Akin Advises on Golar LNG Partners’ $1.9 Billion Acquisition by New Fortress Energy

January 13, 2021

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(Houston) – Golar LNG Partners LP (GMLP) today announced it has entered into an agreement and plan of merger with New Fortress Energy Inc. (NFE). A team from Akin Gump advised the conflicts committee of the board of directors of GMLP in the transaction, which has an enterprise value of $1.9 billion. 

Under the merger agreement, NFE has agreed to acquire all of the outstanding common units and general partner units of GMLP for $3.55 per unit in cash. In connection with the transaction, GMLP’s incentive distribution rights will be cancelled. The Series A preferred units of GMLP will remain outstanding.

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The Akin Gump team was led by corporate partners John Goodgame and Lisa Hearn. They were joined by corporate counsel Mary Lovely and associate Alexander France; tax partner Jocelyn Tau; and, for antitrust aspects of the transaction, partners Davina Garrod and Gorav Jindal and counsel Victoria Yuan and Matthew Schmitten.

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