Shamus M. Crosby

Shamus Crosby is a Partner in our Houston office, where he specializes in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and structured financing transactions. Shamus advises many of the world’s largest private equity firms on transactions in the energy and infrastructure space.  Shamus is particularly focused on the digital infrastructure and energy sectors, with significant experience advising on transactions involving data centers, broadband fiber infrastructure, public utilities, renewable and other sustainable energy assets, midstream and LNG.  

Shamus has been highly ranked by Chambers USA and recognized for his corporate transactional work by IFLR1000.

Recent experience includes representation of:

• KKR on numerous transactions, including its:
  • Multi-billion dollar joint venture with T-Mobile to acquire Metronet, the fastest growing pure play fiber company in the U.S.
  • $3.38 billion acquisition of a non-controlling interest in Sempra Infrastructure Partners
  • Acquisition of a non-controlling interest in Port Arthur LNG Phase 1
  • $1.19 billion CAD investment in Labrador Island Link
  • Acquisition of Boasso Global, the premier provider of depot, maintenance, cleaning, and transportation services for ISO tank containers in North America and Boasso’s subsequent merger with Q Super Holdings, Inc.
• DigitalBridge as a lead investor in Vantage Data Center’s $9.2 billion equity recapitalization
• DigitalBridge in connection with its sale of a 40% stake in Landmark Dividend LLC to ADIA
• DigitalBridge and its portfolio company Scala Data Centers in a $500 million structured financing round in Scala Data Centers
• Apollo in its preferred equity investment in FirstDigital
• Apollo in its structured investment in Yondr Data Centers
• WhiteWater Midstream in numerous transactions, including its: Sale of Whistler Pipeline to I Squared Capital; strategic combination of Whistler Pipeline and Rio Bravo Pipeline; formation of a joint venture to develop the Matterhorn Express Pipeline; and the sale of Delaware Basin Residue LLC 

• Manchester Energy Partners in its partnership with EnCap Flatrock Midstream

• Riverstone Credit Partners and Summit Credit Partners in connection with the formation of a renewables joint venture with Peabody Energy
• Riverstone in providing project financing for IM3NY’s construction of a Lithium-Ion Gigafactory
• Bighorn Permian Resources in its announced $860 million sale to Earthstone Energy Inc.
• Private equity-backed operator in a development capital raise for a U.S. carbon capture and sequestration project
• CIM Group in its preferred equity investment in Bolder Industries, an operator of end-of-life tire recycling plants
• Angelo Gordon in connection with a debt-for-equity exchange with Abraxas Petroleum
• Private Marcellus Basin oil and gas company in a sale of the company
• Apollo Global Management, Ares, Angelo Gordon and Morgan Stanley in the sale of Sundance Energy to Silverbow Resources

Shamus received his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2009 and his B.A. in Economics from the University of Texas at Austin in 2005. Shamus is admitted to practice in Texas.