
Kate Rainey Willson


Kate’s principal area of practice is corporate finance and securities law, including securities offerings, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate representation.
Experience Highlights
Oiltanking Holdings Americas in the $4.41 billion acquisition by Enterprise Products Partners of the general partner of Oiltanking Partners, and all of the common and subordinated units of Oiltanking Partners held by Oiltanking Holding Americas and a wholly owned subsidiary
Energy XXI in its $2.3 billion acquisition of EPL Oil & Gas Inc., creating the largest publicly traded independent oil and gas producer on the Gulf of Mexico Shelf
Riverstone Holdings in the $9.5 billion formation of Talen Energy Corporation, one of the largest independent power producers in the U.S., through a Reverse Morris Trust spin-off of PPL Corporation’s merchant power generation business and the concurrent combination thereof with Riverstone’s merchant power generation business and associated debt financings
Natural Gas Partners in its $100 million equity commitment to MS Energy Services, an independent directional drilling service company
Avista Capital Partners in its $150 million investment in a joint venture with SEACOR Tankers to operate and construct Jones Act vessels
LOLA Energy in the $250 million line of equity commitment to the company, a newly formed independent oil and gas company, from Denham Capital
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. in its $650 million offering of senior notes
Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. in its $1.5 billion offering of senior secured notes
Core Laboratories N.V. in its $198 million public offering of common stock
Routinely advises multiple publicly traded corporations and MLPs on 1933 Act and 1934 Act compliance, listing exchange requirements, corporate governance, and board of directors matters
Credentials
- Tulane University Law School, J.D. magna cum laude, 2013 (Order of the Coif; Tulane Law Review)
- The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., Government & Sociology with highest honors, 2009
- Texas
- Deals & CasesJanuary 6, 2021
- Deals & CasesOctober 2, 2020
- Deals & CasesJune 24, 2020
- Deals & CasesJanuary 13, 2020
- Deals & CasesOctober 16, 2019
- Deals & CasesSeptember 11, 2019
- Deals & CasesJuly 15, 2019
- Deals & CasesMay 7, 2019