Jonathan S. Ayre

Associate

Jonathan S. Ayre is an associate in Morgan Lewis's Business and Finance Practice. Mr. Ayre focuses his practice on energy industry transactions, including domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, financing transactions, project development, and securities offerings.

Mr. Ayre has worked on transactions for a variety of clients in the energy industry, including private equity investors, Fortune 500 companies, project developers, and purchasers and sellers of energy assets.

Mr. Ayre earned his J.D., with honors, from the University of Texas School of Law in 2006, where he was a member of the Texas International Law Journal. He earned his B.A., with high honors, from the University of Texas in 2002, where he double-majored in plan II honors program and government and was one of 14 in his graduating class to receive special honors in government.

Mr. Ayre is admitted to practice in Texas.

representative transactions

Note: This list contains transactions that were not completed at Morgan Lewis.

• Represented a private equity investor and developer of a gas storage facility in a sale of an equity interest and nonrecourse project financing with a combined transaction value of $240 million, a subsequent $75 million recapitalization, and ongoing project development matters.
• Represented a Middle Eastern private equity fund in the acquisition and financing of an 800-MW power-generation facility located in Texas.
• Represented a biodiesel manufacturer in its acquisition out of bankruptcy of a glycerin processing plant located on the Houston Ship Channel.
• Represented a Middle Eastern titanium dioxide company in its $1.3 billion acquisition of the inorganic chemicals division of a former NYSE-listed chemical company.
• Represented a Brazilian power company in a proposed international bond issuance pursuant to Regulation S and Rule 144A under the Securities Act.