Kirkland & Ellis counseled Global Infrastructure Partners on its investment in RIO Grande LNG, a joint venture with TotalEnergies (NYSE: TTE), NextDecade, GIC and Mubadala Investment Company. RIO Grande LNG will own and operate the first three liquefaction trains and related common facilities (Phase 1) of the multi-plant integrated natural gas and liquefaction and liquefied natural gas export terminal facility to be at the Port of Brownsville in southern Texas. The $18.4 billion project financing for Phase 1 is the largest greenfield energy project financing in U.S. history and underscores the critical role that LNG and natural gas will continue to play in the global energy transition. Read NextDecade’s press release The Kirkland team was led by corporate partner Melissa Kalka and debt finance partners Rohit Chaudhry and Kelann Stirling; and included corporate partners Andy Calder, Allan Kirk, Patrick Moneypenny, Randy Santa Ana, Jennifer Gasser and Pat Corrigan; debt finance partner Sebastian Chan; capital markets partner Julian Seiguer; and tax partners David Wheat, Steve Butler and Joseph Tootle.