Nate Christensen

Nate advises private equity sponsors and portfolio companies, institutional investors, family offices and other private capital investors as well as public and private companies in acquisitions and dispositions, partnerships and joint ventures, equity financing, venture capital, direct investments and complex commercial transactions. Nate’s experience spans multiple industries, including energy, infrastructure, real estate, professional sports, financial services, professional services and consumer goods.

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Energy & Infrastructure

Mergers, Acquisitions and Financings

• CPP Investments in its $1.2 billion investment in Caturus LLC’s $13 billion Commonwealth LNG project in Cameron, Louisiana.
• TPI Composites, a manufacturer of composite wind blades, in its pending sale of business units as part of its Chapter 11 cases.
• 38 Degrees North, a community solar and distributed renewables platform, in connection with:
  • its acquisition of U.S. Light Energy; and
  • its preferred equity investments from S2G Investments, Climate Adaptive Infrastructure and Kimmeridge Energy.
• S2G Investments in its preferred equity investment in Aerones, a wind turbine services company.
• Braya Renewable Fuels, a portfolio company of Cresta Fund Management, in connection with preferred equity financings.
• Just Climate in its preferred equity investment in Terra CO2, a low-carbon building materials company.
• Hunt Energy, a subsidiary of Hunt Consolidated, Inc., in connection with:
  • its formation of InfraREIT Partners, InfraREIT’s $529 million initial public offering and subsequent $2 billion sale of InfraREIT to Oncor Electric Delivery Company;
  • its sale of a 50% interest in Sharyland Utilities to Sempra Energy; and
  • its sale of a minority interest in Oncor Electric Delivery Company to GIC Special Investments and Borealis Infrastructure Management.
• Masked Rider Energy, a portfolio company of Masked Rider Capital, in connection with:
  • its formation of Green Hook Royalty Partners I, Ltd., a mineral investment fund; and
  • its acquisition of a privately held oil and gas company.
• Hunt Oil Company, a subsidiary of Hunt Consolidated, Inc., in multiple matters, including its strategic investment in the general partner of Riverstone Energy Limited.
• Revere Resources, a privately held energy firm, in its sale of royalty interests to Dorchester Minerals, LP.
• Turnbridge Capital in its purchase of assets of Richey Oilfield Construction in Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings.
• Magnetar Capital and Harvest Partners in connection with a preferred equity investment in midstream natural gas provider Regency Energy Partners.
• HM Capital Partners in connection with its preferred equity investment in TriDimention Energy.

Joint Ventures and Project Development

• X-energy, a nuclear technology provider, in its joint venture with Energy Northwest to develop a proposed small modular nuclear reactor (SMR) project in central Washington.
• Braya Renewable Fuels in its joint venture with Silverpeak to redevelop a deep-water terminal in Newfoundland.
• Cresta Fund Management in its formation of a lithium joint development platform.
• Hunt Energy in connection with:
  • its public-private partnership with the Department of Energy to develop the Southline Transmission Project in Arizona;
  • its development of the Fila de Mogote wind farm in Costa Rica; and
  • its development of multiple power interconnection projects.

Management Team Transactions

• The management team of Sentinel Midstream, a portfolio company of Cresta Fund Management, in connection with:
  • its joint venture with ExxonMobil to form Enercoast Midstream Louisiana, a last-mile energy infrastructure platform; and
  • its equity financing from Endurance Investment Partners.
• The management team of HL Ventures, a transition energy investment platform, in its formation and seed investment from Hunt Energy and undisclosed strategic investors.

Real Estate

• Hunt Realty Investments, a portfolio company of Hunt Consolidated, Inc., in its acquisition of Fields Ranch and related strategic partnerships with The Karahan Companies, Chief Partners and CrossTie Capital.
• Hunt Realty Investments in its sale of Akard Street Partners to Teacher Retirement System of Texas.
• HN Capital Partners, a private investment platform, in multiple matters, including:
  • its joint venture with McCourt Global for the acquisition and development of the Dallas Design District;
  • its acquisition of the Rosewood Mansion luxury hotel and related investment from KSL Capital; and
  • its joint venture with Square Mile Capital for the redevelopment of the Per La luxury hotel.
• General Motors in multiple dispositions of manufacturing facilities.
• Exclusive Resorts, a private luxury real estate platform, in multiple real estate acquisitions.
• Pegasus Investment Partners, a real estate developer, in its formation of the co-warehousing platform Polygon and related equity financing.

Sports, Media & Entertainment

• Hicks Sports Group in its sale of the Texas Rangers Major League Baseball Club to Rangers Baseball Express, a group owned in part by baseball legend Nolan Ryan.
• NBC Universal and parent General Electric in GE’s $37.25 billion joint venture with Comcast for ownership of NBC Universal and Comcast’s cable channels and regional sports networks.
• NBC Universal in its joint venture with Disney and Hearst and subsequent acquisition of Lifetime Entertainment.

Financial Services

• Goosehead Insurance, Inc. in its acquisition of an insurance portfolio from Vivint.
• Ben Spurgin Insurance in its sale to Cross Pointe.
• GE Money and its parent General Electric in multiple matters, including:
  • its acquisition of Chase Bank’s T.J. Maxx credit card portfolio;
  • its disposition of its Hudson’s Bay credit card portfolio; and
  • its acquisition of a lending and leasing business.
• GMAC Bank in the restructuring of its warehouse lending program.

Family Office

• Hunt Investments in its investments in numerous hedge funds, private equity funds, emerging managers and early-stage companies.
• Family office clients in connection with a variety of transactions, including:
  • investments in private investment funds and associated side letters;
  • direct investments (minority and control);
  • co-investments alongside sponsors or other family offices;
  • club deals, consortium investments and associated SPV formation; and
  • seed funding for emerging managers and founders.

Nate was named one of D Magazine’s Best Lawyers in Dallas for Private Equity 2024.

Nate is engaged in the Dallas community through a variety of leadership and service roles. He currently serves as the Family Office Committee Chair with the Dallas-Fort Worth chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) and is a Board Member and past President of Genesis HeROs, the men's auxiliary of Genesis Women's Shelter. In addition, he sits on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for Community Partners of Dallas.

Nate received his J.D., cum laude, from Duke University School of Law and his B.A., cum laude, from the University of Washington.

*Includes matters handled prior to joining Weil