Benjamin Barron

Targa Resources Partners and Targa Resources Corp. in the $7.7 billion acquisition of Atlas Pipeline Partners and Atlas Energy

Targa Resources Corp. in its $6.7 billion acquisition of Targa Resources Partners in an all stock-for-unit transaction

AltaGas in the sale of its gas-fired power assets to a private equity firm

The Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of El Paso Pipeline Partners in the $76 billion acquisition by Kinder Morgan Inc. of El Paso Pipeline Partners, Kinder Morgan Pipeline Partners and Kinder Morgan Management

QR Energy in its $3 billion merger with Breitburn Energy Partners

Oil States International in the $2.6 billion spin-off of its accommodations business, Civeo Corporation, into an independent, publicly traded company

Foresight Reserves in the $1.37 billion sale of a significant economic interest in Foresight Energy, a coal producer, to Murray Energy

Eagle Rock Energy Partners in the $1.325 billion contribution of its midstream business to Regency Energy Partners

CVR Partners in the $533 million acquisition of Rentech Nitrogen Partners, creating a leading North American nitrogen fertilizer producer 

Natural Resource Partners in its $205 million acquisition of VantaCore, a private limited partnership specializing in the construction materials industry,  from Trilantic, Kayne Anderson, and other minority owners

Venator Materials PLC in its separation from Huntsman Corporation

EagleClaw Midstream Ventures, a portfolio company of Blackstone Energy Partners, in a joint venture with Kinder Morgan Texas Pipeline, to construct and own the approximately $2 billion Permian Highway Pipeline Project 

U.S. Oil & Refining Co.’s private equity sponsor in its $358 million divestiture of U.S. Oil & Refining Co. and certain affiliated entities, including a refinery, marine terminal, a rail loading terminal and refined product and crude oil storage, to Par Pacific Holdings 

Talara Capital Management in its $50 million line of equity commitment to Viola Oil & Gas, an exploration and production company

Pine Brook Road Partners in its equity commitment to Stonegate Production Company II, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on oil and gas projects in the United States

Century Payments in the sale of the company, an electronic payment processing company, to a wholly owned subsidiary of WorldPay US