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Trina Hill Chandler
Trina Hill Chandler
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Biography
Trina is a partner in the Corporate Department and her practice includes domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project finance and development, corporate finance, hedging transactions, and partnership and LLC formations. She represents major energy and utility companies, financial institutions, private equity firms, and insurance companies, primarily in power, marketing and trading, and other energy related transactions. Trina is listed as one of the World's Leading Energy and Natural Resource Lawyers in 2007, 2009, and 2011 and as one of the World’s Leading Women in Business Law in 2011 by Legal Media Group (Euromoney). She is also a Fellow of the American College of Investment Counsel and a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. Trina currently serves as the co-head of V&E's Energy Industry Group.
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Representative Experience
Electric Power
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- Represented Duke Energy Company in connection with the $1.6 billion sale of eight U.S. power plants (6,200 MW) to LS Power
- Represented BG North America in connection with the disposition of its entire U.S. power generation portfolio to EquiPower
- Represented Tenaska Power Fund in connection with its purchase of the 1,100 MW Mach Gen power generation facility in Michigan
Renewables/Clean Energy
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- Represented an equity investor in the 845 MW Caithness Shepherds Flat wind farm, which upon completion is purported to be the world’s largest wind farm
- Represented Duke Energy in connection with its 36MW battery storage project for its approximately 150MW wind farm in Texas, which is one of the largest battery storage projects undertaken to date
- Represented a sovereign wealth fund in connection with a potential joint venture investment in a major U.S. wind development company
Marketing and Trading
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- Represented Bear Energy in connection with its $800 million acquisition of Williams Power Company’s power trading business
- Represented Duke Energy Company in connection with its $715 million sale of Cinergy’s marketing and trading business in the U.S. and Canada to Fortis Bank
- Represented Duke Energy Company in connection with its $685 million transfer of its marketing and trading portfolio to Barclays Capital
Midstream/Gas Storage
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- Represented a private equity company in connection with its bid to purchase 50% of certain gathering and processing assets of Petrohawk
- Represented one of the largest pure play gathering and processing companies in connection with its potential joint venture to acquire additional gathering and processing assets
- Represented an MLP in connection with its bid to acquire gathering assets in Texas, Oklahoma and Louisiana
Financings
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- Represented The Shaw Group in connection with its $1.25 billion corporate revolver
- Represented Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co., Texas Pacific Group, the Blackstone Group, and Hellman & Friedman LLC in connection with the financing of the $3.65 billion acquisition of Texas Genco LLC (co-counsel)
- Represented Citation Oil and Gas in connection with its revolving credit facilities
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Education and Professional Background
- The University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors, 1992
- The University of Texas, B.B.A. Finance with honors, 1989
- Admitted to practice: Texas, 1993
Professional Recognition
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- Legal 500 U.S. in energy transactions law, 2011
- Legal Media Group's (Euromoney's) Expert Guide to the World's Leading Energy and Natural Resource Lawyers, 2007, 2009, and 2011
- Legal Media Group's (Euromoney's) Expert Guide to the World’s Leading Women in Business Law, 2011
Activities and Affiliations
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- Fellow of the American College of Investment Counsel
- Fellow of the Texas Bar Association
- Member, State Bar of Texas, Business Law Section; Houston Bar Association, Mergers and Acquisitions Section
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First City Tower
1001 Fannin Street
Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77002-6760
Tel +1.713.758.3218
Fax +1.713.615.5088
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