Whilst Kevin is a highly relationship-driven adviser, he consistently brings technical excellence and first-rate execution to client service. He demonstrates breadth and depth of knowledge of domestic and international taxation across M&A, private equity, mainstream corporate matters, financial services (including fintech and crypto), capital markets and private investing.  Over time, Kevin has served a client base consisting predominantly of US, UK, Swiss and Japanese-headed groups.

Having sat on various industry tax committees over time alongside general counsel, heads of tax and CFOs, Kevin demonstrates an appreciation of the practical and market impacts of changes in law, regulation and circumstance, allowing Kevin’s advice to be delivered with the benefit of industry and client context.

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• Advised financial institutions on all forms of banking and capital markets fundraising, including securitization, repackaging, CLO and CDO transactions.
• Advised multinational groups on multiple forms of financing and refinancing structures.
• Advised on most forms of M&A activity across multiple sectors, including banking, asset management, wealth management and fintech.
• Advised domestic and global fintech institutions, including in relation to neo-banking, payment services and crypto assets, on financial transactions, group structuring and international expansion.
• Advised on all forms of asset management transaction, including alternative investing through private equity, hedge funds and credit.
• Advised widely on fund formation, related lifecycle transactions and exits, including by way of IPO.
• Advised financial sponsors on counter-cyclical transactions and arrangements, including debt and equity restructurings and large loan portfolio transfers.
• Advised widely on Brexit and other regulatory-driven European reorganizations across multiple sectors, including banking, capital markets, asset management, neo-banking and payment services.
• Structured compensation and carry arrangements for fund principals.
• Negotiated and agreed significant client rulings with HMRC.

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• Silver Lake und dessen Portfoliounternehmen Cegid beim Erwerb des deutschen Softwareanbieters sevdesk
• VR Equitypartner bei Zusammenführung von solectrix und ASSDEV
• VR Equitypartner beim Verkauf von DILAX Intelcom an die init Gruppe
• Soennecken bei Übernahme von Erstling
• HYUNDAI bei strategischer Beteiligung an FLAXRES
• Main Capital beim Erwerb einer Mehrheitsbeteiligung an Buchner & Camp Partner
• VR Equitypartner beim Erwerb einer signifikanten Minderheitsbeteiligung an der Midoco Holding GmbH
• Vision Capital und Rubicon Partners beim Verkauf der ABL-TECHNIC Group an STAR Capital
• The Sterling Group und Capitol Meridian Partners bei der gemeinsamen Übernahme von PrimeFlight Aviation Services
• Atruvia beim Zusammenschluss von Verimi und Yes
• HÖR Technologie beim Verkauf von Pichler & Strobl
• Hanwha Q CELLS GmbH beim Einstieg in LYNQTECH
• SüdBG beim Erwerb einer Beteiligung an Sovereign Speed
• Ampersand beim Erwerb einer Beteiligung an BioEcho Life Sciences
• Ampersand Capital bei der Beteiligung am Zusammenschluss von Vivitide und Biosynth Carbosynth
• Sterling Partners beim Erwerb einer Beteiligung an Lecturio
• Atruvia beim Verkauf ihrer Beteiligung an der gbs
• Windjammer Capital und Hilco beim Erwerb der Simovision Gruppe
• BearingPoint beim Verkauf des RegTech-Geschäfts an Nordic Capital*
• BASF bei einer Kooperation mit Eramet*
• ITM Power bei einem Joint-Venture mit Linde Plc*
• Carlyle beim Verkauf des Finanzanbieters VWD an Infront*
• BASF bei einer Kooperation mit Norilsk Nickel*
• Wipro beim Verkauf des Geschäftsbereichs Hosted Data Center Services an Ensono*
• Konsortien koreanischer Investoren unter der Führung von Meritz Securities beim Erwerb eines großen Bürokomplexes in München*
• Aareal Bank bei Finanzierung eines Hotel-Portfolios*
• Becton Dickinson beim Verkauf des Beatmungsgeschäfts an Apax*

* Mandate betreut vor dem Eintritt bei McDermott.

