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Abby Branigan
Abby Branigan
Counsel — Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets
E: abranigan@velaw.com T: +1.214.220.7847
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Counsel — Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets

Abby Branigan

Abby Branigan
Dallas
T: +1.214.220.7847
F: +1.214.999.7847

Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, Texas 75201

E: abranigan@velaw.com
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Abby Branigan

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

  • Riata Capital Group in its $750 million sale of WSS to Foot Locker

  • Apollo Global Management in a $150 million equity commitment to FlexGen Power Systems, a leading integration services and software technology provider for energy storage solutions in the U.S. and globally

  • Riverstone Holdings, as lead investor, in connection with a $40 million Series C funding round of T-REX Group, Inc., a SaaS provider supporting the asset-backed financing industry

  • Apollo Global Management in an agreement with Arthur Kill Terminal for the exclusive right to invest in the Arthur Kill Terminal project, a major offshore wind energy staging and assembly port under development in Staten Island, New York

  • LRS, an independent waste diversion, recycling and portable services provider, and Goldman Sachs, as lead investor in LRS, in the sale of LRS to an affiliate of Macquarie Infrastructure Partners

  • Riata Capital Group in its recapitalization of Greenix Pest Control, a residential pest control platform

  • 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

  • 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

News & Insights

Deals & Cases
Infinitum Electric Raises $80M in Series D Funding Led by Riverstone Holdings to Scale Production of Sustainable Motors
Energy Transition
May 17, 2022
Deals & Cases
T-REX Raises $40M Led by Riverstone Holdings to Accelerate Investment in Sustainable Infrastructure and Private Credit Markets
January 27, 2022
Press Release
Vinson & Elkins Elects 24 New Counsel
January 11, 2022
Deals & Cases
LRS Completes Recapitalization with Macquarie Infrastructure Partners V (MIP V)
September 9, 2021