Melissa Jester Spohn

Bonanza Creek Energy in a merger to acquire HighPoint Resources Corporation that was valued at approximately $376 million, and included a registered exchange offer, consent solicitation, and simultaneous registered solicitation of a prepackaged plan of reorganization under Chapter 11, which was followed by two subsequent out-of-court mergers and acquisitions by the combined company, resulting in a company with total expected enterprise value of $4.5 billion

Targa Resources Corp. in the $1.1 billion development joint venture with Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners for ownership of a 25% interest in the Gulf Coast Express Pipeline, a 20% interest in the Grand Prix Pipeline, and a 100% interest in Targa’s next fractionation train

Western Refining in the $2.4 billion take private of Northern Tier Energy, an independent downstream energy company with refining, retail and logistics operations

Covey Park Energy in its $2.2 billion sale to Comstock Resources 

Focus Financial Partners, an international partnership of wealth management firms, in an investment by Stone Point Capital and KKR that valued Focus at approximately $2 billion 

Niska Gas Storage Partners in the $911.9 million sale of the company, a natural gas services provider and Riverstone Holdings portfolio company, to Brookfield Infrastructure 

PVR Partners in the $5.6 billion sale of the company, a publicly traded MLP, which owns and operates a network of natural gas midstream pipelines and processing plants, and owns and manages coal and natural resource properties, to Regency Energy Partners

TPG Capital and Acon Investments in the $775 million sale of the general partner of Northern Tier Energy, owner of a Minnesota refinery and related assets, to Western Refining

Targa Resources Corp. in its $784 million public offering of common stock

Cactus, Inc. in its $503 million initial public offering of common stock utilizing an Up-C structure 

Group 1 Automotive, Inc. in its $550 million offering of senior notes

Huntsman Corporation in its $522 million initial public offering of Venator Materials plc, a global chemical company incorporated in the UK

DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. In its dual listing on The Nasdaq Global Select Market and the Toronto Stock Exchange