Erin Elizabeth Meziere
Overview
Erin Meziere is a corporate associate in the Dallas office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP.
Experience
Representative Matters
EQV Ventures Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: EQVU), a blank check company sponsored by EQV Group, in its $350 million initial public offering.
Mach Natural Resources LP (NYSE: MNR) in its $190 million initial public offering.
Energy Transfer LP (NYSE: ET) in its $7.1 billion acquisition of Crestwood Equity Partners LP (NYSE: CEQP).
Rice Acquisition Corp II (NYSE: RONI), a special purpose acquisition company, in its $1.459 billion business combination with NET Power LLC, a clean energy technology company.
Earthstone Energy, Inc. (NYSE: ESTE) in its $500 million offering of 9.875% senior unsecured notes.
Ascent Resources in its $212 million issuance of additional 8.250% senior notes due 2028.
Noble Corporation (NYSE: NE) in its $3.4 billion all-stock merger of equals with Maersk Drilling (CSE: DRLCO).
Callon Petroleum Co. (NYSE: CPE) in its $600 million offering of 7.50% senior unsecured notes.
Bluescape Clean Fuels, LLC, in its definitive business combination agreement with CENAQ Energy Corp., a special purpose acquisition company focused on energy and energy transition.
Rice Acquisition Corp. II, a special purpose acquisition company, in its $300 million initial public offering.
Vine Energy Inc. (NYSE: VEI), in its initial public offering, resulting in an aggregate net proceeds received by Vine of $324 million.
Peridot Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: PDAC) on its $1.67 billion combination agreement with Li-Cycle Corp.
PropTech Acquisition Corporation (Nasdaq: PTAC), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in a $471.5 million business combination resulting in Porch.com, Inc., a leading software and services platform for the home service industries, becoming publicly listed.
Spring Valley Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of Pearl Energy Investment Management, LLC and focusing on target businesses in the sustainability industry, in its $230 million initial public offering.
Talos Production Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO), in connection with its upsized offering of $500 million of its new 12.00% Second-Priority Senior Secured Notes due 2026.
Talos Energy Inc. (NYSE: TALO) in connection with its follow-on offering of 8,250,000 shares of its common stock for gross proceeds of $73 million.
Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC in connection with its offering of 300,000,000 of its new 8.250% senior notes due 2028.
Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC in its exchange of approximately $856.7 million of existing senior unsecured notes for approximately $537.8 million of new second lien term loans and $339.7 million of new senior unsecured notes.
Certain affiliates of The Energy & Minerals Group, First Reserve Management, L.P. and Riverstone Holdings LLC in their modified "Dutch Auction" tender offer for a portion of Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC's and ARU Finance Corporation's outstanding 9.00% Senior Notes due 2027.
NorthRiver Midstream Finance LP in connection with its $525 million initial Rule 144A/Regulation S offering of 5.625% senior secured notes due 2026.
Callon Petroleum Company in capital structure initiatives used to reduce borrowings on Callon’s credit facility, including entering into a $140 million cash generating overriding royalty interest ("ORRI") transaction with a private investment vehicle managed by Kimmeridge Energy, and a $300 million issuance of secured second lien notes and warrants.
Peridot Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, in its $300 million initial public offering. Peridot is sponsored by an affiliate of Carnelian Energy Capital Management, LP and will target businesses in the electrification, clean fuel transportation, self-directed and autonomous mobility and related infrastructure, energy storage and efficiency, smart grid technology and renewable energy sectors.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in the $132.5 million initial public offering of North Mountain Merger Corp., focusing on business combination targets in the financial technology segment of the broader financial services industry.
Forum Energy Technologies, Inc., a global oilfield products company, in its issuance of $315 million of Convertible Senior Secured Notes in exchange of approximately $328 million of existing unsecured notes.
Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ: CLMT) in its consent solicitation and uptier exchange of approximately $200 million of existing unsecured senior notes for $200 million of senior secured first lien notes and negotiation of support agreement for such transaction with large consenting holder.
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. and its affiliates, in its Chapter 11 restructuring in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas. Hornbeck provides marine transportation and subsea installation services to support the deep water drilling and production needs of their exploration and production, oilfield service, offshore construction, and U.S. military customers. The Hornbeck Chapter 11 cases were filed with a prepackaged plan of reorganization that contemplates a $75 million in debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing and a fully backstopped $100 million rights offering.
Tapstone Energy, LLC and certain of its affiliates in their out-of-court restructuring and recapitalization transaction. Tapstone is a sponsor-backed independent oil and natural gas company focused on the development and production of oil, natural gas, and NGLs in the Anadarko Basin in Oklahoma, Texas, and Kansas. The transaction reduced Tapstone’s funded debt by approximately $440 million and included an equity capital raise of $50 million, and an exchange offer of $294 million of senior notes for new debt and equity, providing the company with liquidity to optimize operations and expand its production base through mergers and acquisitions.
C&J Energy Services in an approximately $1.8 billion merger-of-equals with Keane Group.
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Memberships & Affiliations
Credentials
Admissions & Qualifications
- 2019Texas
Education
- University of Texas at Austin School of LawJ.D.with Honors2019
President, Women's Law Caucus
Co-Director of LawMeet, Texas Business Law Society
LawMeet Regional Finalist, 2018
- University of Texas at AustinB.S., Social Workwith Highest Honors2016