Pankaj K. Sinha

Sinha’s recent representations include:

• The AES Corporation:
  • in its $10.7 billion going-private acquisition by a consortium led by Global Infrastructure Partners and the EQT Infrastructure VI Fund
  • and Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) in their acquisition of sPower for $1.6 billion (enterprise value), and subsequently, sPower in connection with two sales aggregating 49% ownership interest in its operating solar energy assets
• ALLETE, Inc. in its $6.2 billion take-private acquisition by a consortium led by Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Global Infrastructure Partners
• PPL Corporation in the:
  • $10.8 billion sale of its U.K. utility business, Western Power Distribution Plc, to National Grid
  • $3.8 billion acquisition of The Narragansett Electric Company from National Grid
• Entergy Corporation in connection with:
  • its sale of two gas companies to private equity
  • its sale of the James A. FitzPatrick nuclear power plant in upstate New York to a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation
  • the post-shutdown sales of the Pilgrim, Palisades and Vermont Yankee nuclear power plants
• Corix Infrastructure, a water utility holding company, in its merger of equals with SouthWest Water Company
• SJW Group in its $1.1 billion acquisition of Connecticut Water Service, Inc. and in its successful defense against a hostile take-over attempt by California Water Service Group
• Enel Green Power S.p.A. in its $250 million acquisition via a tender offer of EnerNOC, Inc.
• Helmerich & Payne, Inc. in its acquisition of MOTIVE Drilling Technologies, Inc., Magnetic Variation Services, LLC and DrillScan, which is headquartered in France

Sinha’s additional notable representations include:

• Allegheny Energy, Inc. in its $4.7 billion acquisition by FirstEnergy Corp. in a stock-for-stock merger
• Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation in its merger with Viacom Inc.
• Corix Group in its acquisition of a large portfolio of a U.S.-based water utility under a holding company called Utilities Inc.
• Dentsply International Inc. in its $13 billion merger of equals with Sirona Dental Systems
• Duke Energy Corporation in its joint venture to develop solar energy projects with ENN Solar, a Chinese company; and sale of a 49 percent interest in Crescent Resources to Morgan Stanley Real Estate Fund V and affiliated entities, as well as in the creation of a joint venture (the enterprise value of Crescent was $2.1 billion)
• Hoechst AG in its $7 billion cash acquisition of Marion Merrell Dow
• Mars, Incorporated in connection with various corporate matters
• the majority shareholders of MOVA Pharmaceutical Corporation in their $400 million sale to Patheon Inc., a Canadian company
• National Grid USA in its $2.9 billion divesture of Ravenswood Generating Station to TransCanada Corporation
• PPL Corporation in its acquisition of Penn Fuel Gas, Inc., numerous acquisitions of energy services companies and its successful defense against an unsolicited takeover attempt by PECO Energy Company
• Refco Inc. in the sale of various assets in bankruptcy
• TechSpan Inc. in a stock-for-stock merger with Headstrong Corporation
• USEC Inc. in a $2 billion initial public offering, the largest privatization in the United States since the 1980s, a $500 million bond offering and its acquisition of NAC International, Inc.

Sinha’s pro bono representations include a group of teachers establishing a Washington, D.C. charter school, and The Wellness Community (TWC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing support and education to those affected by cancer. In 2009, Sinha advised TWC in its unique combination with Gilda’s Club, which was founded by Gilda Radner.