Tim Chandler

Tim’s recent representations include:

Power Generation and Transmission

• Represented a private equity fund in a potential investment in a gas-to-power project in Latin America
• Represented a private equity fund in the acquisition of an in-development power facility in ERCOT
• Represented Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of the Canal 1 & 2 power facility from GenOn and the Canal 3 in-development power facility from NRG
• Represented a private equity fund in its investment in a multi-billion dollar, multi-asset power generation company
• Represented a Chilean greenfield power developer in acquisitions of in-development power projects
• Represented a utility in the development of a cogeneration facility
• Represented a hedge provider in connection with the hedging arrangements for a newly developed wind farm
• Represented Partners Group in its acquisition of a 25% stake in Sentinel Energy Center
• Represented a developer in the development of cogeneration facilities in a Latin American country
• Represented a developer in connection with the development of various power generation facilities in Latin America
• Represented a wind developer in corporate structuring, Brazilian CCEAR (PPA) auction qualifying, project development and negotiation of potential acquisitions
• Represented a private equity fund in multiparty negotiations with sponsors to further a geothermal energy project company
• Represented a wind development fund in the sale of multiple in-development wind farms
• Represented a developer in the development and financing of power generation assets in Honduras
• Represented a developer in joint venture negotiation and structuring for various of its Latin American power generation assets
• Represented a wind developer in the project financing of a portfolio of wind farms
• Represented a transmission system development company in the acquisition of a transmission development project in the United States
• Represented Dynegy in its sale of two power generation facilities through a bankruptcy auction process
• Represented a back-up credit provider and equity stakeholder in the project financing of a power generation asset

Midstream Oil & Gas

• Represented Oryx Midstream Services LLC, a portfolio company of Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, in its acquisition of the Outrigger Crude Oil Gathering System in the Permian Basin from a subsidiary of Targa Resources Corp., for a purchase price of US$135 million
• Represented Stonepeak in its joint venture with West Texas Gas, Inc. and in such joint ventures investment in the Whistler Pipeline Project
• Represented I Squared Capital in its US$460 million convertible equity investment in Venture Global LNG
• Represented Carlyle in connection with its preferred investment into EQM Midstream Partners as part of a US$1.1 billion preferred equity investment in order to fund EQM Midstream Partners’ acquisition of 60% of Eureka Midstream and 100% of Hornet Midstream
• Represented XRI Blue, a water supply and pipeline transportation company, in the acquisition of Fountain Quail Water Treatment
• Represented Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of the Oryx Permian crude oil pipeline system for US$3.6 billion
• Represented a private equity fund in the exit of its preferred equity investment in a public company in connection with the merger of the public company
• Represented a private equity fund in the acquisition of its minority partner’s interest in a pipeline company
• Represented I Squared Capital in the formation of a leading Delaware Basin midstream partnership with Blackstone Energy Partners and EagleClaw Midstream and the concurrent acquisition of Caprock Midstream and Pinnacle Midstream by EagleClaw, a transaction recognized as the 2019 “Energy, Power & Utilities Deal of the Year” by The Deal’s Middle Market Awards
• Represented I Squared Capital in its investment into the Permian Highway Pipeline
• Represented a private equity fund in a potential acquisition of a water disposal company
• Represent private equity funds in preferred equity investments in privately held midstream companies
• Represented Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in its sale of Paradigm Energy Partners’ gathering systems to Ares EIF
• Represented I Squared Capital in its acquisition of Pinnacle Midstream, an oil and natural gas gathering, processing and midstream operator in the Delaware Basin
• Represented Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in its investment in convertible preferred securities and common securities of Phillips 66 Partners as part of a US$1.05 billion issuance in connection with a dropdown of assets by Phillips 66 Partners’ general partner
• Represented GE EFS in the sale of ARC Logistics Partners and GE EFS’ interest in the Joliet terminal to Zenith Energy, which was recognized as the ACG 2018 Downstream, “Trading and Power Deal of the Year”
• Represented a private equity fund in its bid to build a processing facility in a Latin American country
• Represented one of the investors in the acquisition of 90% of Petrobras’ midstream pipeline unit Nova Transportadora do Sudeste SA for approximately US$5.2 billion, which was recognized as the “2017 Latin Lawyer Private Equity Deal of the Year”
• Represented GE Oil & Gas in its investment in US$25 million of convertible preferred securities of Tellurian, the developer of the Driftwood LNG project, prior to its public listing via a merger with Magellan
• Represented PennTex in its sale of PennTex Permian, the owner of processing and pipeline assets in the Permian basin, to EagleClaw Midstream Ventures
• Represented I Squared Capital in its sale of a partial equity stake in a gathering system to GE Energy Financial Services
• Represented Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in its investment in convertible preferred securities of Dominion Midstream Partners as part of an issuance of up to US$600 million in connection with a dropdown by Dominion’s general partner of Questar Pipeline
• Represented I Squared Capital in its acquisition of a gathering system from WPX Energy
• Represented Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in its investment in convertible preferred securities of MPLX as part of a US$1 billion issuance
• Represented a private equity fund in its investment in a hydrocarbon rail terminal company
• Represented Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in its investment in convertible preferred securities of Targa as part of a US$1 billion issuance
• Represented a private equity fund in negotiating and documenting the sale of a midstream gathering system to an industry player
• Represented Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in its investment in convertible preferred securities of Plains All American Pipeline as part of a US$1.5 billion issuance
• Represent multiple private equity funds in their investments in new midstream-focused portfolio companies
• Represent multiple management teams in their negotiations with private equity fund sponsors to form new portfolio companies
• Represent various midstream companies in the negotiation of gathering agreements, transportation agreements, master services agreements and other similar transactions
• Represented administrative agents in syndicated financings secured by midstream assets

