Quan Q. Lu

QUAN LU’s experience focuses on debt finance, structured finance, and asset securitization transactions, especially in the energy and infrastructure sector. 

Quan has extensive experience representing both capital providers and borrowers in structuring, negotiating, and documenting financing transactions, including reserve-based lending facilities, direct and credit fund lending facilities, project financing facilities, sponsor-backed acquisition financings, first lien/second lien transactions, and sustainability-linked loans.

Within the oil and gas industry, Quan has financing experience in the oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, and oilfield services sectors. Quan also assists borrower and lender clients in the renewable energy space (including complex structured loans to solar energy providers and project financings to develop solar farms in South America) and on financing infrastructure projects (including, among other things, loans to finance the acquisition of a fleet of rail cars, loans to acquire and develop a coal-fired power plant, and acquisition financing to acquire a green waste disposal company).

Quan’s work has earned him recognition in Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch in America® 2026 for Energy Law and Banking and Finance Law.

Quan earned his J.D. from the University of Virginia School of Law, where he also assisted victims of domestic violence in U-Visa petitions through a pro bono partnership. In 2011, he received his Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and minor in Hispanic Studies from The College of William & Mary and graduated cum laude.

Quan’s experience at Sidley includes:

Lender/Administrative Agent Representations

• Represented Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as administrative agent in two revolving credit facilities for Energy Transfer LP totaling US$5 billion.
• Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent in a multi-currency US$2.5 billion revolving credit facility for TechnipFMC plc.
• Represented Toronto Dominion (Texas) LLC as administrative agent in a US$2 billion term loan credit facility for Energy Transfer Operating, L.P. 
• Represented JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent in a US$2 billion reserve-based credit facility for Southwestern Energy Company and a related US$550 million secured term loan “B” credit facility.
• Represented Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as administrative agent in a US$1.25 billion revolving credit facility for Summit Midstream Partners, LLC
• Represented Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. as administrative agent in a US$500 million reserve-based credit facility for an upstream oil and gas company listed on the ASX with assets in Eagle Ford shale.
• Represented Bangkok Bank as administrative agent in a US$600 million unsecured term loan credit facility for BKV Corporation and a related US$100 million unsecured revolving working capital facility
• Represented a major U.S. bank as administrative agent in a US$500 million term loan “B” credit facility for the acquisition of a green waste company by a privately held Sponsor.
• Represented AB Private Credit Investors LLC as administrative agent in a US$320 million secured term loan credit facility for Nine Point Energy, LLC.
• Represented a major U.S. bank in a US$310 million reserve-based credit facility for a privately held borrower based in the Delaware Basin
• Represented a major U.S. bank in a US$250 million reserve-based credit facility for a privately held borrower based primarily in the Marcellus Shale
• Represented an alternative investment manager as administrative agent and sustainability structuring agent in a US$160 million sustainability-linked term loan credit facility for a borrower based in the Piceance Basin.
• Represented a clean energy private lender in a US$140 million secured holdco loan for a solar energy provider.

Borrower Representations 

• Represented USA Compression Partners, LP as borrower in a secured credit facility.
• Represented Worley as borrower in a US$1.3 billion multi-currency term/revolving credit facility.
• Represented Vistra Corp. as borrower in a US$1.25 billion secured 364-day credit facility.
• Represented NuStar in a US$1 billion unsecured revolving credit facility, a US$750 million term loan facility, and a US$400 million receivables-backed credit facility.
• Represented Archrock as borrower in a US$750 million secured revolving credit facility.
• Represented Exterran Corporation in a US$700 million secured revolving credit facility.
• Represented Conn’s Inc. in a US$650 million revolving credit facility.
• Represented Sponsor-backed borrower in financing the acquisition of a fleet of railcars.
• Represented privately held oil and gas operator in a secured notes securitization transaction.
• Represented Stonepeak in preferred equity investment as part of a take-private of Logistec Corporation.
• Represented the Sponsor in the financing to fund a portion of the acquisition of a US$350 million power generation company.
• Represented a privately held borrower in a US$27.5 million revolving credit facility secured by offshore overriding royalty interests
• Represented a Spanish renewables energy company in a term loan facility to finance the construction of a solar farm in Chile and an accompanying VAT facility.
• Represented a privately held borrower in an agricultural financing.
• Represented the builder and operator of a fiber optic cable from São Paulo, Brazil to New York in its credit facility transactions.
• Represented Ursa Piceance Holdings and affiliates in a DIP credit facility associated with Chapter 11 proceedings.

Other Representations

• Served as Texas real estate local counsel on mortgage loan securitization facilities.

Quan’s experience prior to joining Sidley includes: 

• Represented underwriters in issuances of servicer advance receivable-backed notes.
• Represented major U.S. and UK banks as lenders and finance companies as borrowers in mortgage loan repurchase facilities and servicing rights credit facilities.
• Represented a major U.S. bank in establishing tax lien financing facilities.
• Advised Ginnie Mae in its Multiclass Securities Program.

• Represented victims of domestic violence in applications for U-Visas, T-Visas, and post-visa benefits
• Represented asylum applicants in immigration petitions