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Princess was an honors program intern for the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Enforcement Division and a district intern for the US House of Representatives for the late Congressman John Lewis.

During law school, Princess was a contributor to the Georgetown Environmental Law Review.

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• Advised a private equity and alternative asset fund in its acquisition of a healthcare practice
• Represented a renewable energy fund in a $350 million acquisition of a solar portfolio comprised of 76 distributed solar energy projects with total capacity of 204 MW*
• Represented a solar developer, as borrower, in connection with a $16 million financing for solar mini-grids in East Africa, with a private foundation acting as the lender*
• Advised a private equity sponsor and developer in connection with its bond offering of $245 million for an infrastructure project in Latin America*
• Advised a private equity fund in the formation of a joint venture with a renewable energy developer and tax equity arranger, together with the acquisition of certain operating and development-stage solar projects from the developer*
• Advised a private equity firm in a joint venture, investing $200 million to obtain up to a 50% stake in a renewable energy-focused investment vehicle*
• Represented an investment bank in a $90 million senior secured term loan credit facility with a delayed draw component to a solar renewables developer in an acquisition finance transaction*
• Represented a private equity sponsor in the disposition of its portfolio of renewables assets in Mexico*
• Represented a financial institution sponsor in connection with a solar and storage facility, concerning the tax equity portion of the financing*
• Represented a private, family-owned laboratory in multiple strategic acquisitions of service companies*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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Andy has extensive experience advising private equity groups and infrastructure funds in the context of change of control transactions, structured equity investments and portfolio company management. He also provides clients general corporate counseling.

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• Represented a private equity group in connection with its leveraged buyout of a family of companies involved in the building materials and packaging verticals*
• Counseled a private equity group in its leveraged acquisition of a distressed automotive concern*
• Advised the infrastructure-focused group of a global private equity fund in connection with a distributed energy-focused joint venture vehicle with a European technology concern*
• Counseled a private equity group in connection with its $220 million acquisition of a Brazilian telecom company*
• Represented a financial sponsor in its acquisition by cash merger of a technology services business backed by a consortium of venture capital funds*
• Assisted in the divestiture of a 49 percent equity interest in a midstream subsidiary by a publicly traded midstream enterprise to an infrastructure fund for aggregate cash consideration of approximately $350 million*
• Advised in the merger of two master limited partnerships resulting in a midstream energy business with an enterprise value of approximately $7 billion*
• Counseled a financial sponsor in its approximately $2.5 billion leveraged recapitalization of a hydraulic fracturing company*
• Served as counsel in the sale of a 50 percent equity interest in an oil terminalling company for cash and equity consideration in an aggregate amount in excess of $1 billion*
• Counseled a financial sponsor in a $470 million, preferred equity-financed management buyout of a portfolio company*
• Represented a master limited partnership (MLP) in its $1.5 billion acquisition by cash merger of a midstream enterprise*
• Assisted with the $837 million acquisition of a midstream logistics business by an MLP for cash and equity consideration*
• Advised in the sale of an exploration and production company for $4.2 billion*
• Represented a private equity group in its $1.7 billion acquisition by a cash merger of a publicly traded consumer products company*
• Advised in a $410 million divisional carve-out sale of a consumer products company*
• Assisted in a series of sales of solar enterprises to financial sponsors and overseas investors*
• Provided advice in a $635 million sale of a minority equity interest in a refining joint venture*
• Assisted with the $124 million acquisition of an industrial components manufacturer by a holding company formed and controlled by a consortium of private investors*
• Advised a financial sponsor in its minority equity recapitalization of an electronics concern*
• Represented a special committee of the board of directors of a publicly traded corporation in its negotiation of an approximately $360 million induced conversion of shares of convertible preferred stock held by two financial sponsors*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.

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Ming also routinely advises Chinese companies with respect to their investments, corporate governance, disputes resolution and regulatory compliance matters in the US.

