Michael Spirtos

Paul, Weiss advised DigitalBridge Group, Inc., in its investment in OpticalTel, a leading provider of fiber-based broadband, cloud-based video and digital telephone services. OpticalTel announced its rebrand to Fibernow, accelerating Fibernow’s network expansion of its world-class fiber connectivity across Florida and elsewhere. The company’s partnership with DigitalBridge combines Fibernow’s fiber expertise with DigitalBridge’s investment and operational leadership to drive robust network growth across the state. The Paul, Weiss team was led by corporate partner Ravi Purohit and counsel Michael Spirtos, and includes partners Ben Steadman, Caroline Epstein and Eric Wedel and counsel Nathan Mitchell; executive compensation partners Andrea Wahlquist Brown and Jarrett Hoffman and counsel Jake Glazeski; tax partner Lindsay Parks; intellectual property partner Jonathan Ashtor and counsel Elana Bensoul; real estate partner Peter Fisch; litigation partners John Carlin and Jaren Janghorbani; environmental counsel William O’Brien; and antitrust counsel Yuni Sobel.

Oct 23

1 min

Paul, Weiss advised CPP Investments on its approximately $843 million (C$1.2 billion) investment in Tallgrass Energy, a leading U.S. energy infrastructure company. Based in Denver, Tallgrass is a leading infrastructure company operating a network of more than 10,000 miles of pipeline assets across 14 states. Tallgrass is currently engaged in several initiatives aligned with the global transition to a lower-carbon future, including the development of CO2, hydrogen, renewable fuels and decarbonized power assets. The Paul, Weiss team was led by corporate partners Ravi Purohit and Megan Spelman, and includes partner David Tarr and counsel Michael Spirtos and Nathan Mitchell; tax partner Scott Sontag; executive compensation partner Rebecca Coccaro and counsel Lisa Krausz Eisenberg; intellectual property partner Chuck Googe; litigation partner John Carlin and counsel Audrey Paquet; antitrust partner Annie Herdman and counsel Todd Hahn; and environmental counsel William O’Brien.

Aug 13

1 min

Paul, Weiss advised General Atlantic in its acquisition of Actis, a leading investor in sustainable infrastructure, creating a diversified global investment platform with approximately $97 billion in combined assets under management. Under the deal Actis becomes the sustainable infrastructure arm within General Atlantic’s global investment platform. The Paul, Weiss team was led by corporate partners Matthew Abbott, Cullen Sinclair and Conrad van Loggerenberg, and included, among others, partners Maury Slevin, Aaron Schlaphoff, Suhan Shim, Judie Ng Shortell, Ravi Purohit and Erika Detjen, and counsel Libbie Walker, Arik Hirschfeld, Nathan Mitchell, Michael Spirtos, Rachel Shepardson and Caitlin Kelly; tax partners Lindsay Parks, Reuven Garrett, Timothy Lowe and Cian O’Connor; executive compensation partners Lawrence Witdorchic and Jarrett Hoffman and counsel Jake Glazeski; intellectual property partner Claudine Meredith-Goujon; antitrust partner Marta Kelly, and counsel Yuni Sobel, Chad de Souza and John Magruder; litigation partners John Carlin and Andrew Gordon; and environmental counsel William O’Brien.

Oct 1

1 min

Paul, Weiss is advising funds and affiliates managed by Apollo in their joint venture with Intel Corporation related to Intel’s Fab 34 semiconductor wafer manufacturing facility in Leixlip, Ireland. Under the terms of the deal, announced on June 4, the Apollo funds and affiliates will lead an $11 billion investment to acquire a 49% interest in the new entity. The joint venture will have rights to manufacture wafers at Fab 34 to support long-term demand for Intel’s products and provide capacity for customers of Intel’s newly established operating segment Intel Foundry. The Paul, Weiss team is led by corporate partners Ravi Purohit, Ross Fieldston and Gregory Ezring, and includes partners Robert Zochowski and Luke Jennings, M&A counsel Michael Spirtos and Lukas Richards, corporate counsel Nadeem Waeen, David Levine and Nathan Mitchell, and finance counsel Elizabeth Scherer; tax partners Brad Okun and Sohail Itani; intellectual property partners Claudine Meredith-Goujon and Bonnie Chen; litigation partner John Carlin; and executive compensation counsel Jake Glazeski.

Jun 4

1 min

Paul, Weiss advised MARA Holdings, Inc. in its strategic partnership with Starwood Capital Group to develop, finance and operate digital infrastructure projects across MARA’s existing, power-rich portfolio. The partnership will enable the conversion and expansion of select MARA sites into next-generation digital infrastructure capable of meeting the growing demand from enterprise, hyperscale and AI customers. Together, the companies expect to deliver approximately 1 gigawatt of near-term IT capacity with a pathway to more than 2.5 gigawatts. The Paul, Weiss team was led by partners Harris Freidus, Ravi Purohit and Matthew Dulak, and included corporate partners Jamie Franklin, Luke Jennings, Michael Spirtos and David Sobel; real estate counsel Ruobing Chen; tax partner Brian Krause; and antitrust counsel John Magruder.

Feb 26

1 min