Mergers and Acquisitions

• Represented a Chinese investment consortium in its US$1.2 billion acquisition of oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin from two private equity backed companies
• Represented a Chinese investment consortium in its US$315 million acquisition of oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin from a private equity backed company
• Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in the US$160 million sale of its oil and gas assets to a strategic buyer backed by a Chinese private equity fund
• Represented a major international exploration and production company in its dispositions of its JV interest for US$128 million
• Represented an automotive retailing solutions company in its US$120 million acquisition of a company engaged in the business of e-mail marketing services and newsletter management
• Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in the US$44 million sale of its oil and gas assets in the Appalachian basin to a strategic buyer
• Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in the US$18 million sale of its oil and gas assets in the Appalachian basin to a strategic buyer
• Represented a global distressed investment and liquidation firm in the acquisition of the assets of and recapitalization of, a premier fixture and equipment liquidation company
• Represented an independent oil and gas company of its disposition of its oil and gas assets in Nacogdoches County, Texas for US$28 million to a strategic buyer
• Represented a major international exploration and production company in its disposition of its East Texas upstream assets for US$44 million
• Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in the US$26 million sale of its oil and gas assets in Texas
• Represented various independent oil and gas companies in the US$18 million divesture of their non- operated oil and gas assets in Texas and New Mexico
• Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in its US$18 million purchase of a company that distributes industrial engineered products for customers in the refining, petrochemical, engineering, construction and oil and gas industries
• Represented an industrial component manufacturer doing business in the US and Canada in its US$50 million acquisition by a portfolio company of a UK private equity firm
• Represented an automotive retailing solutions company in its US$32 million acquisition of a company engaged in the business of data mining and business intelligence for the automobile industry
• Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in its US$36 million acquisition of a company that provides credentialing services in the healthcare industry
• Represented an oil field services company in its US$14 million acquisition of a company engaged in the well testing/flow-back business
• Represented a valve repair and distribution company servicing the refining, petrochemical and pipeline industries in its US$11 million acquisition of a valve engineering company
• Represented a private equity fund in its US$37 million platform acquisition of a company that provides groundwater solutions including the sale, rental, removal and abandonment of dewatering and/or pumping equipment and turnkey construction dewatering services
• Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in its US$22 million acquisition of a company that distributes refractory materials, performing refractory installations and refractory consulting
• Represented a major Texas-based manufacturing company in the US$27 million acquisition of another manufacturing company
• Represented a portfolio company of a private equity firm in its US$25 million purchase of a company selling industrial hoses, power transmission belts, valves, pumps and fittings
• Represented an energy software company in its US$13 million acquisition by a Fortune 500 Company
• Represented a US steel distribution company in its US$20 million acquisition of a steel fabricator and distributor operating in the Republic of Colombia

Corporate Finance and Venture Capital

• Represented an independent oil and gas company in obtaining a US$500 million loan from a major national bank
• Represented an independent oil and gas operator in obtaining a US$150 million loan from a major national bank
• Represented a startup medical device company in a US$3.1 million private placement
• Represented a commercial shopping center investor in a US$6.1 million private placement for the purchase of a shopping center in Houston

Regulatory

• Successfully represented a Chinese investment consortium before CFIUS in its US$1.2 billion acquisition of oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin
• Successfully represented a Chinese investment consortium before CFIUS in its US$315 million acquisition of oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin
• Successfully represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund before CFIUS in its US$160 million divesture of oil and gas assets