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• Represented Stakeholder Midstream, a portfolio company of EnCap Flatrock Midstream, in its acquisition of certain midstream gas gathering and processing assets in Yoakum County, Texas from Santa Fe Midstream*
• Represented Harvest Midstream Company, an affiliate of Hilcorp Energy, in its $200+ million acquisition of certain crude pipelines and related assets from a public interstate pipeline company*
• Represented a private company in its acquisition of a natural gas and liquids gathering and transportation business in North Texas through the acquisition of the equity interests of the seller’s subsidiaries holding these assets*
• Represented a private E&P company in the acquisition of South Louisiana crude oil gathering and transportation pipeline system from publicly held energy company*
• Represented QEP Resources in the conveyance of a gas gathering system and oil terminal in the Permian Basin to its midstream affiliates and the drafting and negotiation of the related gas gathering agreement and oil terminal services agreement*
• Represented a public company in negotiating a long term ethane supply and sale agreement for certain petrochemical facilities*
• Represented a public company in negotiating a long term produced water gathering and disposal services agreement*
• Represented a private company in negotiating a long term natural gas liquids raw product sale agreement, and associated natural gas marketing services agreement and wellhead nomination and scheduling agreement*

Marine Terminal and Logistics Business

• Represented Royal Vopak and BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund in the formation of a joint venture, Vopak Industrial Infrastructure Americas, LLC, and then in VIIA’s subsequent purchase of three of The Dow Chemical Company’s chemical storage terminals located at Plaquemine and St. Charles, Louisiana and Freeport, Texas for $620+ million, as well as its long-term services agreements with Dow for terminalling, storage and infrastructure services that were entered into at closing*
• Represented a private marine terminal owner and operator of its terminalling and storage facilities in connection with its marine terminal services agreements and throughput agreements with various customers at the terminal, and related day-to-day transactional and corporate matters*
• Represented Arrowhead Gulf Coast, an affiliate of Hilcorp Energy, in developing its terminal services agreement and related ancillary agreements in connection with its crude terminal facilities located near Cocodrie, Terrebonne Parish, Louisiana*
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of Tesoro Logistics GP, LLC in connection with the acquisition by Tesoro Logistics LP from Tesoro Refining & Marketing Company LLC and its affiliates of certain storage facilities and a marine terminal facility located at Martinez, California*
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of the General Partner of Andeavor Logistics LP in connection with its acquisition from certain of its affiliates of certain storage facilities, a rail terminal facility and related pipeline and ancillary assets located at Anacortes, Washington*
• Represented the Conflicts Committee of the General Partner of Enviva Partners, LP in its acquisition from a joint venture between Enviva Partners, LP’s sponsor and affiliates of John Hancock Life Insurance of Enviva Port of Wilmington, LLC, which owns a fully operational deep-water marine terminal and logistics business in Wilmington, North Carolina*
• Represented a private midstream company in negotiating a terminal services agreement with an E&P company in connection with the receipt, short term storage, terminalling, and barge loading services for crude oil at its marine terminal located at Plaquemines, Louisiana*

