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Overview
Mehran Massih heads our environmental transaction support practice globally. He is a qualified US and English lawyer with an extensive footprint in the United States and Europe, advising for more than 25 years on environmental, social and climate change matters that arise in the context of corporate acquisitions, divestitures and financings. His work ranges from advice on M&A transactions and securities offerings to emerging developments in the carbon markets to Equator Principles considerations in project finance. He also advises clients regularly on emerging ESG corporate disclosure requirements, whether as Securities and Exchange Commission rules in the United States or within the European Union framework.
Education
- Golden Gate University School of Law, J.D. 1991
Representations
- Marubeni Corporation in connection with a significant minority investment by Marubeni Corporation and Lithia & Driveway in Wheels, a leading fleet management company in North America
- H.I.G. Growth Partners in its sale of CarltonOne, a leading developer of employee engagement and loyalty software, to Goldman Sachs Investment Management.
- H.I.G. Capital, a global alternative investment firm with $60 billion of capital under management, in its acquisition of Segers Aero Corporation
- A subsidiary of Spearmint Energy, a next-generation renewable energy company enabling the clean energy revolution through battery energy storage, in connection with a $47.5 debt financing to support Spearmint’s recently-completed Revolution Project – a 150 MW, 300 MWh battery energy storage facility in West Texas
- H.I.G. Capital in its acquisition of Penhall Company, North America’s largest provider of concrete services
- First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company and MUFG Bank, Ltd., as coordinating lead arrangers on the $250 million construction/term and tax equity bridge financing for a portfolio of three battery storage projects totaling 327 MW developed by Middle River Power
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Societe Generale, Truist, and the other lead arrangers in a $779 million project financing in connection with Swift Current Energy’s Double Black Diamond Solar Project
- Spearmint Renewable Development Company, a next-generation renewable energy company, as borrower, and its subsidiaries as guarantors, in connection with a $200 million term loan facility for the development of Spearmint's existing BESS assets and future BESS development projects
news
- Paul Hastings Advised Marubeni Corporation on Strategic Investment in Wheels, Partnering with Apollo Funds - July 29th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised H.I.G. Growth Partners in Sale of CarltonOne - June 6th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised H.I.G. Capital in its Acquisition of Segers - April 11th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Spearmint Energy on $47.5 Million Financing for Battery Energy Storage Project in ERCOT - February 7th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised H.I.G. Capital in Acquisition of Penhall Company - December 22nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Lead Arrangers on $250 Million Financing for Battery Storage Facilities with First-of-a-Kind Hybrid Battery Storage & Gas-Fired Offtake Arrangements - November 22nd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Lenders on $779 Million Project Financing for Double Black Diamond Solar Project - August 10th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Spearmint Renewable Development Company on $200 Million Term Loan Facility - June 14th, 2023
insights
- COP 29: Parties at UN Climate Summit Agree on Standards to Launch Global Carbon Market - November 14th, 2024
- Court Rules in California Climate Disclosure Case: Laws Remain in Flux - November 6th, 2024
- PH ESG Comparative Analysis of the SEC Climate Rule and EU CSRD & ESRS - March 21st, 2024
- SEC Issues Final Rule on Climate Disclosures - March 7th, 2024
- New California Law Imposes Anti-Greenwashing Disclosure Requirements Starting January 2024 - November 20th, 2023