Overview

Patricia is a member of the firm’s Executive Compensation and Employee Benefits practice. She advises clients on a wide range of compensation and employee benefits arrangements, particularly with regard to issues arising from mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and initial public offerings. She provides advice regarding employment agreements, separation agreements, equity compensation programs, cash compensation programs, deferred compensation, retirement plans, and the tax aspects of compensation arrangements.

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Experience

  • Kimmeridge in its acquisition of Commonwealth LNG, a project company developing an LNG liquefaction and export facility

  • Crowley Maritime Corporation in a joint venture with Seabulk Tankers, Inc., a subsidiary of SEACOR Holdings, to combine their respective fleets of “Jones Act” vessels engaged in liquid energy and chemical transportation and related operations and services to form Fairwater Holdings LLC , a new, independent U.S. Jones Act service provider

  • Crescent Energy in its $2.1 billion acquisition of SilverBow Resources

  • PureWest Energy in its $1.84 billion merger with PW Picasso Buyer, a newly formed entity sponsored by a private consortium of family offices and financial institutions

  • Sixth Street Partners in the acquisition of a majority interest in Caliche Development Partners, which owns Golden Triangle Storage gas storage facilities located in Beaumont, TX, and the Central Valley Gas Storage facilities in Princeton, CA

  • FollettUSA, Inc. and Storage Star Holdings in the formation of a $250 million private REIT fund formed to invest in and manage self-storage properties

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with the acquisition of a majority interest in Freedom CNG, an owner and operator of compressed natural gas and renewable natural gas fueling infrastructure

  • The Houston Astros in a joint venture with the Houston Rockets to acquire AT&T SportsNet Southwest from Warner Bros

  • Voyager Midstream Holdings, LLC, an independent midstream company focused on the acquisition and development of crude oil, natural gas and produced water infrastructure and a portfolio company of Pearl Energy Investments, in connection with the acquisition of DCP East Texas Gathering, LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Phillips 66

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, a leading global infrastructure investor, in connection with its approximately $2.6 billion all cash sale of Medallion Midstream Partners, LLC to ONEOK, INC. (NYSE: OKE)

  • Microsoft in its acquisitions of Nuance, ZeniMax Media and GitHub

  • Blackstone in its acquisitions of Clarus, Harvest Funds, DCI, Tradesmen, and TaskUs

  • EQT Partners in its acquisitions of Aldevron, Certara, Clinical Innovations and Waystar

  • KKR in its acquisitions of PetVet Care Centers, Heartland Dental, PharMerica Corporation, Gardner Denver

  • Apax in its acquisitions of Cadence Education, Vyaire Medical, Candela Corporation and Tosca Services

Credentials

Education

  • Northwestern University School of Law, J.D., cum laude, 2011
  • University of Notre Dame, M.S., Accountancy, 2006
  • University of Notre Dame, B.B.A., Accounting, 2005

Admissions

  • New York

Recognitions

  • Chambers USA, “Up and Coming” in Employee Benefits & Executive Compensation (New York), 2025 and 2026
  • Legal 500 U.S., Labor & Employment: Employee Benefits, Executive Compensation & Retirement Plans: Transactional, 2023, 2024, and 2026
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