Press Release

Morgan Lewis Team Advises on IJGlobal’s North America Power Deal of the Year

July 15, 2020

NEW YORK, July 15, 2020: Morgan Lewis represented Ares Management in the development and project financing of Hill Top Energy Center, a transaction that has been named winner of IJGlobal’s 2019 North America Power Deal of the Year. IJGlobal’s annual awards celebrate “best-in-class transactions and organizations across the international infrastructure and energy sectors.”

Morgan Lewis represented Ares with the development, construction, and approximately $420 million private placement project financing of Hill Top Energy Center, an approximately 620-megawatt, natural gas–fired, combined-cycle electric generation facility in Greene County, Pennsylvania. Partners Richard Filosa, Michael Müller, Kirstin Gibbs, and Amy Maloney, and associate Kathryn Ostman represented Ares.

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For more, read IJGlobal’s Summer 2020 Issue #379.