Under the leadership of Dallas-based Erec Winandy and Houston’s Brian Moss, Vinson & Elkins LLP‘s ’top notch legal talent’ focuses heavily on financing transactions in the energy sector, advising, individual and syndicates of banks as lenders and energy companies as borrowers on the structuring of secured loans or revolving credit facilities. The practice also advises energy sector clients on a range of acquisition finance structures, including leveraged buyout and mezzanine financing deals. Also in Houston, James Longhofer is sought after by predominantly energy industry clients seeking assistance with obtaining mezzanine financing and syndicated credit structures. In New York, Brett Santoli and Tzvi Werzberger advise a range of sectors, including energy, mining and transport clients on project finance loans and asset-based credit structures. Dallas’ Christopher Dewar is another name to note for reserve and asset-based lending.
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‘The team has a very strong debt finance practice. The team is very knowledgeable in energy transactions and is also very skilled in general financing.’
‘The individuals do a great job, taking the time to think through issues in the transaction and come up with innovative solutions.’
‘Top notch legal talent. We use them generally on larger, syndicated transactions and also some midsize.’
Kernmandanten
- Devon Energy Corporation
- Continental Resources, Inc.
- Sentinel Peak Resources California LLC
- California Resources Corporation
- Aligned Energy Holdings, LP
- HighPeak Energy, Inc.
- Blackstone Inc.
- CrownRock L.P.
- Brazos Midstream Holdings II, LLC
- M6 Midstream LLC
Highlight-Mandate
- Advised Wells Fargo Bank on a $1.5bn syndicated, senior secured, reserve-based revolving credit facility to Comstock Resources, Inc.
- Advised JPMorgan Chase Bank in a $1.5bn syndicated reserve-based, senior secured revolving credit facility to an upstream E&P portfolio company.
- Advised Texas Capital Bank on a $1bn syndicated, senior secured, reserve-based revolving loan to Granite Ridge Resources to partially fund its acquisition of oil and gas assets via a de-SPAC transaction.
Anwält*innen
Praxisleitung
Brian Moss; Erec Winandy
Weitere Kernanwält*innen
Rafael Alvarado; Christopher Dewar; Brett Santoli; Tzvi Werzberger; Dave Wicklund; James Longhofer