Brandon C. Elliott

Fund Finance

• Private equity funds and major U.S. lenders as lead agent and arranger in approximately 50 single and multi-jurisdictional capital call facilities, net asset value secured credit facilities and management fee secured credit facilities ranging from $20 million to $1.5 billion.

Alternative Capital Solutions and General Financing

• Blue Mountain Midstream LLC, in its syndicated $200 million working capital revolving credit facility.
• Quantum Energy Partners midstream portfolio company in its syndicated $75 million working capital revolving credit facility.
• Foundation Building Materials Holding Company LLC, in a multi-jurisdictional $450 million term loan credit facility to refinance outstanding indebtedness.
• Blackstone’s Royal Resources in an acquisition of its assets by Osprey Energy Acquisition Corp. to create a company valued at $894 million and the subsequent combined company’s entrance into a syndicated $500 million working capital credit facility.
• Salt Creek Midstream, a midstream partnership between Ares Management, L.P. and ARM Energy Holdings, LLC, in debt and equity financing matters.
• Debt and equity transactions for Ares Management, GSO and EIG Global Energy Partners.
• Major convenience store chain in an unsecured syndicated investment grade corporate revolver in the amount of $500 million.
• Major restaurant, hotel and casino operator in a $1.4 billion senior and subordinated notes offering and a $1 billion secured incremental term loan and revolver.
• Goodman Networks Incorporated, a telecommunications company, in its initial senior secured notes offering of $112 million and revolving credit agreement in the amount of $25 million.
• Vista Proppants and Logistics, LLC, a frac sand solutions provider in its secured term loan in the amount of $180 million with Ares Capital Corporation.
• Major U.S. lender in approximately 20 mortgage warehouse lending facilities ranging from $10 million to $80 million.

Acquisition Financing

• HPS Investment Partners, LLC in the sale of Globecomm Systems Inc. (a leading provider of remote communications and multi-network infrastructure to Government, Maritime, and Enterprise sectors in over 100 countries) to Speedcast International Limited, a global Australian-headquartered provider of remote communications and IT services.
• Rowan Companies plc in its $12 billion combination with Ensco plc.

Exit Financing/Restructuring

• Private equity fund in restructuring of assets, reorganization and extension of credit to major Texas-based nursing home operator.
• Goodman Networks Incorporated, a telecommunications company, in its exit financing and sale of wireline and wireless assets to Dycom.
• Erickson Incorporated, a global provider of aviation services, and its affiliates in an asset-based lending exit financing facility in the amount of $150 million.

Corporate Matters

• American Airlines in the documentation and negotiation of capacity purchase agreements with regional aviation service providers.

*Certain representations occurred prior to Brandon’s association with Kirkland.

Haynes and Boone, LLP