texas Lawyer.

W. Andrew Lanius - Partner

Andrew Lanius is a Partner in the Firm’s Banking and Credit Practice in the Houston office. He regularly advises borrowers and lenders on a wide range of financing, acquisition financing, leveraged finance, restructuring, project finance and direct lending transactions. Andrew has counseled world-class clients in an array of industries, including energy, oil and gas, infrastructure, power, maritime, telecommunications, entertainment and retail. His clients have included JPMorgan, Citibank, Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, Apollo, Wells Fargo, BlackRock Global Infrastructure, Energy Opportunities Capital, Blackstone, Riverstone, EIG Credit Management, Capital One and Goldman Sachs.

David Lieberman - Partner David Lieberman has extensive experience representing parties on energy and infrastructure M&A and financing transactions. He has advised such clients as Blackstone, Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, Global Infrastructure Partners, EQT Infrastructure, Vistra Energy Corp., Digital Bridge, Zayo, Switch and financing parties of NextEra Energy. David was recently recognized as a 2021 “Dealmaker of the Year” by The American Lawyer and has been previously recognized as an “Energy MVP” by Law360. He has been identified as a leading practitioner by Chambers, The Legal 500, Which Lawyer? and The International Who’s Who of Lawyers.

Katy Lukaszewski - Partner

Katy Lukaszewski is a Partner in the Firm’s Energy and Infrastructure Practice. Based in the Houston office, Katy represents companies and private equity sponsors on a variety of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, with a focus in the energy, infrastructure and consumer products sectors. Katy was named a Lawyer “On The Rise” by Texas Lawyer. Additionally, she is recognized as a leading energy lawyer by Chambers USA, where clients have described her as “extremely bright and efficient.”

Christopher R. May - Partner

Named among Texas Lawyer’s “Most Effective Dealmakers,” Chris May is Co-Managing Partner of our Houston office. He specializes in mergers and acquisitions and other corporate transactions across a wide range of industries, with a particular focus on the energy and digital infrastructure sectors. Chris is top-ranked by Chambers USA for private equity buyouts, and regularly represents some of the world’s most sophisticated private equity firms and corporations in a variety of complex public and private acquisition and divestiture transactions.

Erland Modesto - Partner

A Partner in the Firm’s Houston office, Erland brings over a decade of knowledge and experience, particularly with respect to the entire energy value chain and energy transition related matters. He is adept at developing flexible structures for companies in volatile energy markets. Throughout his career, Erland has provided counsel to lenders and borrowers across a wide variety of debt financing transactions, including LBOs, acquisition financings, general refinancings, restructurings, back leverage, holdco and asset based and reserve-based financings.

Highly ranked in Chambers, Erland is a member in the Firm’s Banking and Credit practice, advising clients in a wide variety of industries across the energy sector, including in the oil and gas exploration and production, midstream and oilfield services sector. He has been described as “extremely commercial, knowledgeable and creative…always eager to help find solutions for clients” by The Legal 500.  Clients have described him as “do[ing] a fantastic job and prov[iding] really good advice" and as having a “deal and detail-oriented mindset." Moreover, Erland has been named a “Next Generation Partner” by The Legal 500 and a “Rising Star” by Law360. He was dubbed a “Rising Star” by Texas Lawyer earlier in his career.

Erland is Co-Hiring Partner for the Firm’s Houston office and serves on the Firm’s Opinion and Recruiting committees.

Brian E. Rosenzweig - Partner

Brian Rosenzweig is a Partner in the Capital Markets Practice and a member of the Firm’s Alternative Capital and Private Credit Team. Brian has a wide ranging practice advising clients on complex financing transactions, including secured and unsecured debt, equity, and hybrid capital products. Brian has extensive experience representing financing sources, including financial institutions and private capital providers, as well as corporates and private equity sponsors. His transactional experience spans leveraged finance, acquisition finance, IPOs and other equity offerings, spinoffs and liability management transactions. Brian also provides advice on corporate governance and general securities law matters.

Brian has been recognized by Chambers USA, Law360 and Texas Lawyer. Clients recognize Brian as a “go-to attorney that provides great insight.” In addition, he has been lauded as “smart, service-oriented and balanced.” 

