Abby Branigan
Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, TX 75201
Abby’s principal areas of practice are private equity and mergers and acquisitions. She counsels private equity funds, their portfolio companies, and a variety of public and private companies in connection with strategic investments, joint ventures, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, as well as on general corporate matters.
Experience Highlights
Oncor Electric Delivery Company in its $2.2 billion acquisition of InfraREIT
Centerbridge Partners and its portfolio company, American Bath Group, a leading manufacturer of showers, bathtubs and related accessories, in its acquisition of DreamLine, a leading provider of branded premium glass shower doors, enclosures, and accessories under the DreamLine and Arizona Shower Door brands, from MPE Partners
Oaktree Capital Management in a $900 million pledge related to the launch of a partnership with FourPass Energy to acquire and operate large-scale, oil-weighted, producing oil and gas assets
Goldman Sachs Renewable Power Fund in its acquisition of a 142 MW portfolio of solar power generation assets from a subsidiary of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation
Chisholm Oil and Gas in its strategic combination with Gastar Exploration to create a leading STACK E&P company
Elliott Investment Management, L.P. on a range of energy private equity matters, including investments, management team arrangements and formation of portfolio companies, governance and related matters
A US private equity sponsor in preferred equity investments in various growth companies, including in the retail and consumer services industries
Large financial investor in over 20 transactions to acquire ownership stakes in growth companies across a variety of industries and equity structuring for companies emerging from bankruptcy
Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board in its $1 billion equity commitment to Encino Acquisition Partners, a company focused on U.S. oil and gas acquisition opportunities
Oncor Electric Delivery Company in its approximately $400 million asset swap with Sharyland Utilities and Sharyland Distribution & Transmission Services
Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of a majority interest in Tidewater Logistics, a leading provider of frac sand supply chain solutions
Sixth Street in the acquisition of membership interests in a liquefied propane gas terminal located in New Hampshire
Tampnet AS its acquisition of Broadpoint, a provider of offshore communications in the Gulf of Mexico and in a long-term strategic roaming agreement with a leading telecom carrier
Charger Shale Oil Company in the formation of Culberson Midstream, a joint venture with Producers Midstream to install a new natural gas gathering system, anchored by more than 40,000 net dedicated acres and a 1,000 square mile area of mutual interest from Charger, in the Western Delaware Basin
Cresta Fund Management in the formation of, and investment in, Sentinel Midstream, a company offering midstream solutions for crude oil transportation, storage, and terminaling
Cresta Fund Management in the formation of, and investment in, Blackbuck Resources, a midstream water solutions company focused on the Permian Basin
Credentials
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 2013 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar)
- The University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A., Business Honors and Finance, 2010
- New York
- Texas
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