Oil and Gas Upstream Assets

• Represented Hilcorp Energy in its $2.7+ billion acquisition of oil and gas properties in the San Juan Basin in New Mexico from ConocoPhillips*
• Represented GSO Capital Partners, as a financial partner with Sanchez Energy, in the structuring of their joint venture in connection with the purchase by Sanchez and Blackstone of oil and gas properties in the Eagle Ford Shale from Anadarko for $2.3+ billion*
• Represented FourPoint Energy in its $200+ million acquisition of Anadarko Basin oil and gas properties from a private E&P company*
• Represented FourPoint Energy in its $385+ million acquisition of Andarko Basin oil and gas properties from Chesapeake*
• Represented Tokyo Gas America in its 30% strategic equity investment into Castleton Resources LLC, a subsidiary of Castleton Commodities International LLC which owns upstream and midstream assets in East Texas and Louisiana*
• Represented Tokyo Gas America in its acquisition of a 25% stake in certain Eagle Ford shale gas formation from VirTex*
• Represented LOGOS Resources, a portfolio company of ArcLight, in its acquisition of legacy gas properties and undeveloped Mancos acreage located in the San Juan Basin from WPX Energy, which included approximately 900 producing wells and over 200 potential horizontal gas drilling locations across approximately 134,000 net acres*
• Represented LongPoint Minerals, an affiliate of FourPoint Energy, in drafting and developing a set of form purchase agreements for mineral interests acquisitions*
• Represented a large independent company in an asset exchange transaction with respect to certain acreage in New Mexico and Texas with a major public oil and gas company*
• Represented a large independent oil and gas company in its sale of oil and gas properties in West Oklahoma in consideration of a combination of $60 million and certain acreage*
• Represented a PE backed private E&P company in its $130+ million acquisition of an overriding royalty interest in West Texas acreage*
• Represented a large independent oil and gas company in its $100+ million sale of Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas properties*
• Represented Evolve Transition Infrastructure LP in its sale of wellbores and other associated assets located in Gonzales, DeWitt, Dimmit and Zavala Counties in South Texas*

Capital Markets and Private Equity Investments

• Represented the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Pure Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its initial business combination pursuant to which Pure effected a merger resulting in a newly formed and publicly traded company, HighPeak Energy, Inc. (Nasdaq: HPK), with an estimated enterprise value of $845 million*
• Represented a private company in both its equity and debt financing of $285+ million with HPS Investment Partners in connection with its exploration and development activities in the Midland Basin*
• Represented FourPoint Energy in a $500+ million equity capital raise from Quantum Energy Partners and other then-existing equity holders in connection with its acquisition of certain strategic upstream and midstream assets in the Anadarko Basin*
• Represented the underwriters in a $90+ million equity offering by Northern Oil and Gas, Inc. in connection with oil and gas related matters in the offering*
• Represented Citi etc. as the underwriters in the initial public offering of Jagged Peak Energy, in connection with oil and gas related matters in the offering*

Electrical Power Infrastructure

• Represented RES America in its disposition of a wind energy generation project located in McCulloch County, Texas through the sale of 100% membership interests of the project company*
• Represented Duke Energy in its sale of a minority interest in its commercial renewable energy portfolio totaled 1.2 gigawatts of wind, solar and battery storage asset, to John Hancock for $400+ million*
• Represented a private company in its acquisition of a wind powered electric generating project located in Oklahoma*
• Represented a private company in its acquisition of a clean coal gasification plant and related assets located in Indiana*
• Represented a major global energy company in an extensive internal review and summary of all project documents and commercial agreements relating to the company’s entire wind energy project portfolio in the United States, including wind energy projects in Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, South Dakota and Texas*
• Represented a private company in the formation of a joint venture in developing and operating gas turbine power plants in South and East Texas*

Oilfield Services and Other Services

• Represented ProPetro Holding Corp. in connection with its $400 million acquisition of the pressure pumping assets of Pioneer Resources*
• Represented Entrec as its U.S. counsel in its disposition of certain oil field services assets, in connection with its bankruptcy in Canada and related Chapter 15 bankruptcy in the US*
• Represented a court-appointed receiver in its disposition of certain oil field services equipment of a private company in connection with the receivership proceedings*
• Represented a private E&P company in negotiating master services agreements with various service providers*

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.

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Prior to joining the Firm, Kevin was general counsel for the Kayne Anderson Energy Funds. In this role, he advised the Funds and their portfolio companies on the structuring of investments, acquisitions and disposition of assets and equity, financing transactions, litigation, employment issues and various other matters. He also advised on the formation, structuring and governance of private equity funds with commitments exceeding $7 billion.

