Mayer Brown advises Goldman Sachs on investment in Phase 2 of Sempra Infrastructure Partners Port Arthur LNG project
Mayer Brown is advising Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC in connection with an equity investment in Port Arthur LNG Phase 2, a liquefied natural gas infrastructure project developed by Sempra Infrastructure Partners.
Led by Blackstone Credit & Insurance, the investor consortium that included Goldman Sachs, KKR, and Apollo-managed funds, acquired a 49.9% minority equity interest for $7 billion. Sempra Infrastructure Partners has retained a 50.1% majority stake in the project. Sempra announced its final investment decision to advance the development, construction and operation of Port Arthur LNG Phase 2 on September 23, 2025.
The Mayer Brown team was led by Banking & Finance partners Paul Jorissen and George Miller and Corporate & Securities partner Gabriel Salinas and counsel Andrew Heather, and included Banking & Finance partners Beth Vogel, Matt O'Meara, Steven Kaplan, Jeff Taft, and Matt Bisanz, and Corporate & Securities partners Jeff Dobbs and Chad Richards, and associates Ana Tobar-Romero and Kseniia Kolontai, all based in the firm’s Chicago, Houston, New York, and Washington DC offices.
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