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Katherine Terrell Frank
Katherine Terrell Frank
Partner — Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions
E: kfrank@velaw.com T: +1.214.220.7869
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Partner — Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions

Katherine Terrell Frank

Katherine Terrell Frank
Dallas
T: +1.214.220.7869
F: +1.214.999.7969

Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, TX 75201

E: kfrank@velaw.com
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Katherine Terrell Frank

Katherine’s principal area of practice is corporate finance and securities law, including capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate representation. Katherine has assisted private and public company clients in capital markets transactions such as registered offerings of debt and equity securities, private placements of debt and equity securities, and at-the-market continuous offering programs (ATMs). She also advises private and public company clients on securities disclosure, corporate governance and compliance matters.

Experience Highlights

  • Southwest Airlines Co. in its $1 billion public offering of investment grade senior notes

  • Southwest Airlines Co. in its $2.3 billion public offering of common stock

  • Southwest Airlines Co. in its $2.3 billion public offering of convertible senior notes

  • Southwest Airlines Co. in its $2 billion public offering of investment grade senior notes

  • Southwest Airlines Co. in its $1.8 billion public offering of investment grade senior notes

  • Southwest Airlines Co. in its application to the United States Department of Treasury for $3.3 billion payroll support funding under the Payroll Support Program of the CARES Act and in its negotiation of the related agreements

  • Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as co-counsel, in a $350 million royalty and equity investment in Reata by funds managed by Blackstone Life Sciences

  • OneWater Marine Inc. in its $64 million initial public offering of Class A common stock

  • Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $70 million initial public offering of common stock 

  • Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of the General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners in the $700 million drop down of midstream assets from Phillips 66

  • OneWater Marine Inc. in its $63 million public offering of Class A common stock

  • Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $324 million public offering of common stock

  • RSP Permian, Inc. in its $448 million initial public offering of common stock

  • Quintana Energy Services Inc. in its $96 million initial public offering of common stock

  • Pioneer Natural Resources Company in its $1.3 billion public offering of common stock

  • Holly Energy Partners, L.P. in its $153 million public offering of common units

  • SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. in its $447 million public offering of common stock by a selling stockholder 

  • Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $248 million public offering of common stock

  • Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $116 million public offering of common stock 

  • Holly Energy Partners, L.P. in its $103 million private placement of common units

  • Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. in its $150 million private placement of common stock

  • Holly Energy Partners, L.P. in its $200 million ATM program 

  • HollyFrontier Corporation in its $750 million offering of senior notes

  • A life sciences company in its $100 million private offering of convertible senior notes

  • EZCORP, Inc. in its $173 million offering of convertible senior notes 

  • CrownRock, L.P. in its $185 million offering of senior notes

  • Underwriters to Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP in its $350 million offering of senior notes 

  • Crestwood Midstream Partners LP in its $500 million offering of senior notes 

  • Holly Energy Partners L.P. in its $400 million high-yield offering of senior notes

  • HollyFrontier Corporation in its $250 million investment grade offering of senior notes 

  • Southwest Airlines Co. in its $300 million investment grade offering of notes 

  • EZCORP, Inc. in its $230 million offering of senior convertible notes

  • CrownRock, L.P. in its $350 million offering of senior notes

  • Morgan Stanley Infrastructure in its sale of Southern Star Central Corp., a FERC-regulated interstate natural gas transmission and storage system, to a consortium consisting of affiliates of GE Energy Financial Services and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec

  • Private Equity Firm in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a company that sells and services residential mortgage loans

  • Teva Pharmaceuticals in the $40 million acquisition of MicroDose Therapeutx, a privately-held pharmaceutical and drug delivery company focused on inhalation technologies and products for lung diseases and infections

  • Tampnet in the acquisition of AirTap Communications, wireless Managed Services provider, from a group of private investors

Credentials

  • Columbia Law School, J.D., 2012 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Executive Editor, Columbia Business Law Review)
  • Yale University, B.A., Ethics, Politics, and Economics, 2009
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” 2021
  • Member: Dallas Bar Association, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
  • Business Council for the Arts—Leadership Arts Class, 2016–2017
  • Texas

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