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• Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. in a $150 million equity commitment by certain of its affiliates to HRM Resources III, LLC to acquire oil and natural gas assets across the lower 48.
• Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. in a $148.50 million equity commitment by certain of its affiliates to Land Run Minerals V, LLC to acquire and manage mature royalty assets and Land Run’s associated acquisition of a unique, large-scale, mature royalties asset located in the core fairway of the Mid-Continent’s STACK play.
• Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. in a $182.50 million equity commitment by certain of its affiliates to TreadStone Energy Partners III, LLC to acquire oil and natural gas assets across the lower 48 with scalable exploitation and development upside.
• TreadStone Energy Partners II, LLC’s $271 million sale of its operated oil and gas assets in South Texas and associated follow on royalties sale.
• Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P. in an over $400 million equity commitment by certain of its affiliates to Kraken Resources II, LLC to acquire large, oil-weighted acquisitions in the Williston Basin.
• Westlawn Group in its $174 million acquisition of non-operated working interests and mineral/royalty interests in the Permian Basin.
• Kayne Anderson Energy Funds in connection with HRM Resources III, LLC’s sale of its oil and gas assets in the Green River Basin of Wyoming.
• Silver Hill Energy Partners’ sale of certain Delaware Basin upstream subsidiaries to RSP Permian for $2.4 billion*
• Silver Hill Energy Partners’ sale of its Delaware Basin midstream subsidiary to Targa Resources*
• Casillas Petroleum Resource Partners II, LLC sale of its oil and gas assets in the SCOOP play in Oklahoma (and simultaneous settlement of litigation related thereto) to Continental Resources, Inc. *
• Casillas Petroleum Resource Partners I & II in the acquisition of over $400 million of oil and gas properties in Oklahoma*
• Kraken Oil & Gas in multiple acquisitions of oil and gas properties in the Williston Basin*
• Portfolio companies of private equity funds in the $360 million sale of Oklahoma oil and gas assets to a Korean conglomerate (and successfully obtained CFIUS approval for such sale) *
• Riverbend Oil & Gas in the acquisition and divestiture of several non-operated working interests and mineral/royalty interests across multiple U.S. onshore basins*
• Adventure Exploration Partners II, LLC’s $249 million sale of operated Midland Basin oil and gas assets with various joint sellers to RSP Permian, Inc.*
• Panther Energy Company II LLC in the sale of its Delaware Basin assets to WPX Energy, Inc. for $775 million*
• Canyon Midstream Partners in the sale of its Permian Basin midstream subsidiary*
• Fund sponsor in connection with continuation fund/stapled secondary transaction*
• Beacon E&P Company, LLC in its $160 million divestiture of Barnett Shale assets to a strategic buyer backed by a Chinese private equity fund (and successfully obtained CFIUS approval for such sale) *
• Grenadier Energy Partners, LLC’s sale of its Marcellus Shale oil and gas assets for $590 million to a publicly traded buyer*
• Grenadier Energy Partners II, LLC’s sale of its Midland Basin assets for $420 million to Surge Energy US Holdings Company*
• Newton Energy Partners’ $180 million acquisition of legacy PDP oil and gas assets in Alberta, Canada*
• Newton Energy Partners sale of its Canadian operating subsidiary to Aspenleaf Energy Limited*
• A Canadian subsidiary of Newton Energy Partners in a successful $185-million judgement for fraud and breach of contract arising from misrepresentations made by the seller of Canadian oil and gas assets to Newton under a share purchase and sale agreement, including a judgment that included one of the largest loss of opportunity awards ever made in Alberta
• Defense of a private midstream company in Clean Air Act citizen suit filed by the Sierra Club alleging violations by a natural gas gathering and processing facility*
• Energy Contractors’ sale of its oilfield services assets in various eastern states to a public company*
• HRM Resources/Winter Ridge Energy in the sale of over $100 million oil and gas assets in Colorado and Wyoming*
• Sagebrush Resources’ $180 million sale of its oil and gas assets in the Williston Basin to a private-equity backed purchaser*
• Cavallo Energy’s sale of Texas oil and gas leases and associated oilfield equipment to Linn Energy*
• Kayne Anderson Energy Funds in connection with structuring and funding numerous management teams for oil and gas exploration, midstream infrastructure acquisition and development, and mineral and royalty acquisitions*
• Kayne Anderson Energy Fund portfolio companies in obtaining borrowing base revolving credit facilities*
• Kayne Anderson Energy Fund portfolio companies in numerous other acquisition and monetization transactions of oil and gas properties*
• Indian exploration and production company in connection with the acquisition and financing of various producing properties in Ecuador and Thailand
• Private company in negotiating Mineral Development Agreement with Native American Indian Tribe and joint venture with independent energy company for field exploration and development
• Major energy company in its acquisition of a U.S. gas marketing company
• Private U.S. exploration and production company in connection with the sale of $120 million of domestic onshore producing properties
• European energy company in its disposition of its interest in a Dominican Republic power plant
• Selling shareholders in connection with the sale of the stock of an oil field services company to publicly traded buyer, including related real estate lease
• U.S. oil and gas company in connection with its development of an LNG facility in Canada and associated downstream gas sales agreements
• European-based energy company in connection with its acquisition of a minority interest in the Camisea LNG project and related upstream assets, and an LNG sales and purchase agreement for all of the LNG produced at the Camisea liquefaction facility
• European energy company in the charter of LNG vessels trading between the Middle East, Europe and the United States
• European-based energy company in connection with the formation of a joint venture to upgrade and expand a petrochemical plant and related facilities in Libya
• U.S. energy company in connection with voyage charters for the transportation of coal from Colombia to New York
• Spanish and Russian energy company in connection with LNG sale and purchase agreements for the Atlantic and Pacific basins
• U.S. oil and gas company’s private placement of convertible debt totaling $37.5 million
• U.S. hedge fund, serving as both lender and agent, in connection with a $70 million senior secured credit facility to a maritime construction company and take out of existing lenders and credit facilities
• Initial purchaser and placement agent in the first ever broadly distributed private placement of oil and gas MLP units totaling approximately $115 million
• Private equity, venture capital firms and private investors in creating various types of entities for the purpose of investing in and acquiring producing properties in the onshore and offshore Gulf Coast regions, California, on Indian Tribal Lands in Montana and various other areas

