Perkins Coie Represented Uplight and Rubicon Technology Partners in Strategic Investment by Schneider Electric, AES, Huck Capital, Coatue, and Inclusive Capital Partners

DENVER (July 29, 2021)—Perkins Coie is pleased to have represented Uplight, Inc., the technology partner of energy providers transitioning to the clean energy ecosystem, and Rubicon Technology Partners, Uplight's former majority equity holder, in connection with the consummation of a strategic investment in Uplight by a consortium of investors including Schneider Electric, AES, Huck Capital, Coatue, and Inclusive Capital Partners. The transaction values Uplight at $1.5 billion. For more information, please see Rubicon's press release.

The Perkins Coie team was led by M&A partners Nathaniel G. Ford, Danielle Fortier, Chris Hall, and Kester Spindler and included counsel Kelly Payne and associates Micah Kamoe and Megan York, tax partner Bryan Smith and counsel Eric Ashcroft, antitrust partner Barry Reingold, regulatory partners Todd Hinnen and Ann Nagele, employee benefits partner Tom Cristy and associates Cristopher Jones and Tomer Vandsburger, labor and employment partner Sarah Flotte and associate Sara Davey, intellectual property partner Pete Kinsella and associate Anna Zabotina, and real property partner Liana Spendlove and associate Shaun Devereaux.