Brian received his J.D. from Duke University School of Law, and received his B.A. with distinction in all subjects, from Cornell University.

Brandan Still - Partner

Partner in the Houston office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Brandan Still regularly represents a diverse group of arrangers, agents, lenders and borrowers in banking and credit transactions spanning multiple sectors. His experience ranges across financing products and situations including specialties in asset-based lending, reserve-based financings, leveraged and acquisition finance, bridge loans, refinancings, restructuring and rescue financings, as well as DIP and exit loans.

Recognized by Texas Lawyer among the lawyers “On The Rise” as part of the Texas Legal Excellence Awards for 2021 and ranked by Chambers USA. Brandan has advised some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated financial institutions such as JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Mizuho Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Wells Fargo and Capital One. Brandan has counseled financial institution and borrower clients in an array of industries including retail, manufacturing, distribution, compression, consumer products, healthcare, energy and oilfield services sectors and utilities. He also has significant experience advising hedge providers and counterparties in connection with commodity hedging transactions.  

Linda Tieh - Partner

Linda Tieh is a Partner in the Firm’s Private Funds Practice. She advises sponsors on the formation, structuring and operation of private equity funds, including buyout funds, real estate funds, opportunistic funds and secondary funds, as well as on co-investment arrangements, “funds-of-one” and separately managed accounts for large investors. Her practice also includes advising sponsors on GP-led structured secondary and other liquidity transactions, economic, governance and other internal sponsor arrangements, as well as regulatory compliance and fund-related aspects of mergers and acquisitions transactions.   

Linda’s experience includes representing some of the largest and most prominent private fund sponsors, including Blackstone, Centerbridge, Hellman & Friedman, The Carlyle Group, MatlinPatterson Global Advisers and Palladium Equity Partners.

Amy T. Beller - Senior Counsel

Amy Beller is Senior Counsel at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in the Firm’s Corporate Department and a member of the Firm’s Energy and Infrastructure Practice. Amy has extensive experience representing parties on project financings, including renewable projects, and other finance transactions in the energy and infrastructure sector and regularly advises leading financial institutions, private equity sponsors and companies, including clients such as BlackRock, Morgan Stanley, Crédit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, MUFG Union Bank, Citibank, JPMorgan Chase, KKR, Blackstone, Stonepeak, Alinda, First Reserve and Riverstone Capital Partners, and has worked as designated lenders’ counsel for developers such as Terra-Gen Power and Exelon Generation.

Jason A. Hwang - Senior Counsel Jason Hwang is Senior Counsel in the Houston office of Simpson Thacher where he regularly represents lenders and borrowers in banking and credit transactions.

Miju Damodar - Counsel

Miju Damodar is Counsel in the Firm’s Banking and Credit Practice, where he advises clients on a range of debt financing transactions, including leveraged and acquisition financings and restructurings, fund level subscription and portfolio-based financings, asset-based financings and other secured and unsecured lending transactions. Miju has advised on transactions in a number of industries such as manufacturing, healthcare and energy.

Kristy L. Fields - Counsel

Kristy Fields focuses her practice on compensation and benefit-related issues that arise in connection with mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, new and joint ventures and other corporate transactions. She regularly advises private equity firms, public companies and senior executives on the design, negotiation and implementation of employment agreements, equity compensation, performance incentives, deferred compensation, change in control protections and management participation in buyouts and new ventures. 

Matthew Hart - Counsel

Counsel Matt Hart’s practice concentrates on domestic and international corporate finance matters. He advises clients on equity and debt securities offerings, as well as corporate restructurings, with a particular focus on high yield debt offerings and the energy sector. Matt also regularly represents financial institutions and issuers alike on an array of complex corporate transactions.

Lauren Jenkins - Counsel

Lauren Jenkins advises private equity sponsors on fund formation, fund structuring, and operations and management of private investment funds across a range of asset classes. She has experience representing clients across various geographies and has particular experience advising on the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive.

Ana Sanchez - Counsel

Ana Sanchez focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions across the energy and infrastructure sectors. She represents a broad range of investors and companies in upstream and midstream oil and gas, fiber, telecommunications and digital infrastructure, transportation, renewable and conventional power and energy storage.