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Farah Paliwala
Farah Paliwala
Counsel — Finance
E: fpaliwala@velaw.com T: +1.713.758.3556
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Counsel — Finance

Farah Paliwala

Farah Paliwala
Houston
T: +1.713.758.3556
F: +1.713.615.5556

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

E: fpaliwala@velaw.com
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Farah Paliwala

Farah’s practice focuses on commercial lending and corporate finance transactions in the energy sector. She represents arrangers, lenders, private equity funds, and corporate borrowers in a wide variety of domestic, cross-border, and international loan transactions, including asset-based finance, oil and gas finance, syndicated finance, and mezzanine finance.

Experience Highlights

  • Enbridge, Inc. in a $2.3 billion project financing of the Southern Lights Project, a diluent pipeline system between Canada and the U.S.

  • Administrative agent in a $275 million asset-based revolving credit facility to a janitorial supply distributor

  • Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. in a $1.2 billion revolving credit facility to Regency Energy Partners

  • Administrative agent in a $850 million reserve-based credit facility to oil and gas funds

  • White Deer Energy in the $70 million acquisition of a controlling interest in Sharewell LP, a company that provides directional services and equipment to the oil and gas industry

  • A U.S. hedge fund lender in a secured cross-border loan transaction for UK borrowers that were to build and operate LNG terminal and storage facilities in the UK

  • Bank of America, N.A., as  administrative agent, in a $900 million asset-based revolving credit facility  to a refinery

  • Administrative agent in a $220 million cross-border asset-based revolving credit facility for a forklift manufacturer

  • Administrative agent in a $150 million cross-border revolving credit facility to a global pipeline contractor and its numerous U.S. and Canadian subsidiaries

  • Administrative Agent in a $300 million revolving credit facility to a midstream pipeline company 

  • Administrative Agent in a $250 million revolving credit facility to a master limited partnership formed to own, operate, acquire and develop midstream energy assets 

Credentials

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2006 (Editor-in-Chief, Harvard Human Rights Journal, Volume 19)
  • The University of Houston, B.A., Political Science, 2002
  • Member: Houston Bar Association
  • Texas

News & Insights

Deals & Cases
Voyager Interests Acquires Knight Energy Services from Clearlake Capital Group
November 3, 2022
Deals & Cases
Summit Midstream Partners, LP Closes Offering of $700 Million Senior Secured Second Lien Notes and $400 Million Asset-Based Credit Facility
November 2, 2021