Lande Alexandra Spottswood Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Antero Midstream GP, Antero Midstream Partners and Antero Resources in the roll up of Antero Midstream Partners in a unit-for-cash and stock transaction
• FleetPride, a TPG portfolio company, in its sale to American Securities
• SemGroup Corporation in its $2.1 billion acquisition of Houston Fuel Oil Terminal Company, one of the largest oil terminals in the U.S., from Alinda Capital Partners
• Talos Energy, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management and Riverstone Holdings, in its $2.5 billion combination with Stone Energy, creating an offshore-focused E&P company
• Sunoco Logistics Partners LP in its $20 billion merger with Energy Transfer Partners in a unit-for-unit transaction
• Plains GP Holdings, L.P. in its $7.2 billion simplification transaction between Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains AAP, L.P.
• Devon Energy Corporation in the $8.84 billion contribution of substantially all of its U.S. midstream business to Crosstex Energy and Crosstex Energy to form a consolidated midstream business controlled by Devon
• Oiltanking Holdings Americas in the $4.41 billion acquisition by Enterprise Products Partners of the general partner of Oiltanking Partners, and all of the common and subordinated units of Oiltanking Partners held by Oiltanking Holding Americas and a wholly owned subsidiary
• Western Refining in the $2.4 billion take private of Northern Tier Energy, an independent downstream energy company with refining, retail and logistics operations
• Energy Transfer Partners in the $1.8 billion acquisition of Susser Holdings Corporation, the owner of retail convenience stores and a wholesale fuel distributor, in a unit and cash transaction
• The Shaw Group in its $3 billion sale to Chicago Bridge & Iron
• Western Refining Logistics in its $1.8 billion merger with Andeavor Logistics

• CVR Partners in the $533 million acquisition of Rentech Nitrogen Partners, creating a leading North American nitrogen fertilizer producer
• Sabine Oil & Gas in its merger with Forest Oil Corporation through an all-stock transaction
• Enterprise GP Holdings in its $8 billion merger with Enterprise Products Partners through a unit-for-unit exchange
• Western Refining in the $360 million contribution of substantially all of its southwest wholesale business to Western Refining Logistics
• Duncan Energy Partners in its $2.5 billion merger with Enterprise Products Partners
• Vanguard Natural Resources in its $748 million acquisition of oil and gas company Encore Energy Partners from Denbury Resources, creating one of the largest upstream MLPs
• Hiland Partners and Hiland Partners GP Holdings in their concurrent going private transactions
• Energy Transfer Equity in its $900 million acquisition of the general partner of Regency Energy Partners and the sale of its interests in the Midcontinent Express Pipeline to Regency Energy Partners
• Energy Transfer Partners in its $2 billion acquisition of a 50% interest in the Florida Gas Transmission pipeline system from Energy Transfer Equity
• Energy Transfer Partners in the $2.9 billion sale of its propane business, Heritage Operating and Titan Energy Partners, to AmeriGas Partners, making this the first time a large publicly traded partnership was acquired by another limited partnership in the propane space
• Continental Airlines in its $3.2 billion all-stock merger with United Airlines
• T-3 Energy Services in the $422 million sale of the company to Robbins & Myers

Capital Markets

• A large international energy company in the spin-off of its California oil and gas business into an independent and separately traded company
• Western Refining Logistics, LP in its $348 million initial public offering of common units
• Hi-Crush Partners LP in its $220 million initial public offering of common units
• Oiltanking Partners, L.P. in its $247 million initial public offering of common units