Randy Santa Ana is a corporate associate in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
While at Kirkland, Randy's representative matters have included:
Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp., a blank check company sponsored by XPDI Sponsor LLC, on its upsized $300 million initial public offering
Forest Road Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: FRX) on its definitive three-way merger agreement with The Beachbody Company Group, LLC and Myx Fitness Holdings, LLC
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
Prior Experience
Associate, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Consultant, Protiviti
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Memberships & Affiliations
Houston Young Lawyers Association
Texas Alumni Business Law Association
University of Texas School of Law Class of 2015 Agent
Houston Young University of Texas Law School Alumni Steering Committee
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
2015Texas
Education
The University of Texas at Austin School of LawJ.D.with Honors2015
Texas Business Law Society
Asian Law Students Association
The University of Texas at AustinB.B.A., Management Information Systemswith Highest Honors2010