
Caitlin M. Lawrence






Caitlin Lawrence advises publicly and privately held corporate borrowers and issuers, credit funds, private equity funds and commercial banks in commercial financing, direct lending and other complex financial transactions. Her experience includes back-leverage and tax equity financings, reserve-based and asset-based facilities, project financings, acquisition financings, mezzanine facilities, direct lending, restructurings and other structured financings.
Caitlin has significant energy, power and infrastructure financing experience, including matters in the renewable and energy transition space, the oil and natural gas markets, the power sector and infrastructure financings. Caitlin’s energy, infrastructure and power-industry experience includes matters involving residential, commercial and industrial and utility-scale solar, utility and transmission infrastructure, manufacturing facilities, oil and gas exploration and production, midstream systems and terminals, oilfield services, distribution, storage, transportation and retail.
Experience Highlights
CVR Energy, Inc. in a $325.0 million senior secured term loan B
U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Program Office in a $15.0 billion loan guarantee to Pacific Gas and Electric Company to support a portfolio of projects to expand hydropower generation and battery storage, upgrade transmission capacity through reconductoring and grid enhancing technologies, and enable virtual power plants
Renewable energy equipment manufacturing company in a project financing for the development of a solar panel manufacturing facility
Solar developer in a development and construction financing for a utility-scale solar facility in Texas
Energy Transfer LP in a $5 billion revolving credit facility
Sunoco LP in a $1.5 billion senior secured revolving credit facility
Select Energy Services in a $270 million asset-based revolving credit facility, which includes sustainability-linked pricing benefits for increasing its recycled produced water and superior employee safety performance
U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Program Office in a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $4.9 billion to Grain Belt Express LLC, a high-voltage direct current interregional transmission line
A commercial lender in project financing to fund the construction and development of an e-recycling facility
A solar developer in a development and construction and tax equity bridge facility to fund the development of various commercial and industrial solar projects
Sunnova Energy International Inc. in a $1.575 billion back-leverage solar asset warehouse credit facility
Riverstone Credit Partners in a $410 million senior secured term loan to an upstream E&P company
HPS Investment Partners in a $98 million secured term loan to Elk Petroleum Aneth, LLC to finance an acquisition of oil and gas assets
EIG in a $50 million note purchase agreement with an upstream E&P company
EIG in a $40 million note purchase agreement with a midstream company
Private equity backed upstream company in a $75 million reserve-based secured credit facility
Private equity backed midstream company in an acquisition financing to fund the purchase of certain pipeline and terminals systems
Private equity backed pipeline and terminals company in a $75 million senior secured credit facility
Caliber Midstream Partners, L.P., a joint venture between First Reserve and Triangle Petroleum, in a $200 million revolving credit facility
An energy investment firm in a $350 million senior secured reserve-based revolving credit facility and a $200 million senior secured term loan facility
CVR Energy, Inc. in a $600 million offering of senior notes
Helix Energy Solutions Group, Inc. in a $300 million offering of senior notes
Sunnova Energy International Inc. in a $1.0 billion revolving solar loan warehouse credit facility
Sunnova Energy International Inc. in a $400 million offering of green bonds
Cactus, Inc. in a $350 million secured asset-backed credit facility
Martin Midstream Partners in a $200 million secured revolving credit facility
Martin Midstream Partners in a $400 million offering of senior secured notes
ProPetro Services, Inc. in a $150 million asset-based revolving facility
Concho Resources Inc. in a $4 billion secured reserve-based revolving credit facility
Parsley Energy, L.P. in a $2.5 billion secured reserve-based revolving credit facility
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in connection with a $3 billion 5 year revolving credit facility and a $2 billion unsecured 364-day revolving credit facility
Solaris Oilfield Infrastructure, Inc., in a $20 million secured revolving credit facility governed by an asset-based lending borrowing base in connection with its initial public offering
Credentials
- The University of Chicago Law School, J.D., 2013
- University of Notre Dame, B.A., Political Science magna cum laude, 2010
- Houston Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Houston Energy Finance Group
- Texas
- Press ReleaseJune 23, 2025