Oilfield Services

• Represented Hellaby Holdings in its sale of its Contract Resources division
• Represented a private equity-backed oilfield services company in negotiations to sell its U.S. assets
• Represented Carlson Capital in its investment in convertible preferred securities of ProPetro, an oilfield services company
• Represented Morgan Stanley Energy Partners in a majority equity investment in XRI Blue, a water supply and pipeline transportation company providing logistic solutions to upstream oil and gas producers
• Represented bidders in distressed auctions of oilfield services assets
• Represented Dover in its acquisition of Accelerated Companies, a supplier of artificial lift and fluid handling solutions to oil and gas production markets, for US$430 million
• Represented Denham Capital in a US$100 million equity commitment by Natural Gas Partners to MS Energy Services, a directional drilling company that is majority-owned by Denham
• Represented a large Asian conglomerate in a purchase money loan for drilling equipment in Venezuela
• Represented an oil services company in a shelf offering
• Represented an international oilfield services company in its sale of a processing barge offshore Nigeria

Upstream Oil & Gas

• Represented Laredo Petroleum in its US$130 million acquisition of acreage from Cordero Energy Resources
• Represented Ensign Natural Resources in its acquisition of Eagle Ford assets from Pioneer Natural Resources
• Represent multiple private-equity backed portfolio companies in acquisitions of upstream assets
• Represent multiple private equity funds in their investments in new upstream-focused portfolio companies
• Represent multiple management teams in their negotiations with private equity fund sponsors to form new portfolio companies
• Represent various upstream producers in the negotiation of gathering agreements, transportation agreements, lifting agreements, sale agreements and other similar transactions
• Represented First Reserve in connection with its acquisition of Chesapeake’s Barnett shale assets through its portfolio company Saddle Barnett Resources, LLC
• Represented a private equity project company in the structuring of its investments in oil and gas assets in Colombia, Brazil and Uruguay
• Represented a sovereign wealth fund in its investment in a Gulf of Mexico oil exploration and production company
• Represented a private equity firm in the sale of a portion of its interest in Utica shale acreage 
• Represented a major international bank in a second-lien financing to an upstream oil and gas company
• Represented an investment fund in the acquisition of a participation in an Israeli oil and gas company’s credit facility
• Represented a private equity fund in the acquisition of a joint venture interest in Greek oil and gas assets
• Represented administrative agents in syndicated financings secured by oil and gas assets, including assets in the United States (on private-owned leases, federal government-owned leases and Native American tribe-owned leases, Colombia and Brazil)
• Represented a Chinese conglomerate in its investments in two joint ventures involving multi-billion dollar Brazilian oil and gas assets
• Represented a Brazilian energy company in its purchase of several African oil and gas holding companies
• Represented a large Asian oil and gas company in its joint venture with a state-owned corporation to secure project development financing
• Represented an independent oil and gas company in connection with the negotiation of various ISDA agreements

