Banking & Finance
USA Guide 2024 : Texas
Band 1
Contact number
+1 713 221 2300About
Provided by Bracewell LLP
Bracewell’s finance group advises borrowers and lenders on billions of dollars of financial transactions every year, with an emphasis on energy. The team has in-depth knowledge across the entire energy finance spectrum, including upstream, midstream, downstream, exploration and production; refining; oil field services; commodities; chemicals; and renewable and conventional power. Bracewell also represents many of the world’s largest lending institutions, funds, and institutional investors in complex financings.
The firm’s finance team assists clients in various forms of secured and unsecured transactions, including project finance, acquisition finance, syndicated lending, structured finance, leveraged finance, reserved-based lending, bridge financings to facilitate capital markets access, equipment finance and leasing. They also assist clients in various stages of a lending transaction, including refinancings and restructurings (including out-of-court restructurings) of existing loans, DIP financings and exit financings for both borrower and lender clients.
Bracewell lawyers structure and document a full range of senior, subordinated and mezzanine debt and first or second lien (or first and second out) financings, including syndicated and bilateral facilities. They also assist sponsors and lenders with asset monetization and a wide variety of bankruptcy remote structures, structured commodity hedges, credit sleeves and tax structures, including master limited partnerships.
Chambers Review
Bracewell LLP is an outstanding Texas firm with a deep bench of banking and finance expertise. Expert in handling secured and unsecured transactions. Handles complex and significant transactions for clients including large banks and funds. Also active in lending transactions concerning a range of companies in the energy space.
Work Highlights
- Bracewell represented JPMorgan Chase Bank as administrative agent in a $1.5 billion amended and restated revolving credit facility to Caerus Operating LLC.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Bracewell has the expertise to meet our needs."
"The team are very attentive to detail, highlight key issues to work through and provide recommendations."
"Bracewell has the expertise to meet our needs."
"The team are very attentive to detail, highlight key issues to work through and provide recommendations."
Notable Practitioners
Mark Evans remains a highly prominent figure in the Texas banking and finance arena, handling the full gamut of lending transactions.
"Mark is a top-notch lawyer with a solid reputation in the finance market."
Heather Brown has considerable experience in debt transactions, with expertise in both term loans and revolving credit facilities.
"She was excellent to work with, very attentive to detail and very good mediating negotiations."
"Heather is incredible at what she does and has a very good sense of the market."
Dewey Gonsoulin boasts a strong finance practice, regularly acting on behalf of lender-side clients engaging in the oil and gas space.
"He's very pragmatic and great at providing feedback and looking at transactions creatively."
"He's a pleasure to work with and he really knows his stuff."
"He's really helpful and responsive."
Kate Day brings significant experience to bear when acting for clients in the natural resources sector.
"A very good lawyer, she's efficient and responsive."
"She's outstanding, practical, commercial and responsive."
Stephanie Koo Song is regularly sought after to act for lenders on both secured and unsecured credit facilities.
"Stephanie is a great advocate for her clients."
"She's on top of the market with an incredible sense of what's going on."
Alan Rafte most frequently handles financing mandates related to the energy industry.
"He's extremely capable and practically-minded."
"He's very customer-focused."
Ranked Lawyers at
Bracewell LLP
Texas
Members
Provided by Bracewell LLP