*Matter handled prior to joining McDermott.

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• Main Street Ministries, Governance Committee

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Debbie has extensive experience in representing debtors in complex reorganizations and representing secured and unsecured creditors in collection disputes, including commercial foreclosure and fraudulent transfer litigation.

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• Represented stalking horse bidder in bankruptcy proceedings challenging its entitlement to administrative expense claim.*
• Defended petroleum refining company in fraudulent conveyance action and related lawsuits.*
• Defended operator of long term acute care hospital in dispute with landlord over termination of essential services agreement.*
• Obtained dismissal of lawsuit against national real estate investment trust alleging conspiracy to violate antitrust laws.*
• Represented market maker in business of selling vehicles to used car dealer in insurance coverage and unfair and deceptive settlement practices dispute to favorable settlement.*
• Led defense of law firm in malpractice action including before Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.*
• Worked with developer and marketer of vacation ownership in obtaining favorable settlement of sexual harassment and retaliation suit.*
• Represented former present, CEO, and director of bank in obtaining dismissal of securities fraud putative class action.*
• Represented manufacturer of lubricant and car care products in obtaining dismissal of lawsuit alleging violations of Robinson-Patman Act and Sherman Antitrust Act.*
• Helped Big Four accounting firm in obtaining dismissal of malpractice and breach of fiduciary duty causes of action.*
• Collaborated with UK attorneys to represent international telecommunications operator in ICC arbitration in dispute with cable capacity lessee over expansion rights on cable by developing New York law-based claim and defense strategies.*
• Oversaw early favorable settlement of putative nationwide class action alleging violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.*
• Oversaw successful defense of appeal challenging enforceability of arbitration agreement’s delegation clause based on claim of waiver of pre-litigation conduct.*

*Matter handled prior to joining the firm.

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