Michael R. Brunetti

Fund Finance

• Representation of leading private equity sponsors in investor side letter negotiations and in dozens of single and multi-jurisdictional fund financing matters including syndicated and single-lender capital call subscription line facilities, net asset value secured facilities (collateralizing, among other assets, privately held and publicly traded securities), management fee credit facilities, notes offerings, umbrella facilities, employee co-investment credit facilities and portfolio company borrowings.
• Representative clients include: 5th Century Partners, Adams Street Partners, AEA Investors, ArcLight Capital Partners, Arctos Partners, Brightstar Capital Partners, BroadVail Capital Partners, Castlelake, L.P., Cyprium Investment Partners, Equity LifeStyle Properties, General Catalyst, Goldner Hawn, Golub Capital, InSolve Capital, Littlejohn & Co., Mainsail Partners, Merit Hill Capital, Neuberger Berman, NexPhase Capital, Oaktree Capital Management, Ohana Real Estate Investors, One Equity Partners, Origami Capital Partners, Peak Rock Capital, Rockbridge Capital, SDC Capital Partners, Starwood Capital Group, The Sterling Group, Tenex Capital Management, Thoma Bravo, Trinity Hunt Partners, Two Roads Partners, Veritas Capital and Vista Equity Partners.

Debt Financing

• Quantum Capital Group, 547 Energy, and ConnectGen in its $768 million sale of ConnectGen to Repsol.
• Kodiak Gas Services, Inc. (NYSE: KGS) in its $256 million initial public offering.

Exit Financing/Restructuring

• Altera Infrastructure L.P., a global provider of critical infrastructure assets to the offshore energy industry, in its entry into its debtor-in-possession credit facility, and subsequent financing of seven exit credit facilities totaling nearly $1.6 billion, in connection with its emergence from Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

Acquisition Financing

• Riley Exploration Permian, Inc. (NYSE: REPX) in its acquisition of oil and gas assets in the Permian Basin from Pecos Oil & Gas, LLC and its issuance of senior unsecured notes in connection therewith.
• Bernhard Capital Partners in its $484 million acquisition of Entergy’s gas distribution business.

Mergers & Acquisitions

• RedBird Capital Partners in its investment in Go Rentals, the premier luxury car rental provider in the United States specializing in premium end-markets.
• Ovintiv Inc. (NYSE: OVV) in its $4.275 billion acquisition of all leasehold interest and related assets of Black Swan Oil & Gas, PetroLegacy Energy and Piedra Resources, and the concurrent $825 million sale of its Bakken assets.
• Forest Road Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: FRXB) in its proposed business combination with Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc., a leading transportation and technology licensing company focused on realizing the hyperloop.

Capital Markets

• EQT Corporation (NYSE: EQT) $1 billion offering of senior notes to finance the acquisition of Alta Resources and $1 billion public offering of senior notes to finance the proposed acquisition of Tug Hill and XcL Midstream.