Gregory D. Howling

Prior to joining Kirkland, Gregory was involved in the following matters:

• KeyBank, National Association, ING Capital and Mizuho Bank in connection with a construction loan and letter of credit facility and a separate term loan facility to subsidiaries of Terra-Gen, LLC, for the development of a 460-MW energy storage system in California;
• Onyx Renewable Partners L.P., a Blackstone portfolio company, in connection with the sale of multiple portfolios of distributed generation and small-scale utility solar projects;
• JPMorgan Asset Management in its acquisition of Sonnedix Power Holdings, an international independent solar power producer;
• Exxon Mobil Corporation in connection with numerous domestic and international exploration and production opportunities, including:
  
  • its joint venture with Saudi Basic Industries Corp. (SABIC) for their Gulf Coast Growth Ventures petrochemical project in Texas;
  • its $2.8 billion acquisition from Eni S.p.A. and structuring of a 25 percent indirect interest in the Area 4 block of the Rovuma Basin offshore Mozambique; and
  • its acquisition of an interest in a 2.4-million-acre ultra-deep water block off the coast of Suriname.
• Allianz Global Investors US LLC, BlackRock and Metlife and various purchasers in 4(a)(2) private placements totaling approximately $2 billion of senior secured notes by a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc. to refinance a term loan facility for liquefied natural gas trains and a related pipeline at Cheniere's facilities near Corpus Christi, Texas;
• Bank of America as lead initial purchaser in a $1.5 billion Rule 144A offering by a subsidiary of Cheniere Energy, Inc.;
• Credit Suisse as lead initial purchaser in a $2 billion Rule 144A offering by Cheniere Energy, Inc.;
• Goldman Sachs Bank USA, Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc. and SG Americas Securities, LLC as coordinating lead arrangers of a group of 17 banks in connection with a $1.25 billion revolving credit facility for Cheniere Energy, Inc.;
• Syndicate of 18 international banks and other financial institutions in connection with Sasol Limited's $4 billion credit facility for the construction of a petrochemical plant in Louisiana;
• MUFG Union Bank, N.A., CoBank, ACB and Citibank, N.A. in connection with a $285 million construction loan, tax equity bridge loan and letter of credit facilities to a subsidiary of Terra-Gen, LLC for the repowering of four wind farms in California;
• MUFG Bank, Ltd. as lead arranger in connection with $733 million in construction loan and letter of credit facilities for the development and sale of the High Prairie Wind Farm, a 400 MW wind generation facility in Missouri;
• SG Americas Securities, LLC and Santander Bank, N.A. in connection with a $256 million credit facility for a joint venture between Tenaska, Inc. and Mitsubishi Corporation to refinance existing bonds for the Lindsay Hill Generating Station, an 859 MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle electrical generating facility in Alabama;
• Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and BNP Paribas Securities Corp. in a $401 million 4(a)(2) private placement of senior secured notes to refinance a construction and term loan facility for the Tenaska Imperial Solar Energy Center West project in California; and
• Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group and Roya Bank of Canada, as joint lead arrangers, in connection with a $319 million 4(a)(2) private placement and a $163 million credit facility refinancing for a 130 MW photovoltaic solar electrical generating facility indirectly owned by Tenaska, Inc.