Mergers & Acquisitions

• Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation in its $17 billion merger of equals with Cimarex Energy Co., with the combined company continuing as Coterra Energy Inc.
• Westlake Corporation in its $2.15 billion acquisition of Boral Limited's North American building products businesses.
• Seadrill Limited in its $958 million acquisition of Aquadrill LLC in a stock-for-stock merger.
• Ergon, Inc. in its $309 million take-private acquisition of Blueknight Energy Partners, L.P.
• Ergon, Inc. in its acquisition of Associated Asphalt Partners, a portfolio company of Arclight Capital Partners.
• APMEX, Inc., a leading online precious metals retailer, in its sale to MKS PAMP Group.
• Sunnova Energy International, Inc. in its $325 million acquisition of SunStreet, the residential solar platform of Lennar Corporation.
• CenterPoint Energy, Inc. in its $2.15 billion sale of its Arkansas and Oklahoma natural gas distribution businesses to Summit Utilities, Inc.

Capital Markets - Issuer Representation

• CenterPoint Energy, Inc. in its $1.7 billion registered offering of senior notes.
• Valero Energy Corporation in its $1.25 billion cash tender offers to purchase outstanding senior notes.
• CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. in its $1.2 billion registered offering of senior notes.
• Waste Management, Inc. in its $1 billion registered offering of senior notes.
• CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC in its $900 million registered offering of general mortgage bonds, including CenterPoint's inaugural tranche of green bonds.
• CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC in its $800 million registered offering of general mortgage bonds in February 2022.
• CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC in its $800 million registered offering of general mortgage bonds in September 2022.
• Valero Energy Corporation in its $650 million registered offering of senior notes and concurrent cash tender offers.
• Sunnova Energy International Inc. in its $600 million Rule 144A offering of convertible senior notes.
• CenterPoint Energy, Inc. in its at-the-market program (with a forward component) to sell up to $500 million of common stock.
• CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. in its $500 million registered offering of senior notes.
• Sunnova Energy International Inc. in its $500 million Rule 144A offering of convertible senior notes.
• CenterPoint Energy, Inc. in its $400 million registered offering of senior notes.
• Southern Indiana Gas and Electric Company in its $341 million registered offering of securitization bonds issued in connection with the planned retirement of coal-powered electric generation units.
• CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. in its $300 million reopening of an existing series of senior notes.
• CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. in its $75 million exchange offer for senior notes and a concurrent consent solicitation by a subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy, Inc.

Capital Markets - Underwriter Representation

• Enbridge Inc. in various debt offerings.
• Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. in its $325 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes.

Public Company Counsel

• Corporate counsel to CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (NYSE: CNP), Sunnova Energy International Inc. (NYSE: NOVA), Valero Energy Corporation (NYSE: VLO), Westlake Corporation (NYSE: WLK) and Westlake Chemical Partners (NYSE: WLKP) - Exchange Act reporting; proxy statements; stock exchange matters; board matters; corporate governance; Section 16 compliance.

Shareholder Activism and Preparedness

• A group of “retail” investors in an activist campaign against a biotechnology company to replace the entire board of directors, including associated litigation in federal and Delaware courts.
• An investor in biotechnology company seeking board observer rights in exchange for support of the company's board of directors in its defense against a hostile takeover.
• An investor in a life sciences company in its sale of shares to a majority shareholder seeking to prevent a conflicted transaction by the board of directors.