Javad Asghari

Based in New York and Los Angeles, Javad’s practice focuses on major energy and infrastructure projects in the Americas and around the globe.

His practice has a particular focus on (i) mergers and acquisitions of E&I projects and (ii) project development, including advising on joint venture, governance and commercial (including concession, EPC and offtake) agreements with respect to the development of renewable and conventional power generation; transmission and distribution projects; renewable hydrocarbon projects and LNG projects; and data centers.

In recent years, Javad has represented a variety of generators in the development and construction of power generation projects (including thermal generation, renewable generation, and nuclear generation) to serve data center load, including ‘behind-the-meter’ projects.

Javad is recognized as a “Leading Practitioner” by Legal 500 for Energy Transactions: Electric Power – Large Cap ($500m+). Javad currently serves as a member of the Firm’s Recruiting Committee, and also serves on the Energy Editorial Advisory Board for Law360.

His clients include developers and private equity funds involved in the energy and infrastructure sectors.

His experience includes representing: 

• Stonepeak in its $5.7 billion acquisition of a 40% interest in Louisiana LNG, a 16.5 mtpa liquefied natural gas production and export terminal in Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana with an estimated capital cost of $17.5 billion;
• EQT Infrastructure VI (in the consortium led by GIP and EQT) in respect of the take private acquisition of AES Corporation, representing an enterprise value of $33.4 billion;
• Funds managed by Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock, in connection with its lead investment in, and the financing of, the $5 billion greenfield Delfin LNG Project - the first floating LNG project in the United States and largest floating LNG project globally;
• Affiliates of H.M. Holloway in the joint venture, construction, offtake and project financing arrangements in a first of its kind 'circular economy' ASR recycling project in California;
• Capital Power Corporation in its $2.2 billion acquisition of the (i) 1,124 MW Hummel Station, a combined-cycle natural gas facility in Shamokin Dam, Pennsylvania and (ii) 1,023 MW Rolling Hills plant, a combustion turbine natural gas facility in Wilkesville, Ohio;
• Funds managed by Blackstone in connection with a combined $1 billion strategic equity investment in VoltaGrid;
• Funds managed by Blackstone in the financing of Related Digital’s $16 billion data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan, purpose-built for Oracle;
• Funds managed by Blackstone in the acquisition of a significant minority stake in Rowan Digital Infrastructure, a leading sustainable hyperscale data center developer;
• Affiliates of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners in respect of a strategic investment in Torch Clean Energy, a premier U.S.-based utility-scale solar and storage developer; and
• CIM Group and Novva Data Centers in their entry into a $2 billion construction loan with JPMorgan Chase and Starwood Property Trust for the development of a 175 MW data center campus in West Jordan, Utah, among the largest construction loans ever for a data center. 

Javad received his LL.B from the University of Melbourne. He is admitted to practice in California, New York and Texas. He contributed to the USA chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Project Finance in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024.