Weil advised Goldman Sachs Alternatives in the successful closing of its $440 million strategic investment in BrightNight, a leading renewable power company designed to provide utility and commercial and industrial customers with clean, dispatchable renewable power solutions.

This investment, together with existing capital commitments from leading institutional investors, is expected to fully fund BrightNight’s five-year business plan and advance the execution of its 31-gigawatt renewable power project portfolio, which includes solar, energy storage, and hybrid solutions.

The Weil team is led by Private Equity partners Omar Samji, Irina Tsveklova and Jacqui Bogucki and included U.S. Private Equity Co-Head Christopher Machera and Private Equity associates Sarah George, Spencer Finney, Greg Kerr, Humzah Yazdani, Graham McHenry, Matthew Kim, Carson Parks and Hunter Zepeda; Tax partner Steven Lorch and associates Nathan Bunch, Griffin Baker and Natalia Pierotti; U.S. Privacy & Cybersecurity Head Olivia Greer, Technology & IP Transactions partner Dennis Adams and associates David Merck, Phillip Grudzina, Alexis Bello, Sabrina Chishti; Executive Compensation & Benefits partner Amanda Rotkel and associates Amanda Nowak and Sanjana Rao; Banking & Finance partner Vynessa Nemunaitis and associate Kayley Bacigalupo; Environmental Head Annemargaret Connolly; Regulatory Transactions partners Matthew Morton, Timothy Welch, Shawn Cooley and John O’Loughlin and counsel Ariel Fliman; Employment partner Peter Mee, counsel Celine Chan and associate Michael Verdichizzi; ESG partner Rebecca Grapsas; Private Funds Regulatory partner Christopher Scully; Antitrust counsel Michael Naughton; Real Estate attorney Leslie Smith and associates Morgan Foulsham, Lucas Kilravey, Subrina Chowdhury, Ilana Bier, Karen Luo, Asher Witty and Jules Bienenfeld.