Matthew Goldstein

Matthew Goldstein is an associate in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn and practices in the firm’s Powers and Renewables and Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Groups.

Matthew advises clients on a wide variety of renewable energy transactions involving wind, solar and storage assets, including acquisitions and sales, joint ventures, project financings, preferred equity investments, commodity price hedging and offtake contracts and other renewables project contracts. Matthew also has experience advising companies in complex M&A transactions across a broad range of industries.

Matthew received his J.D. from The University of Texas at Austin School of Law, where he graduated with honors, represented clients across five full-semester clinics, and served as a staff editor on the Environmental Law Journal. He graduated from The University of Texas at Austin, where he received his B.S. in Advertising.

Representative Transactions

• Represented Algonquin Power & Utilities (TSE: AQN) in its $2.5 billion sale of its renewables business to LS Power, including a portfolio of wind, solar, energy storage and renewable natural gas operating assets and projects in development in the U.S. and Canada.
• Represented Danish investment fund AIP Management in its upstream equity investments in:
  • The Victory Pass solar and battery storage project in California;
  • The Arica solar and battery storage project in California; and
  • The Pine Forest solar and battery storage project in Texas
• Represented Berkshire Hathaway Energy as tax equity investor in multiple utility-scale renewable energy projects.
• Represented Daikin Industries in numerous M&A transactions, including its joint venture with Copeland, a portfolio company of Blackstone.
• Represented the management team of Ladish Valves in its sale to Oaktree Capital

Capabilities

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Finance
• Infrastructure
• Projects

Credentials

Education:

• University of Texas - 2021 Juris Doctor
• University of Texas, Austin - 2018 Bachelor of Science

Admissions:

• Texas Bar