21
Oct
Sector focus: energy and real assets
- What are the biggest risks and challenges investors face in energy and real assets today, particularly in light of ongoing geopolitical conflicts ?
- What is prompting the shift in investments towards energy and real assets?
- The clean energy sector- from large-scale renewables to hydrogen, solar and wind – where are managers deploying capital in the US and beyond?
- The growing data center build-out and AI-driven infrastructure demand- where are the investment opportunities?
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SpeakersChris Heasley Partner Latham & Watkins
Chris Manning CEO, Managing Partner Greenbelt Capital Partners
Kevin Manuel Pohler Partner Pearl Energy Investments
Sam Warfield Managing Director, Head of Infrastructure Pennybacker Capital
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Chris Heasley represents clients in the development, acquisition, and divestiture of energy, infrastructure, and technology-related projects and assets. Chris brings extensive experience guiding energy providers, corporates, and private equity sponsors through a full spectrum of high-stakes strategic transactions, particularly in the upstream, midstream, downstream, and renewables sectors. He regularly advises clients on complex commercial matters involving: Mergers and acquisitions Joint ventures Tax equity financing DrillCo arrangements Farmout and participation agreements Transportation, supply, offtake, and gathering agreements A recognized thought leader, Chris writes and speaks regularly on developments in US and international energy markets, including for SuperReturn, the Foundation for Natural Resources and Energy Law, the Energy Bar Association, the Houston Bar Association, and the Texas CLE. Before joining Latham, he co-led the real asset transactions practice of another global law firm.
Christopher (“Chris”) Manning is CEO and Managing Partner of Greenbelt Capital Partners. Chris founded Greenbelt Capital Partners in 2021, prior to which he was a Managing Partner at Trilantic North America. Chris joined Trilantic North America at its inception in 2009, where he was also Chairman of Trilantic Energy Partners North America. Chris remains a Senior Advisor to Trilantic North America and Chris currently serves as a member of the Investment Committees of Trilantic Capital Partners VI North America and Trilantic Energy Partners II North America, and was an investment committee member of all other predecessor Trilantic North America funds. Prior to the founding of Trilantic, Chris had various roles at Lehman Brothers including Partner in the merchant banking business, the Head of Lehman Brothers’ Investment Management Division in Asia-Pacific, including both the Asset Management and Private Equity businesses; and was also a member of the Global Investment Management Division Executive Committee and the Private Equity Division Operating Committee. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers in 1997, Chris was the Chief Financial Officer of The Wing Group, a developer of international power projects and before that was in the investment banking department of Kidder, Peabody & Co. Chris is or has been a director or Chairman of a number of portfolio companies.
Chris holds an MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and a BBA from the University of Texas at Austin. Chris is the past Chairman of the University of Texas New York for McCombs Executive Committee and is a Board Member of the University of Pennsylvania’s Squash Committee. Chris also serves on the University of Texas McCombs School of Business Advisory Council, the Business School’s Foundation, as well as the University’s Development Board.
Kevin Manuel Pohler is a Partner of Pearl Energy Investments. Kevin joined Pearl in 2015 as an Associate and returned to Pearl in 2019 after earning his M.B.A. Prior to joining Pearl, Kevin was an Analyst with Goldman, Sachs & Co. in the Global Natural Resources Investment Banking Group in New York, where he worked on M&A transactions and capital markets financings, with a focus on the oil & gas, power, mining and chemicals sectors. Kevin holds a B.A. in Economics with honors from Harvard College and an M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arbuckle Fellow.
Sam Warfield leads Pennybacker Critical Infrastructure Partners and brings a deep track record of direct infrastructure investing experience.
Prior to Pennybacker, Sam was Managing Director, Head of U.S. Investments at Arroyo Investors—a leading middle-market private equity firm focused on power and energy infrastructure assets.
Prior to Arroyo, Sam was a senior corporate associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in New York, where his practice focused on M&A transactions in the power and infrastructure sector. Sam was recognized in 2015 as a “Rising Star” in M&A in the New York metro area by Super Lawyers magazine. Sam also clerked at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission in the Department of Investment Management in Washington D.C.
Sam received his Bachelor of Science in Finance magna cum laude from the University of Florida and his Juris Doctor magna cum laude from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. Sam is also a member of the University of Florida Hall of Fame.