• Represented a private equity group in its leveraged acquisition of a petroleum and car wash service, as well as subsequent add-on asset acquisitions.
• Counseled a publicly traded business development company in its leveraged acquisitions of automotive, construction, consumer electronics, life sciences companies, a compensation consultancy, a market research firm, and a processor and distributor of food products.
• Advised a publicly traded business development company in a minority recapitalization of a staffing and recruiting company.
• Represented a private equity group in its acquisition and reorganization of a leading franchisor platform of home services brands.

Credit-Focused Funds, Structured Equity, Venture/Growth Capital

• Advised Blackstone Credit (formerly GSO Capital Partners) in connection with a $1.6-billion preferred equity investment by funds managed by GSO and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities, in exchange for a 45% interest in Targa Badlands LLC, which owns assets in the Williston Basin in North Dakota
• Represented Blackstone Credit (formerly GSO Capital Partners) in its preferred equity investment of up to $500 million in preferred equity issued by Elevation Midstream LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Extraction Oil & Gas Inc.
• Represented Vista Credit Partners in its $223-million growth investment in Rocket Lawyer Incorporated.
• Advised a sovereign wealth fund as the lead investor in a $725-million preferred equity financing round in a fintech leader that operates a global insurance brokerage.
• Advised Kennedy Lewis Investment Management, a leading opportunistic credit manager, in its $60-million growth investment in EchoNous, the leader in portable artificial intelligence-guided ultrasound tools and software.
• Represented a credit-focused fund in a Series C preferred equity investment in a communications technology venture.
• Counseled a credit-focused fund in a Series B preferred equity investment in a healthcare company.
• Counseled Turning Rock Partners in structured equity acquisition financings for infrastructure-based platform investments.
• Advised a public company as the lead investor in a corporate venture capital Series A preferred investment in an early-stage sustainable energy technology company and related commercial arrangements.
• Advised a credit-focused fund in equity kicker components of numerous growth investments in software, data and technology enabled businesses.

Strategic Mergers and Acquisitions

• Represented a portfolio company of a private equity group, in its acquisition by merger of an oilfield services company backed by a private equity group, establishing a leading independent global provider of high-value oilfield products and technical services.
• Represented a public oil and gas company in its joint venture with a company backed by a financial sponsor in the west coast retail and wholesale fuel distribution business.
• Advised a green energy construction company in its sale to a building industry solutions company.
• Represented Noventis, an electronic payments network that was focused on optimizing payments delivery solutions, in its merger agreement with WEX Inc., a corporate payments solution provider.
• Assisted Louisiana-based Stone Energy Corporation with an exchange offer of notes in connection with its $2.5-billion merger with Talos Energy, an independent oil and gas company focused on offshore exploration.
• Represented Vitol Wind I LLC, an affiliate of Vitol, a world-leading independent trader of energy and related commodities, in its acquisition of the 240MW Big Sky Wind Farm from a fund managed by a global asset management firm.

Project Finance

• Advised ENGIE, North America in the debt and tax equity financing of the 200 MW Live Oak Wind Farm in Texas.
• Assisted in a joint venture between Gestamp Wind Energy and Scout Clean Energy in the debt and tax equity financing of the Persimmon Wind Farm in Oklahoma.

Additional Representative Experience

• Represented an informal group of second lien creditors of Cobalt International Energy in a Section 363 bid auction for offshore deepwater Gulf of Mexico assets totaling $578 million.
• Served as counsel to Barrick Gold Corporation, in connection with a liquid natural gas supply contract in the Dominican Republic. The transaction enabled the conversion of a power generation facility from heavy fuel oil to natural gas, lowering greenhouse gas emissions.