J. Christian Mahre

KKR in its acquisition of a majority equity stake in Avantus, a premier developer of large utility-scale solar and solar-plus-storage projects.

Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET) in its $7.1 billion acquisition of Crestwood Equity Partners LP (NYSE: CEQP).

Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV) in its $4.275 billion acquisition of all leasehold interest and related assets of Black Swan Oil & Gas, PetroLegacy Energy and Piedra Resources.

Archaea Energy Inc. (NYSE: LFG), an industry-leading renewable natural gas company, in its $4.1 billion sale to bp p.l.c. (NYSE: BP).

Dave & Buster's Entertainment, Inc., (NASDAQ:PLAY), in its $835 million acquisition of Main Event.  

The Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC in connection with its Management Internalization.

Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: XPDI), a special purpose acquisition company, on its approximately $4.3 billion combination with Core Scientific Holding Co., a 100% net carbon neutral, vertically integrated blockchain infrastructure and mining company, and Blockcap, Inc., a leader in digital asset mining.

Indigo Natural Resources LLC in its $2.7 billion merger with Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN).

Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: XPDI), a blank check company sponsored by XPDI Sponsor LLC, on its upsized $300 million initial public offering. 

Rice Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.15 billion business combination with Aria Energy LLC and Archaea Energy LLC to form Archaea Energy, a publicly-traded renewable technology natural gas platform.

FourPoint Energy LLC in its merger with Maverick Natural Resources to create Unbridled Resources LLC.  

Blackstone Energy Partners on its acquisitions of Therma Holdings LLC, a leading specialty mechanical, electrical and controls services company, and of RE Tech Advisors, Inc., a leading energy and sustainability consulting firm, to form a single combined company that will offer customers a comprehensive suite of sustainability, carbon reduction, and energy management services.

BCE-Mach III LLC, an affiliate of Bayou City Energy Management and Mach Resources, in its acquisition of Alta Mesa Holdings, LP and its subsidiaries’ upstream oil and gas assets and Kingfisher Midstream, LLC and its subsidiaries’ midstream assets as part of the 363 sales process of the debtor sellers.

Valaris plc and 89 of its subsidiaries in their prearranged Chapter 11 cases. Valaris, which is incorporated in the United Kingdom, is the world’s largest offshore driller by fleet size, owning 67 drilling rigs and operating in every major offshore hydrocarbon basin throughout the globe. Valaris filed Chapter 11 with a restructuring support agreement and backstop commitment agreement to fully equitize all $7.1 billion of its prepetition funded debt, consisting of an unsecured revolving credit facility and 15 series of unsecured notes. The noteholders supporting the restructuring also have committed to a fully backstopped rights offering for $500 million of new secured notes upon emergence from Chapter 11 as well as to provide a $500 million DIP financing facility.

McDermott International, Inc. and 225 of its subsidiaries and affiliates, including 107 foreign domiciled entities, in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of Texas. McDermott is a premier, global upstream and downstream engineering, procurement, construction, and installation company and employs over 42,000 individuals across 54 countries and six continents. McDermott’s prepackaged Chapter 11 cases were confirmed in less than 60 days and contemplated a transaction that re-equitized the company, deleveraged over $4 billion of funded debt, preserved an unprecedented $2.4 billion in prepetition letters of credit, left trade claims unimpaired, and included a sale of McDermott’s Lummus technology business for $2.725 billion. McDermott emerged from Chapter 11 only five months after the petition date.

Prior to joining the firm, Christian served from 2008–2016 as an infantry officer in the United States Army, leading a Rifle Platoon and Infantry Company on combat deployments to Afghanistan in 2010-11 and 2013–4, respectively. He left the service in 2016 as a Captain upon enrolling at Georgetown Law. His military decorations include the Bronze Star Medal, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Ranger Tab, the Parachutists Badge, the Air Assault Badge and several others.

Intern, Competitive Power Ventures, Jan.–May 2019