Anthony Sanderson
Overview
Anthony Sanderson is a capital markets partner in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. His practice focuses on capital markets transactions, corporate governance and securities law compliance. He regularly represents sponsors, issuers and underwriters in connection with unsecured and secured high-yield debt offerings, initial public offerings, exchange offers, tender offers and other restructuring and liability management transactions. He also represents public and private companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions.
Anthony previously worked in London where he gained valuable international transactional experience by working on a broad array of international financing and cross-border private equity transactions. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Anthony completed a leadership development program at The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) with a particular emphasis on SEC financial reporting, investor relations, financial planning and manufacturing management.
Experience
Representative Matters
High-Yield & Other Debt Offerings
- 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
- 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
- Initial purchasers 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)
- Strathcona Resources Ltd. in its inaugural offering of $500 million of its 6.875% senior notes due 2026
- Initial purchasers to New Fortress Energy Inc. (NASDAQ: NFE) in connection with its $1.5 billion offering of senior notes and its $200 million revolving credit facility in a committed financing package for the acquisition by New Fortress Energy Inc. of Hygo Energy Transition Ltd. and Golar LNG Partners LP*
- Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund (MEIF 5) and its portfolio company, Empark, on the group's issuance of €575 million Senior Secured Notes due 2028 and Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2027 and €100 million Super Senior Revolving Credit Facility*
- Initial purchasers in connection with the offering by Altice of €2.8 billion equivalent Senior Secured Notes due 2025 and 2028, comprising $1.2 billion Senior Secured Notes due 2028, €1.1 billion Senior Secured Notes due 2028 and €600 million Senior Secured Notes due 2025*
- Oasis Midstream Partners LP (NASDAQ: OMP) in its inaugural senior notes offering of $450 million Senior Notes due 2029*
- Initial purchasers in the $950 million offering of senior notes by Vine Energy Holdings LLC, a Blackstone portfolio company*
- A private homebuilder in its $400 million offering of senior notes*
- Initial purchasers to Aethon United BR LP and Aethon United Finance Corp in their inaugural $750 million offering of Senior Notes due 2026*
- Underwriters to Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) in its $350 million offering of senior notes*
- First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX: FQM) on its issuance of additional $750 million Senior Notes due 2023 and 2025*
- Initial purchasers in relation to Ithaca Energy's $500 million offering of Senior Notes due 2024*
- Carlyle Global Credit and Park Square Capital in connection with their purchase of €210 million PIK notes issued in connection with a dividend recapitalization of portfolio company of a leading U.S. based private equity firm*
- Initial purchasers on the issuance by Neptune Energy, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group, CVC and the China Investment Corporation (CIC), of additional $300 million of Senior Notes due 2025*
- First Quantum Minerals Ltd. (TSX: FQM) on its issuance of $1.85 billion Senior Notes due 2024 and 2026*
- Vistra Energy (NYSE: VST) on its issuance of $1 billion of Senior Notes due 2026 and its related $1.7 billion cash tender offers*
- Initial purchasers in relation to a leading coffee machine manufacturer's offering of €550 million Senior Secured Notes due 2026*
- Vantiv on its inaugural issuance of $1.13 billion equivalent Senior Notes due 2025 in connection with the financing of its £8 billion acquisition of Worldpay*
IPOs & Equity Offerings
- Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) and selling stockholders in connection with an underwritten secondary offering of 63,976,376 shares of common stock for gross proceeds to the selling stockholders of $328 million
- Underwriters to Vine Energy Inc. (NYSE: VEI), a Blackstone portfolio company, in its $346 million initial public offering of Class A common stock*
- Underwriters to Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN) in its $158 million public offering of common stock*
- Petra Diamonds, a rough diamonds producer listed on the London Stock Exchange, on the U.S. securities law aspects of its $178 million equivalent fully underwritten rights issue*
Mergers & Acquisitions
- Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (NYSE: REPX) in its $330 million acquisition of oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin from Pecos Oil & Gas, LLC
- Mas CanAm LLC in its $355 million sale of three renewable natural gas landfill assets to Kinder Morgan Inc.
- PropTech Investment Corporation II (NASDAQ: PTIC), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $575 million business combination with RW National Holdings (d/b/a Appreciate), the parent holding company of Renters Warehouse, an end-to-end Single Family Rental (SFR) marketplace and management platform
- Inmarsat and its controlling consortium on the $7.3 billion combination with Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: VSAT)
- Indigo Natural Resources LLC in its $2.7 billion merger with Southwestern Energy Company (NYSE: SWN)
- KKR on its investment in OutSystems, the global leader in low-code rapid application development as part of a $360 million investment round (together with Goldman Sachs)*
- TowerBrook Capital Partners on its investment in ACPS, a German manufacturer of tow bars with operations in Europe and the Americas*
- A Big Four accounting firm on its purchase of certain assets from an identity and access management company based in Silicon Valley*
Restructurings & Liability Management Transactions
- Team, Inc. (NYSE: TISI), a global provider of integrated, digitally enabled asset performance assurance and optimization solutions, regarding ongoing financing restructuring efforts and strategic review of its capital structure, including Team’s entry into a $50 million delayed draw subordinated term loan facility
- Jonah Energy in connection with its out-of-court restructuring, which deleveraged its balance sheet by approximately $580 million through a combination of transactions including a cash tender offer for any and all of Jonah's existing senior unsecured notes, the redemption of all non-tendered notes, a fully-backstopped equity rights offering to fund $85 million of new equity investment from all eligible existing noteholders, and entry into an amended and restated credit facility with an initial borrowing base of $750 million*
* Denotes experience prior to joining Kirkland.
Prior Experience
Capital Market Associate, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Houston & London
Corporate & Securities Associate, Sidley Austin LLP, London
Business Career Foundation Program, The Boeing Company, Seattle
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Memberships & Affiliations
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- Texas
- New York
Education
- King's College LondonLL.B.2016
Dickson Poon Scholar
President, King's College London Law Society
- Duke UniversityB.A., Public Policy
with Distinction, magna cum laude
2011Phi Beta Kappa
Benjamin N. Duke Scholar