Tanner L. Groce

TANNER GROCE advises clients on a variety of capital markets transactions and corporate and securities law matters. He represents issuers, underwriters and investors in connection with public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, and he advises clients regarding corporate governance and public company reporting matters, as well as mergers and acquisitions.

Tanner earned his J.D., with honors, from the University of Oklahoma College of Law, where he was selected as a member of the Order of the Coif. While attending law school he interned at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, and he was also a member of the Oil & Gas, Natural Resources & Energy Journal. Tanner earned his B.B.A. in finance and political science from Texas Christian University.

Tanner’s experience at Sidley includes the following representative matters:

Capital Markets

• The initial purchasers in connection with a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A of fixed-rate reset exchangeable preferred stock of BW Real Estate Inc.
• Flowco Holdings Inc. in connection with an initial public offering of its Class A common stock.
• Planet Financial Group, LLC in connection with multiple private offerings pursuant to Rule 144A of senior notes.
• The underwriters in connection with multiple public offerings of senior notes by Mid-America Apartments, L.P.
• Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC in connection with a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A of senior notes and concurrent cash tender offer.
• USA Compression Partners, LP and USA Compression Finance Corp. in connection with a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A of senior notes.
• Enterprise Products L.P. in connection with multiple public offerings of senior notes.
• NuStar Energy L.P. in connection with multiple public and private offerings of common units, preferred units and senior notes.
• Newfold Digital in connection with a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A of senior secured notes.
• Raising Cane’s Restaurants, LLC in connection with a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A of senior notes.
• RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. in connection with a public offering of its common shares.
• Western Midstream Partners, LP and Western Midstream Operating, LP in connection with a public offering of senior notes.
• The underwriters in connection with multiple public offerings by Southwest Airlines Co. of common stock, convertible senior notes and senior notes.
• Legacy Reserves LP in connection with an exchange offer of newly-issued convertible senior notes for outstanding senior notes.
• Apergy Corporation in connection with a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A of senior notes.
• The underwriters in connection with multiple public offerings of senior notes by Boardwalk Pipelines, LP.
• The initial purchasers in connection with multiple private offerings pursuant to Rule 144A of senior notes by Sunoco LP.
• The initial purchasers in connection with multiple private offerings pursuant to Rule 144A of senior notes by a private midstream oil and gas company.
• The initial purchasers in connection with a private offering pursuant to Rule 144A of senior notes by a private upstream oil and gas company.
• Cheniere Energy, Inc., Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P., Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC and Cheniere Corpus Christi Holdings, LLC in connection with multiple registered exchange offers of senior notes.
• Advised Texas Pacific Land Trust on its reorganization into Texas Pacific Land Corporation.
• Noble Midstream Partners LP in connection with a public offering of its common units.
• Multiple special purpose acquisition companies in connection with their initial public offerings.

Mergers and Acquisitions

• Rigel Resource Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its business combination agreement with Aurous, a South African gold mining company.
• Energy Transfer LP in connection with its acquisition of Lotus Midstream Operations, LLC.
• Blue Ocean Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its business combination agreement with TNL Mediagene, a digital-media company.
• Reliance Midstream, LLC in connection with its acquisition of Reliance Gathering, LLC by OMOG JV, LLC, a joint venture between affiliates of Oryx Midstream and Diamondback Energy, Inc.
• The conflicts committee of the board of directors of the general partner of Andeavor Logistics LP in connection with MPLX LP’s acquisition of Andeavor Logistics LP.
• United Airlines, Inc. in connection with the purchase of ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. from SkyWest, Inc. by ManaAir LLC, an entity in which United has a minority investment, and the purchase by United of aircraft-related equipment from ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.
• The special committee of the board of directors of Antero Resources Corporation in connection with Antero Midstream GP LP’s acquisition of Antero Midstream Partners LP.
• The conflicts committee of the board of directors of the general partner of Andeavor Logistics LP in connection with Andeavor Logistics LP’s acquisition of logistics assets from Andeavor.
• NuStar Energy L.P. in connection with its acquisition of NuStar GP Holdings LLC.