Private Equity and Investment Funds

• Michael Sabin advised Power Sustainable on forming its inaugural private equity fund focused on decarbonization and its energy and infrastructure funds.
• Assisted Five Arrows, the merchant banking division of Rothschild & Co., with multiple private fundraises and initiatives.
• Represented Capital Dynamics in various private funds and managed accounts, including clean energy and infrastructure, direct lending, and secondaries strategies.
• Counseled Oil and Gas Climate Initiative Investments (OGCI) on its U.S. Decarbonization Acceleration Fund.
• Guided Blackstone Credit (BXCI) in forming certain private funds and managed accounts.
• Advised TCW Asset Management on forming its direct lending, rescue financing, structured credit, and specialty lending private funds and accounts.
• Assisted a global financial institution with forming its structured credit funds.
• Supported the investment management division of a global bank in establishing its infrastructure debt third-party investment program and forming third-party capital vehicles.
• Advised Schroders North America on forming its securitized credit funds.
• Assisted Alignment Debt Holdings with its direct lending funds.
• Guided EJF Capital on a customized credit-focused managed account program.
• Advised Shorecliff Asset Management on its evergreen liquid credit investment program.

Real Estate Funds

• Michael Sabin represented American Landmark and Electra America on real estate hospitality and multi-family funds.
• Assisted DF Capital Management with its real estate funds.
• Counseled Northwind Group on its real estate debt funds and real estate healthcare debt funds.
• Advised Greystone & Co. in forming its inaugural real estate debt fund with over US$1.25 billion in commitments and additional real estate fundraising initiatives.
• Supported Grubb Properties on funds focused on multi-family real estate.

Strategic Transactions and Advisory

• Michael Sabin advised Capital Dynamics on the lift-out of certain U.S. clean energy infrastructure (CEI) funds by APG, CalSTRS, and a subsidiary of ADIA, and the transfer of assets held by such funds to the consortium of investors; and on the spin-off sale of CD Arevon USA, Inc., including certain members of its CEI team, to the consortium to form Arevon Energy, Inc.
• Represented Colony Capital (now DigitalBridge) in the bid for management rights of certain funds under management of The Abraaj Group (in liquidation) and assumption of management of Latin American private equity funds.
• Advised private equity firms, senior executives, and investment teams in negotiation of internal arrangements, spinouts, and separation arrangements.
• Counseled Alecta, Arison Investments, British Coal, ICONIQ Capital, and other institutional investors in their private fund investments, seed investments, SMA arrangements, and secondary transactions.