Trading

• Represented EDF in its acquisition of U.S. retail power contracts from TransCanada
• Represented Macquarie Commodities in its acquisition of Cargill’s North American power and gas trading business
• Represented Macquarie Commodities in its acquisition of Cargill’s international petroleum trading business
• Represented a sponsor in a proposed management team buy-out of North American trading assets
• Represented a midstream oil and gas company with significant trading assets in a bid process for the sale of the company
• Represented a bidder for a large portfolio of international trading assets

Refining and Petrochemicals

• Represented a bidder for certain utility power generation assets
• Represented a Latin American petrochemical distributor in the sale of the Company to an international private equity fund
• Represented a processing facility project company in a long-term natural gas liquids purchase agreement
• Represented a group of high net-worth individuals in the potential multi-billion dollar acquisition of a California refinery
• Represented a private equity fund in the proposed sale of a refining company
• Represented a multi-national petrochemical company in a long-term agreement for the purchase of polymer-grade propylene
• Represented a refiner in connection with negotiating a potential joint venture relationship with a financial institution’s commodities group to monetize a terminal and associated storage facilities
• Represented various purchasers in negotiating gas supply agreements
• Represented various project companies in negotiating EPC and other contracts
• Represented a petrochemicals manufacturer in a proposed joint venture with another petrochemicals manufacturer to utilize mutually beneficial key assets held by each

Mining

• Represented a private equity fund in a sale of a minority interest in Latin American mining assets
• Represented a private equity fund in negotiating a management team’s equity stake in a mining portfolio company
• Represented a private equity fund in its acquisition of Latin American mining assets from a regional developer
• Represented a Chilean mining company in acquisitions of in-development mining projects
• Represented SunCoke Energy Partners in a seller-financing for the acquisition of a coal marine terminal
• Represented a private equity firm in the tax and exit-based restructuring of its investment in Brazilian mining concessions, including structuring to ensure compliance with Brazilian national security regulations
• Represented a private equity firm in structuring and negotiating a potential investment in a mining concern’s Chilean concessions
• Represented a private equity fund in restructuring and subsequently exiting on favorable terms its investment in an operator of coal mines and related infrastructure
• Represented a U.S.-based coal company in its initial public offering

Manufacturing

• Represented an international steel company in the development of a proposed expansion to an existing steel plant
• Represented a Chinese manufacturer in the potential joint venture acquisition of a Brazilian manufacturer
• Represented a U.S.-based manufacturer in its potential acquisition of a Brazilian publicly traded company
• Represented an international manufacturer in the acquisition of a family-owned manufacturing company in Brazil
• Represented an international steel company in its proposed 50% investment in a large Brazilian manufacturer
• Represented an international steel company in its consideration of a trade sale with a Venezuelan public agency

Telecommunications and Transportation

• Represented Facebook in its joint venture with Eutelsat Communications to open up internet access to developing markets
• Represented Partners Group in an investment in Seabras-1, the first direct subsea fiber optic cable between New York and São Paulo, which was recognized as the “Best Deal of 2015” by Global Trade Review and the “Greenfield Deal of the Year” by International Finance Magazine, World Finance and also won the “2016 LatinFinance Project Finance & Infrastructure Award”
• Represented a state-owned development company in the development of a railway in Mongolia

• Represented an abused spouse in connection with immigration proceedings
• Represented injured Afghani child being treated in the United States in connection with guardianship and immigration procedures
• Represented various immigrants in connection with U.S. immigration procedures
• Represented various charitable organizations in connection with organizational and contracting matters

• Member of the Houston Advisory Council of the Tahirih Justice Center
• J. Reuben Clark Law Society