11 August 2011 – Vinson & Elkins represented Morgan Stanley Private Equity in a strategic partnership with Denver-based Sterling Energy Company, in which Morgan Stanley Private Equity made a majority equity investment in a newly formed company called Sterling Investment Holdings, LLC (Sterling Energy).
The new company will support the growth of Sterling Energy’s midstream business in Colorado and North Dakota. A copy of Morgan Stanley Private Equity’s press release is below.
V&E partner Caroline Blitzer (M&A) led the deal for Morgan Stanley Private Equity, with assistance from partners David Peck (tax) and Sean Becker (employment), and associates Stephen Jacobson (employment benefits), Emily Malandra (M&A) and Laura Strunk (M&A).
