Weil is advising EQT and EQT Transition Infrastructure in EQT Transition Infrastructure’s acquisition of Scale Microgrids, a leading vertically integrated developer, acquirer, owner, and operator of microgrids and distributed energy resources for commercial & industrial, EV fleet, data center, municipal, university, and hospital customers and communities, from Warburg Pincus and other existing shareholders.

The transaction marks EQT’s first North American investment out of its recently launched Transition Infrastructure strategy, which is aimed at scaling businesses that enable the transition to clean energy and a more resource-efficient, circular economy.

The Weil team is led by Private Equity partners Jacqui Bogucki and Doug Warner and includes Private Equity associates Matt Tobolski, Talli Sharp, Mark Schiff, Zane Elsisi and Jasmine Rivera (Not Yet Admitted in NY); Energy partner Irina Tsveklova and associates Humzah Yazdani, Trace Hancock and Matthew Kim; Tax partner Steven Lorch and associate Nathan Bunch; Banking & Finance partner Paul Overmyer and associates Samantha Patel and Nick Swan; Real Estate partner Pejman Razavilar and associates Subrina Chowdhury, Madison Furlotti and Jules Bienenfeld; U.S. Privacy & Cybersecurity Head Olivia Greer; Technology & IP Transactions partner Dennis Adams and associate Alexis Bello; Environmental Head Annemargaret Connolly and associate Caleb Holland; Executive Compensation & Benefits partner Jennifer Britz and associate Sanjana Rao; Employment partner Peter Mee and associate Kate Belsito; Antitrust counsel Carla Hine and associate Jarui Wang; and Regulatory Transactions partners John O’Loughlin and Shawn Cooley, counsel Ariel Fliman and associate Sisi Liu.