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Ara Partners, a global investment firm focused on decarbonization of the industrial economy, on its acquisition of Microtec Development & Holdings, an innovator in advanced micronization technology.*

Avangrid, a sustainable energy company, on its US$2.5bn acquisition by Iberdrola.*

Occidental Petroleum Corporation (NYSE: OXY) on its US$12bn acquisition of CrownRock, a Texas-based oil and gas producer and joint venture of CrownQuest Operating  LLC and Lime Rock Partners.*

EnCap Energy Transition and PowerTransitions, a U.S.-based utility scale power developer, on the sale of PowerTransitions to Partners Group.*

Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board and Encino Energy on the US$5.6bn sale of Encino Acquisition Partners, a leading oil and gas producer in Ohio, to EOG Resources.*

AvidXChange Holdings, Inc. (Nasdaq: AVDX), a provider of accounts payable automation software and payment solutions, on its US$2.2bn sale to TPG (Nasdaq: TPG) in partnership with Corpay.*

Archrock (NYSE: AROC) on its US$299m acquisition of Natural Gas Compression Systems, a provider of contract gas compression services.*

GSR III Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: GSRT), a special purpose acquisition company, on its combination with Terra Innovatum Srl, a micro-modular nuclear reactor developer.*

INEOS Energy on its US$3.3bn acquisition of the U.S. Gulf business of  CNOOC Energy Holdings U.S.A. Inc., a subsidiary of CNOOC International Limited.*

LENSAR (Nasdaq: LNSR), a global medical technology company focused on advanced laser solutions for the treatment of cataracts, on its sale to Alcon (NYSE: ALC).*

Aspen Manufacturing, an independent evaporator coil and air handler manufacturer for the HVAC/R industry, on its US$313.5m sale to CSW Industrials (Nasdaq: CSWI).*

Entrust, a leader in identity-centric solutions, on the sale of its public certificate business to Sectigo.*

Ares Management on its sale of Potomac Energy Center, a 774-megawatt natural gas power plant in Northern Virginia, to Blackstone (NYSE: BX).*

Torch Clean Energy, a U.S.-based utility-scale solar and storage developer, on its strategic partnership with Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners to expand and transition the Torch platform.*

Underwriters of Flowco Holdings Inc., a provider of optimization, artificial lift, and methane abatement solutions for the oil and natural gas industries, on its initial public offering.*

Argo Infrastructure Partners, a mid-market asset manager targeting essential infrastructure assets in North America, on its sale to Apollo (NYSE: APO).*

Astorg on its sale of Anaqua, a leading provider of innovation and IP management technology solutions and services, to Nordic Capital.*

Post Oak Energy Capital, LP on the closing of equity commitments to Tiburon Oil & Gas Partners and Ichthys Energy.*

Marubeni America Corporation on its joint venture with Ozona CCS LLC to develop and operate a carbon capture and sequestration project.*

Power Sustainable Energy Infrastructure Inc., the renewable energy infrastructure investment group of Power Sustainable, on its 50% investment in the Desert Quartzite project in California.*