Overview

Syed focuses on the representation of corporate borrowers, commercial banks, private equity firms, and other financial institutions in a variety of commercial lending transactions.

Credentials

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2024 (Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts Pro Bono Honor Role, Paul & Daisy Soros Fellow, Jacobus tenBroek Fellow, Lighthouse Guild Scholar, Charles and Melva T. Owen Scholar, Rudolph Dillman Scholar, Team See Possibility Scholar, Commonwealth of Massachusetts Meg Robertson Leadership Award.
    Board member of Harvard Law School Texas Club)
  • The University of Texas at Austin, B.A. in Government, with high honors, 2020 (Recipient of the Dean’s Distinguished Graduate Award. NFB Oracle Scholar)

Admissions

  • Texas

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News & Achievements

Deals & Cases

Stonehenge and UGI Acquire Superior Midstream Appalachian Pipeline Gathering Systems

Vinson and Elkins represented Pine Run Gathering LLC, a midstream company owning and operating a gas gathering and compression system in the Marcellus Shale within Western Pennsylvania, in a $163 million senior secured term loan financing and related commitments to fund the acquisition of Superior Midstream Appalachian, LLC, another midstream company owning and operating four gathering systems in Appalachia.

January 28, 2025

January 28, 2025 • 1-minute read

Deals & Cases

Greentown Labs Secures More Than $4 Million from Partners Across Ecosystems in Massachusetts and Texas

Vinson & Elkins advised Bobby Tudor and David Baldwin in connection with an approximately $4 million funding by a joint partnership between Houston and Massachusetts investors and entities to Greentown Labs, the largest climatetech incubator in North America.

December 18, 2024

December 18, 2024 • 1-minute read

Deals & Cases

Prairie Operating Co. Completes Acquisition of Oil-Weighted DJ Basin Assets from Nickel Road Operating

Vinson & Elkins advised Prairie Operating Co., a Delaware corporation, in connection with the financing of its $84.5 million acquisition of the oil-weighted assets from Nickel Road Operating, LLC, a portfolio company of Vortus Investment Advisors, LLC, which closed on October 1, 2024.

October 4, 2024

October 4, 2024 • 1-minute read