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Pillsbury Client Climate Investment Invests in Trace Carbon Solutions

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Press Contacts: Erik Cummins, Matt Hyams, Olivia Thomas

10.25.23

Pillsbury advised Climate Investment in its recent investment in leading North American carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) development platform Trace Carbon Solutions.

With a deep expertise in CCS, Climate Investment provides both the risk capital and the technical expertise necessary to drive forward CCS technologies and projects, according to a company press release. Climate Investment is an independently managed specialist investor founded by member companies of the Oil & Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI).

Click here to learn more about the investment.

The Pillsbury deal team was led by Corporate partner Patrick Devine and included Tax partner Brett Willis, Projects partner Robert James and Corporate associate Erin Choo.

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