Darin W. Schultz

Partner

Finance

“I love helping a company secure the necessary financing to grow and innovate. That’s why I like working on the borrower and sponsor side; you have a personal connection to the companies that are actively involved in the space and are driving the market forward.”

Darin Schultz

Overview

Darin Schultz advises on secured lending transactions in the energy sector, working with clients on financings through every stage of the business life cycle. His practice focuses primarily on representing borrowers, including emerging ventures, established companies and private equity sponsors, in a wide variety of syndicated financings. Darin has extensive experience in deals involving upstream, midstream and oilfield services companies; acquisition finance; and project finance. He has also represented lenders in a variety of transactions.

Experience

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

  • Blue Racer Midstream, LLC, a joint venture between Caiman Energy II, LLC and Dominion Resources, in a $800 million credit facility

  • AES Gener S.A. in the development and project financing of the Angamos project, a 462 MW coal-fired power plant in Chile; named Project Finance International’s Power Deal of the Year (Americas), Power Finance & Risk’s Deal of the Year

  • Caliber Midstream Partners, L.P., a joint venture between First Reserve and Triangle Petroleum, in a $200 million revolving credit facility

  • Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in a $5 billion secured revolving credit facility

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Credentials

Education

  • Georgetown University, J.D. cum laude, 2004 (Executive Editor, The Tax Lawyer)
  • Georgetown University, B.S., Accounting and Finance magna cum laude, 2001 (Beta Gamma Sigma; Alpha Sigma Nu)

Admissions

  • Virginia
  • District of Columbia
  • North Dakota
  • Texas

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Recognitions

  • Chambers USA, Banking & Finance (Texas), 2025 and 2026
  • Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2014−2018
  • IFLR1000, 2021–2023
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023–2026
  • Legal 500 U.S., Finance: Commercial Lending, 2023, and 2026
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), Project Finance Law (Houston), 2027
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Awards & Rankings

The Legal 500 US 2026 (Legalease Ltd.) Recognizes Vinson & Elkins in 47 Practice Categories, 146 Lawyers Recommended

The Legal 500 US 2026 recommended Vinson & Elkins as a leading law firm in 47 practice categories. In total, …

June 10, 2026

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Chambers USA 2026 Recognizes Vinson & Elkins in 66 Practice Categories, 170 Individual Lawyer Rankings

Vinson & Elkins announced today that it achieved 20 Band 1 rankings in Chambers USA 2026: Nationwide: Energy Transition; Energy: …

June 4, 2026

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Deals & Cases

Vinson & Elkins Advises ProPetro Holding Corp. on Upsized $690 Million Convertible Senior Notes Offering

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May 8, 2026

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Deals & Cases

Vinson & Elkins Advises ProPetro Holding Corp. on $163.3 Million Public Offering

Vinson & Elkins advised ProPetro Holding Corp. (the “Company”) in connection with an underwritten public offering of 17,250,000 shares of …

January 28, 2026

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Deals & Cases

Vinson & Elkins Advises Comscore, Inc. with Recapitalization

Vinson & Elkins advised Comscore, Inc. (Nasdaq: SCOR) in connection with a recapitalization transaction with its preferred stockholders (the “Recapitalization”).

October 7, 2025

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