US projects team represents BCPG Public Company Limited in purchase of cycle power generating portfolio from Carlyle

Norton Rose Fulbright's projects team represented Thai listed BCPG Public Company Limited (BCPG) in the purchase of a combined cycle power generating portfolio from Carlyle.

With this transaction, BCPG will acquire a 25 percent interest in the portfolio. This acquisition, BCPG's second in the US within the last month, signifies its commitment to expanding into this country. BCPG is among Asia-Pacific's leading companies in renewable energy with solar power, hydropower, wind power and natural gas businesses in Thailand, Japan, Taiwan, Laos, Vietnam, the Philippines and the United States.

Projects partner Sameer Ghaznavi (Chicago) led this transaction, with the core deal team also including corporate, M&A and securities partner Jared Kaplan (New York), senior associate Jeremy Tripp (Houston) as well as associates Jamal E. Abdulrasheed (Chicago) and Erin Mitchell (Houston).

Additional support was provided by Emily Beckman, Theresa Carroll, Christine Fernandez Owen (Chicago), Maeve Tibbetts, Hilary Lefko, Senal Ranatunga, Brian Plunkett, Andrew O'Shaughnessy, Rebecca Abou-Chedid, Robert Shapiro, Stefan Reisinger (Washington, DC), Paulette Gerhart (San Antonio), Marian Baldwin Fuerst, Marjorie Glover, David Burton, Anastasia Slivker, Dan Pepper (New York), Mac Marshall, Megan Savage, Fernando Orellana (Houston), Bob Greenslade (Denver), George Khoukaz, Viki Vozarova (Dallas), Lauryn Robinson (Austin) and James Berger (Los Angeles).

The transaction was coordinated by, and BCPG was advised on matters of Thai law, by Bangkok-based law firm Prowess Law Ltd. The team was led by Senior Counsel Somboon Kitiyansub, and partner Rittichai Ngodngam, supported by managing associate Thosaphol Thurongkinanonth, and associates Chalida Siriyakorn and Thannawat Apitukkakul.