John D. Furlow

Since joining Kirkland, John has worked on the following matters:

• Salt Creek Midstream, LLC in its 50/50 joint venture with Noble Midstream Partners LP to provide crude oil gathering and transportation services in the Delaware Basin.

Prior to joining Kirkland, John worked on the following matters:

• Advised the management team in the formation and private equity financing of an E&P company focused on acquiring and developing oil and gas properties in Oklahoma’s STACK play.

• Advised the buyer in its successful acquisition of a 20% working interest in four blocks located in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

• Advised the buyer in its successful acquisition of an 11.6% working interest in a field in the deepwater Gulf of Mexico.

• Advised a private equity backed E&P company in the sale of its Niobrara shale oil assets in the North Park Basin of Colorado to a public E&P company for approximately $190 million.

• Advised a leading public oilfield services company in connection with the sale of its surface safety valve business in the United States and over 20 other countries.

• Advised a private equity fund in the formation of a joint venture for the operation and management of certain offshore oil and gas properties located in the shallow waters of Louisiana.

• Advised the management team in the formation and private equity financing of an E&P company focused on acquiring and developing Bakken oil and gas properties.

• Advised a natural-resource-focused private equity fund in its acquisition of an increased equity stake in a U.S. frac sand and mining company.

• Advised a U.S. public offshore drilling company in its $100 million acquisition of a public Norwegian offshore drilling company.

• Advised a public investment services and technology company in its $610 million acquisition of a public cloud-based financial services company.

• Advised the “stalking horse” and ultimately successful bidder in the acquisition of a start-up technology company under Sections 363 and 365 of the Bankruptcy Code.

• Advised the sellers in the sale of certain interests (equivalent to working interests) in a prospective natural gas field in Papau New Guinea.

• Advised a private equity backed E&P company in its acquisition of North Dakota oil and gas properties.

• Advised a private equity fund in its acquisition of oil and gas properties located in North Dakota.

• Advised a private equity fund in its acquisition of offshore oil and gas properties located in the shallow waters of Louisiana.

• Advised a private E&P company in its acquisition of oil and gas properties and related infrastructure located in Utah and Colorado.

• Advised a multinational chemical company in connection with the negotiation of a sodium bicarbonate joint venture.

• Advised a Houston-based oilfield technology company in its spinoff from a multinational oil and gas company.

• Advised the management team in the private equity financing of a company focused on acquiring producing-mineral, royalty and overriding-royalty interests.

• Advised an energy-focused private equity fund in its acquisition of a natural gas combined-cycle electric-power-generation facility located in the Permian Basin.

• Advised a private investment firm focused on energy infrastructure in its acquisition of a portfolio of three natural-gas-fired power generation facilities.

• Advised a private equity fund in the disposition of its equity interest in two portfolio companies that owned coal mining assets and equipment.

• Advised a U.K.-based private equity fund with the formation of a joint venture for the funding, development and management of an international infrastructure project.

• Advised a Houston-based start-up specializing in unmanned aerial vehicle technology and services in connection with its first and several follow-on capital raises.

• Advised a Houston-based technology company in its private placements of series B and series C convertible preferred stock.

• Advised selling stockholders in their sale of 100% of the equity in a Houston-based technology company to an Australian public company.

• Advised a multinational chemical company in its multiple strategic investments in a start-up technology company specializing in printed lighting, display, solar and other organic electronics.

• Advised a Houston-based public E&P company in a Rule 144A add-on offering of $200 million of senior notes and a concurrent $50 million public offering of common stock.

• Advised a Houston-based public E&P company in a Rule 144A offering of $850 million of senior notes.

• Advised a Houston-based public E&P company in a Rule 144A offering of $400 million of senior notes.

• Advised the underwriters in a public offering of $63 million of common units by a master limited partnership.

• Advised a Denver-based public E&P company in its Rule 144A offering of $300 million of senior notes.

• Advised a Denver-based public E&P company in its Rule 144A offering of $300 million of notes.

• Advised a Denver-based public E&P company in its $210 million public offering of common stock.

• Advised a Montana-based public E&P company in connection with its Rule 144A offering of over $172 million of convertible senior notes.

• Advised a Montana-based public E&P company in an “at-the-market” offering of up to $100 million of common stock.

• Advised a Houston-based public oilfield and seismic services company in connection with its Rule 144A offering of $175 million of senior secured second priority notes. 

• Advised the initial purchasers in a Rule 144A offering of $375 million of convertible notes by a Fort Worth-based E&P company.

• Advised a Houston-based public oilfield and seismic services company in connection with its offer to exchange its $175 million of senior secured second priority notes for new notes and common stock.

• Advised a Tulsa-based E&P company in its concurrent private placements of $365 million of senior secured notes and $135 million of senior subordinated notes and warrants.

• Advised a Houston-based public E&P company in connection with its public offering of $1 billion of senior notes.

• Advised the initial purchasers in a Rule 144A offering of $350 million of senior notes by a master limited partnership.

• Advised the sales agents in an “at-the-market” offering of up to $100 million of common units by a master limited partnership.

• Advised a Houston-based public E&P company in an underwritten offering of $215.2 million of common stock. 

• Advised a Houston-based public E&P company in an “at-the-market” offering of up to $150 million of common stock.

• Advised a Houston-based public E&P company in a Rule 144A offering of $700 million of senior secured second lien notes.

• Advised a Houston-based public E&P company in exchange offers of approximately $1.57 billion of existing notes for new notes. 

• Advised a Houston-based public E&P company in an exchange offer of approximately $289.6 million of its existing notes for new notes.

Mayer Brown LLP (Houston)