Firm News February 5, 2025
Troutman Pepper Locke Represents Renegade Infrastructure in Close of Inaugural Equity Commitment From Energy Spectrum Capital
HOUSTON – Troutman Pepper Locke represented Renegade Infrastructure LLC (Renegade), an independent energy company that provides a full suite of midstream services to oil and gas producers across North America, in the close of its inaugural equity capital commitment from management and Energy Spectrum Partners VIII LP (Energy Spectrum), a Texas-based private equity firm. For more information, read the press release.
This marks the second partnership between Renegade, founder and CEO, Drew Ward, partner and CFO, Jason Tanous, and Energy Spectrum. Renegade is pursuing acquisition opportunities, relationship-driven organic greenfield projects, and strategic producer partnerships with a focus on the Lower 48.
The Troutman Pepper Locke team advising Renegade was led by Jennie Simmons and Eric Larson and included Andrew Nelson.
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper Locke’s corporate attorneys regularly handle strategic deals for Fortune 100 corporations, and middle and lower middle market transactions for private equity clients. Core areas of service include mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, capital markets transactions, and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, as well as general corporate counseling.
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