Senior Associate
Corporate
Nick’s principal area of practice is corporate finance and securities law, including capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate representation. Nick 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). He also advises private and public company clients, including their boards of directors, on securities disclosure, corporate governance and compliance matters.
The following is a list of representative matters in which Nick has assisted.
Ellington Financial Inc. in its $400 million offering of senior notes
Golar LNG Limited in its $500 million offering of senior notes
Initial purchaser in the $1.2 billion offering of senior notes by Weatherford International plc
Energy Vault Holdings, Inc. in a convertible notes investment from Yorkville Advisors
Tidewater Inc. in its debut 144A senior notes offering
EZCORP, Inc. in the issuance of $300 million of senior notes
Lithium Americas Corp. in a convertible notes investment from Orion Resource Partners LP
Initial purchasers in TransMontaigne Partners’ private offering of high-yield senior notes
HF Sinclair Corporation in a registered offering of investment-grade senior notes and concurrent tender offer
Underwriters to Coterra Energy Inc. in its $1.5 billion public offering of investment grade senior notes
Initial purchasers and dealer managers in Aethon United’s private offering of high-yield senior notes and concurrent tender offer
Kraken Resources in its inaugural offering of high-yield senior notes
An oilfield services company in connection with a Rule 144A offering of high-yield senior notes totaling $750 million to finance an acquisition
An oilfield services company in connection with a registered offering of units consisting of senior secured notes and common stock totaling $300 million
A global alternative investment manager in connection with Rule 144A offerings of senior notes and fixed-rate resettable subordinated notes totaling $950 million
An E&P company in connection with a Rule 144A offering of senior second lien notes totaling $275 million
An E&P company in connection with multiple Rule 144A and registered offerings of investment-grade senior notes totaling $2.7 billion, including to finance multiple acquisitions
A security services provider in connection with a Rule 144A offering of high-yield senior secured and unsecured notes in five tranches denominated in U.S. dollars, euros and pound sterling totaling $4.5 billion to finance an acquisition
An American department store chain in connection with a Rule 144A offering of high-yield senior notes totaling $850 million
A commercial real estate REIT in connection with a Rule 144A offering of high-yield senior notes totaling $650 million
A rental car services provider in connection with multiple Rule 144A offerings of high-yield senior notes denominated in U.S. dollars and euros totaling $1.5 billion
An E&P company in connection with a 4(a)(2) offering of asset-backed notes totaling $650 million
An E&P company in connection with an upsized tender offer to repurchase outstanding senior notes
“At-the-market” offerings for various companies in the rental car services industry and oil and gas industry
An oilfield services company in connection with its $250 million initial public offering
A global technology consultancy in connection with its $900 million initial public offering
A special purpose acquisition company in connection with its $275 million initial public offering
A specialty pet food provider in connection with multiple registered follow-on offerings totaling $700 million
Various companies in the technology and oil and gas industries in connection with multiple registered secondary offerings and concurrent repurchases totaling $3.0 billion
Berry Corporation in its sale to California Resources Corporation
Special Committee of the Board of Vacasa, Inc., a vacation rental management platform, in its proposed take-private acquisition by Casago Holdings, LLC
A publicly traded E&P company in connection with its $2.6 billion all-stock acquisition of another publicly traded E&P company
A publicly traded oilfield services company in connection with its $1.9 billion all-stock merger of equals with another publicly traded oilfield services company
Publicly traded E&P company in a $5.2 billion cash and stock acquisition
Special purpose acquisition company in a business combination with a solar energy systems provider
A private equity firm in connection with its majority investment in a business process automation software provider
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Vinson & Elkins Advises Ellington Financial on $150 Million Senior Notes Offering
Vinson & Elkins served as counsel to Ellington Financial Inc. (NYSE: EFC) (the “Company”) in connection with its offering of …
September 17, 2026
September 17, 2026 • 1-minute read
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Vinson & Elkins Represents WaterBridge in Upsized Offering of $150 Million in Senior Notes
Vinson & Elkins represented WaterBridge Infrastructure LLC (NYSE: WBI) in connection with an upsized tack-on offering of $150,000,000 aggregate principal …
August 14, 2026
August 14, 2026 • 1-minute read
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Vinson & Elkins Advises Lithium Americas in $175 Million Convertible Financing
Vinson & Elkins represented Lithium Americas Corp. (NYSE: LAC) (“Lithium Americas”) in connection with entry into a securities purchase agreement …
August 7, 2026
August 7, 2026 • 1-minute read
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Vinson & Elkins Advises Blackbeard Holdings in $2.2 Billion Combination
Vinson & Elkins advised Blackbeard Holdings, LLC (“Blackbeard”), a portfolio company of NGP Energy Capital Management, in its entry into …
July 29, 2026
July 29, 2026 • 2-minute read
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Vinson & Elkins Advises Validus Energy II Midcon LLC on $500 Million Senior Notes Offering
Vinson & Elkins advised Validus Energy II Midcon LLC (the “Company”) in connection with its inaugural private offering of $500 …
July 15, 2026
July 15, 2026 • 1-minute read
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