Carlos A. Moran
Biography
Overview
Carlos is an associate in White & Case's Houston office. His practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and private equity investments in the US and Latin America. Prior to joining White & Case, Carlos worked for top law firms in Houston, Mexico City and London.
Exchange Program
Experience
- Representation of EIG in the acquisition of Ocyan Participações S.A., a Brazil-based solutions provider to the offshore oil & gas industry, for US$390 million.
- Representation of Inversiones Radiante, part of Grupo Linda, a power plant to conglomerate, in minority investments into AES' business in the Dominican Republic and AES Colon's business in Panama. AES' business in the Dominican Republic includes an LNG regasification terminal, with a 160,000 cbm LNG capacity storage tank, the AES Andres 319 MW combined cycle gas turbine plant, DPP 328 MW combined cycle gas turbine, as well as an additional 150 MW of solar and wind power plants. AES Colon's business in Panama includes a 381 MW combined cycle gas turbine with an adjacent regasification facility that has a 180,000 LNG capacity storage tank.
- Representation of a Mexican conglomerate in the re-negotiation of a Joint Venture and Investment Agreement with RBI (TSX/NYSE: QSR, TSX: QSP) for the development and expansion of the Tim Hortons brand in Mexico.
- Representation of Tigo Energy, Inc., a leading provider of intelligent solar and energy storage solutions in its reverse triangular merger with Roth CH Acquisition IV Co. (NASDAQ: ROCG) based on a $600 million pre-money equity value.
- Representation of Schneider Electric Industries SAS, a global leader in the digital transformation of energy management and automation, in the EUR 723 million sale of its industrial sensors business, Telemecanique Sensors, to YAGEO Corporation, a global electronic component and service provider based in Taiwan.
- Representation of Minerva S.A., a leading beef exporter in South America, in the creation of a joint venture with Amyris aimed at developing molecules for the sustainable production and distribution of animal protein worldwide.
- Representation of EOFlow Inc., the US subsidiary of EOFlow Co., Ltd. (KOSDAQ:294090, in its joint venture with Zihipp, a UK biotech firm, to develop a wearable weight loss drug delivery solution.
- Representation of a financial investor in its participation in the acquisition of a majority interest in Medline Industries, Inc. by a consortium including Carlyle Group and Hellman & Friedman.
- Representation of Helix Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: HLXA), a SPAC, in its US$230 million business combination with MoonLake Immunotherapeutics AG, a clinical-stage biotechnology company focused on creating next-level therapies for inflammatory skin and joint diseases.
- Representation of CVC Capital Partners in its acquisition, with minority co-investor Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ), of a majority stake in the international agencies of BlueFocus Intelligent Communications Group Co., Ltd., a leading publicly traded Chinese marketing services conglomerate.
- Representation of ExxonMobil in the disposition of its Santoprene TPV elastomers business to Celanese Corporation for $1.15 billion.
"Fireside chat with Mexican Energy Regulatory Commissioner Guillermo Zúñiga," American Conference Institute’s 14th National Forum on Energy Trading, Houston, 2018
"Mexico Energy Reform: Prospects and Challenges," Women’s Energy Network Annual Conference, Houston, 2017.
"Key Environmental and Maritime Issues in Offshore Oil & Gas Projects," 4th IEL-ANADE Conference, Mexico City, 2016.
"Liberalization of the Mexican fuel market," ONEXPO, Mexico City, 2016.
Co-author, "Developments in the North American Energy Sector," 2015–2018 editions, The International Comparative Legal Guide to: Oil & Gas Regulation.
Co-author, "Mexican Oil and Gas Reform: Getting It Right This Time," May 2014, ABA Energy Litigation E-Newsletter.
Author, Believe it or not: Mexico finally opens up its oil industry, February 2014, The Energy Law Advisor.
Author, "The legal treatment of vessels and offshore installations under the Mexican foreign investment and navigation frameworks," May 2013, IBA's Maritime and Transport Law Newsletter.
Co-author, "The future of renewable energy in Mexico," October 2012, Global Energy Review.
Chambers and Partners' 2015 New Faces in Latin America.
Chambers and Partners' 2014 Latin America Energy & Natural Resources (Mexico).
