Squire Patton Boggs has advised TransAlta Corporation on a project to build, own and operate a 150MW combined cycle gas power station in South Hedland, Western Australia.  The project, expected to cost in the region of AUD $570 million, will create one of the most efficient power stations in the region, supplying power to Horizon Power, a state owned utility, and to The Pilbara Infrastructure Pty Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortescue Metals Group.  Headquartered in Calgary, TransAlta is Canada's largest publicly traded generator and marketer of electricity and renewable powe

Berlin—The global law firm Dentons advised NEIF Merinda Windpark GmbH & Co. KG (NEIF) on the refi-nancing of an onshore wind farm portfolio in Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

The portfolio comprises three wind farms (Buddenstedt, Helmstedt and Schnellin) with a total of 19 wind turbines and an overall power production capacity of 38 megawatt; they have been in operation for about ten years. In 2009 they were purchased by NEIF being a portfolio vehicle of the Dutch NIBC European Infrastructure Fund I C.V.

Mayer Brown, a leading global law firm, represented Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc., an independent energy company engaged in the acquisition, exploration, development and production of onshore oil and associated liquids-rich natural gas in the United States, in the issuance of a $300 million high yield senior unsecured note offering at 5.75%. The lead underwriter was RBC Capital Markets, LLC.

Davis Polk advised Kosmos Energy Ltd. in connection with a Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of $300 million aggregate principal amount of its 7.875% senior secured notes due 2021. The notes are guaranteed on a subordinated basis by certain of Kosmos’s subsidiaries and are secured by an equitable charge over all outstanding shares of Kosmos’s direct subsidiary, Kosmos Energy Holdings. Barclays Capital Inc. and BNP Paribas acted as global coordinators of the offering.  

Westermeerwind B.V. recently reached financial close on the construction of the Westermeerwind wind farm (144 MW). The wind farm will consist of 48 3MW wind turbines. The turbines will be built in the water along the dikes of the Noordoostpolder, in two rows beside the Westermeerdijk and the Noordermeerdijk. The wind farm, expected to be completed in 2016, will provide energy to about 160.000 households.

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a counselor to global financial institutions and corporations, advised Exelon Corporation, one of the nation’s leading competitive energy providers, on its agreement to purchase Integrys Energy Services, Inc. Integrys is a competitive retail electricity and natural gas subsidiary serving approximately 1.2 million commercial, industrial, public sector and residential customers across 22 Midwest, mid-Atlantic and Northeastern states, and the District of Columbia.

DLA Piper has advised Oando, the Nigeria-based integrated energy solutions provider, on the $1.65 billion acquisition of ConocoPhillips' offshore and onshore assets in Nigeria and the associated reserve-based, multi-source financing.

This acquisition will make Oando one of the largest indigenous oil producers both in Nigeria and Africa as a whole.

A Hogan Lovells cross-border, cross-practice team made up of lawyers from Denver, Houston, Washington, D.C., and Tokyo, advised JX Nippon Oil & Gas Exploration Corporation (“JX Nippon”) in its formation of a 50/50 joint venture company (“ the Company”) through its wholly owned subsidiary JX Nippon Oil Exploration (EOR) Limited^1; and Petra Nova Holdings LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, Inc. (“NRG”).

International TMT law firm Olswang has advised the shareholders of Eclipse Energy Group, the international B2B data and analytics company, on its sale to Platts a division of McGraw Hill Financial, for an undisclosed sum.

Squire Patton Boggs LLP served the District of Columbia Water and Sewer Authority (DC Water) as co-bond counsel and co-disclosure counsel with Leftwich & Ludaway, LLC on its successful sale of US$350 million of green century bonds.