CTI
specializes in strategic and first-of-a-kind assignments where it can
supply a blend of financial, commercial and technical expertise to produce maximum
added value for its clients. Examples:
E-GAS
Technology Sale
- with Frentex Incorporated, co-advised on the sale of the E-GAS
gasification technology and Houston-based business team to ConocoPhillips.
E-GAS is the world's leading large-scale (500MW+ per plant) gasification
technology for processing solids such as coal and petroleum coke.
UK equity sale - With a London-based investment bank,
co-advised on the largest recorded sale of landfill gas projects to date, totaling
$40MM in equity raised by the time all 24 projects fund.
Venture capital -
raised $500,000 for a U.S.-based ocean wave energy prototype.
Subordinated debt structuring/placement - For sellers
Goldman Sachs, Bechtel, ABB and Pyropower U.S.A., served as exclusive financial advisor on
the repackaging and sale of four otherwise unmarketable subordinated debt issues in a $160
million waste coal project in western Pennsylvania.
Equity structuring - Negotiated $40 million standby equity
commitment for the $475 million AES Shady Point cogeneration project and later sold it at
a profit, making it the largest successful selldown to date of an equity of last resort
interest.
Senior debt structuring/placement - Placed first-ever
non-recourse 10-year debt financing for a landfill gas project.
Tax structuring In
a little over 1 ½ months,
restructured an existing rice hull-fueled 26.5 megawatt power project in California and
obtained a financeable tax opinion, setting the stage for the sale of $35 million in Section 29 tax
credits.
Privatization structuring - For the Ministry of Electricity
and Water of the Sultanate of Oman, served as exclusive financial advisor on the
first-ever total privatization of a countrys generation, transmission and
distribution systems.
Long-term gas supply divestiture/fuel outsourcing -
Negotiated the sale to Apache Corporation of Dow's Oil and Gas Division (600 wells, 14
states, 6000+ leases) for $90 million in cash and deferred consideration estimated at the
time to total $550 million. The first-ever structure featured three unique partnership
mechanisms to ensure that Dow could retain the right to purchase oil and gas from the
properties without endangering the transactions sale status for accounting purposes.
Off-balance sheet asset outsourcing - Structured and placed
the equity for the first of six $110 million leveraged leases of gas combined cycle
cogeneration plants for Dow Chemical. This was the first lease transaction to qualify as
an operating lease under FASB 13 while allowing Dow to be both lessee and a 50% owner in
the lessor company in order to share in the residual interest.
Chemical feedstock outsourcing For Citibank, served
as exclusive financial advisor to B.F. Goodrich on a $245 million chlor-alkali joint venture facility in
Placquemine, LA. Placed $185 million in long-term debt with a group
of 11 insurance companies led by John Hancock.
Acquisition financing - For White Consolidated Industries,
designed and implemented a plan to acquire and turn around Westinghouse's $200 million a
year Major Appliance Division, using only $7 million in cash. Structure served as the
prototype for White Consolidateds next 7 acquisitions.