Patrick J. Respeliers

Experience

Representation of clients with respect to domestic and cross-border mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and spin-offs, including:

• The acquisition by a private equity-backed company of interstate natural gas pipelines and related processing facilities valued at $3.2 billion from a publicly traded, midstream, master limited partnership
• The acquisition of a publicly traded construction and mining company by another publicly traded construction company
• Joint ventures between public and private strategic partners and between strategic companies and private equity funds, in connection with the acquisition of existing businesses, combinations of existing businesses and greenfield developments
• The merger of a U.S. based commodity-management and grain storage company (with publicly disclosed revenues of $4.6 billion) with a North American energy, commodity-management and storage company (terms not disclosed)
• The $1.4 billion acquisition of a publicly traded, midstream, master limited partnership by another publicly traded, midstream, master limited partnership
• Purchases and sales of oil and gas mineral rights in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia, Louisiana and Brazil
• The combination of a publicly traded corporation, a publicly traded, upstream, master limited partnership and a private master limited partnership controlled by private equity funds into a newly formed publicly traded corporation
• Cross-border transactions involving assets or companies located in Mexico, South America (Chile, Peru, Panama, Brazil, Ecuador, Uruguay, Colombia), Africa (Ethiopia, Mali, Zambia, Tanzania and Djibouti), and Europe (Hungary, Italy, United Kingdom)

Representation of clients with respect to public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, including:

• Public and rule 144A offerings, Regulation S offerings, PIPE transactions and conventional private placements of equity securities for numerous companies, including publicly traded master limited partnerships, privately held interstate natural gas pipelines, publicly traded financial services companies, a publicly traded insurance company and an international, publicly traded, drilling company
• Public and rule 144A debt offerings totaling over $4.2 billion for numerous companies, including midstream master limited partnerships, exploration and production companies, international drilling companies, financial services companies, movie theatre exhibitors, manufacturing companies
• Over a dozen shelf registration statements

 Representation of borrowers with respect to over 60 syndicated credit agreements, including secured, unsecured, investment grad, asset-based and reserve-based facilities, including:

• $2.25 billion credit facility for a publicly traded, midstream, master limited partnership
• $1.5 billion credit facility for a publicly traded, data center REIT
• $1.0 billion acquisition credit facility for a private equity-backed midstream company

Representation of private equity firms and venture capital investors in connection with domestic and cross-border transactions

Created new securitization programs (including initial shelf registration statements) for several issuers and acted as issuer's counsel on 19 securitization transactions totaling over $12.0 billion of structured finance transactions.

News

Speaking Engagements

"Purchase Price Adjustment", M&A Boot Camp, Stinson LLP Webinar, September 2022 

Publications

"Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Government and Government Contractor Activities Provisions," Stinson's Government Contracting Matters Blog, April 3, 2020

"Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act Small Business Provisions," Stinson's Government Contracting Matters Blog, April 3, 2020