Randy Santa Ana

While at Kirkland, Randy's representative matters have included:

• HighPoint Resources Corp. (NYSE: HPR) on its $376 million combination with Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. (NYSE: BCEI)
• Bluescape Clean Fuels, a clean fuels technology company, in its formation and acquisition of assets
• AVAIO Capital, as the lead investor of a consortium that acquired control of Mexico Pacific Limited LLC, the developer of an LNG export facility in Puerto Libertad in Sonora, Mexico
• ArcLight Energy Partners Fund VI, L.P. in its subsidiary TLP Finance Holdings, LLC’s $536 million acquisition by merger of the outstanding common units that ArcLight and its affiliates do not currently own of TransMontaigne Partners L.P.
• Royal Resources, an entity owned by funds managed by Blackstone Energy Partners and Blackstone Capital Partners, in the sale of its Eagle Ford Shale assets for a transaction value of $894 million to Osprey Energy Acquisition Corp., an energy-focused SPAC

Prior to joining Kirkland, Randy's representative matters included:

• A public company’s acquisition of a privately-held business in three stock-for-stock mergers involving an aggregate transaction value in excess of $2 billion

• A public midstream energy company’s approximately $1.3 billion acquisition of a business unit

• A public midstream energy company’s approximately $32 million disposition of certain assets

• The sole underwriter in the offering of common stock of a public exploration and production company resulting in proceeds of approximately $2.16 billion

• The initial purchasers in connection with the Rule 144A/Regulation S offering by a public exploration and production company of $350 million of senior unsecured notes

• A public midstream energy company’s $550 million underwritten offering of senior unsecured notes

• A public E&P company's redemption of $500 million of senior notes

• A public midstream energy company’s $450 million underwritten offering of senior unsecured notes

• A public E&P company's $500 million private offering of senior secured notes

Associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

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