Sara E. Lampert

Capital Markets

• Whiting Petroleum Corp. (NYSE: WLL) in its $6 billion merger of equals with Oasis Petroleum Inc. (NASDAQ: OAS). 
• Initial purchasers in the private offering of $1.6 billion 8.625% senior notes due 2030 by Weatherford International Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Weatherford International plc (Nasdaq: WFRD), and the concurrent tender offer to repurchase $1.6 billion of its outstanding senior notes.
• Railworks Holdings, LP and Railworks Rally, Inc. on their inaugural private offering of $325 million of 8.250% senior secured second lien notes due 2028 in connection with the acquisition of RailWorks Corporation. 
• Underwriters in the private offering of $500 million 6.500% senior secured first lien notes due 2028 by Weatherford International Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Weatherford International plc (NASDAQ: WFRD).
• AJAX I in its $7 billion business combination with Cazoo.
• Janus International in its $1.9 billion business combination with Juniper Industrial Holdings (NYSE: JIH), a special purpose acquisition company.
• FTS International, Inc. and its affiliates in their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. FTSI, a publicly-traded company, is one of the largest providers of hydraulic fracturing services in North America and provides customized hydraulic fracturing solutions to exploration and production companies to enhance recovery rates from oil and gas wells drilled in the most active basins in the United States. FTSI commenced its Chapter 11 cases with a restructuring support agreement with over 87% of the holders of the company’s funded secured debt. If the company’s prepackaged Chapter 11 plan is approved, holders of approximately $440 million of funded secured debt will exchange their debt claims for over 90% of the equity in the reorganized debtors, holders of FTSI’s existing equity will receive approximately 10% of the equity in the reorganized debtors, and all ongoing business trade claims will ride through the bankruptcy unimpaired.
• PropTech Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: PTAC), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in a $471.5 million business combination resulting in Porch.com, Inc., a leading software and services platform for the home service industries, becoming publicly listed.
• Spring Valley Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Pearl Energy Investment Management, LLC and focusing on target businesses in the sustainability industry, in its $230 million initial public offering.
• NorthRiver Midstream Finance LP in connection with its $525 million initial Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of 5.625% senior secured notes due 2026.
• Software Acquisition Group, Inc. in its $512 million reverse triangular merger with CuriosityStream Inc.

Summer Associate, Kirkland & Ellis, 2019

Senior Financial Analyst, Postlethwaite & Netterville, APAC, 2015–2017

Corporate Finance Specialist, Unitech Training Academy, 2014–2015