Rachel Fitzgerald

Rachel Fitzgerald practices corporate law, focusing primarily on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, and matters related to corporate governance and compliance. She has a particular focus in energy (including midstream, oilfield services, renewables and storage facilities), insurance and media.

Rachel has represented clients in a wide range of transaction valuations, ranging from $1 million to in excess of $3 billion.

Rachel’s representative experience includes:

• Co-lead in the representation of WM (formerly Waste Management) in its execution of definitive agreements for the acquisition of a controlling interest in Avangard Innovative’s U.S. business, which will operate as Natura PCR
• Co-lead in the representation of an affiliate of Enterprise Products Partners L.P. in the acquisition of Navitas Midstream Partners, LLC, from an affiliate of Warburg Pincus for $3.25 billion
• ‎Co-lead in the representation of Race ‎Rock Infrastructure, a Houston-based ‎manufacturer of critical infrastructure ‎products and solutions for the ‎transportation, energy ‎transmission/distribution, ‎telecommunications and other end ‎markets, in its acquisition of Highway ‎Safety LLC (formerly known as Highway ‎Safety Corporation) and Ohio ‎Galvanizing LLC (formerly known as ‎Ohio Galvanizing Corporation)‎
• Co-lead in the representation of Geneses Capital Management in its purchase of a majority interest in PERENfra Laguna Superholdco, which owns various interests and rights in Texas aquifers
• Co-lead in the representation of Main Street Capital Corporation in its $32.9 million equity and debt investment to facilitate the recapitalization of Colonial Electric Company
• Co-lead in the representation of the shareholders of ProChem Energy Services, Inc., in the company’s recapitalization by Creedence Energy Services, a portfolio company of Tower Arch Capital
• Co-lead in the representation of Race Rock Group in its acquisition of Structural and Steel Products, Inc. (SSP), and its related entities, from Highland Capital Management
• Co-lead in the representation of GulfMark Energy, Inc., a crude oil marketing subsidiary of Adams Resources & Energy, Inc., and its wholly owned subsidiary, GulfMark Terminals, LLC, in the acquisition of the outstanding equity interests of Victoria Express Pipeline, L.L.C. ("VEX"), and related terminal assets from EnLink Midstream Operating, L.P.
• Co-lead in the representation of the management team of 547 Energy in equity commitments from management and affiliates of Quantum Energy Partners
• Co-lead in the representation of ClearView Risk Holdings, LLC, in its acquisition by The Amynta Group following an auction process that lasted several months
• Co-lead in the representation of Premier Oilfield Laboratories, LLC, a subsidiary of CSL Capital Management, in the purchase of all of the outstanding equity interest in NSI Technologies LLC
• Lead Associate in the representation of Kraken Resources II, LLC, in the receipt of an equity commitment in excess of $400 million from funds managed by Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, L.P., including Kayne Anderson Energy Fund VIII, L.P., and Kayne Private Energy Income Fund II, L.P., along with Kraken’s management team
• Lead Associate in the representation of Texas Monthly LLC, an affiliate of Enterprise Products Company dubbed “The National Magazine of Texas,” in the purchase of Texas Monthly from Genesis Park II LP
• Lead Associate in the representation of White Deer Energy in the sale of its portfolio company, On Point Oilfield Holdings, LLC, to Gravity, a company backed by affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P.
• Lead Associate in the representation of NJR Midstream, a business of New Jersey Resources, in the acquisition of Leaf River Energy Center, LLC, from Macquarie Infrastructure Partners valued at $367.5 million
• Lead Associate in the representation of Acteon Group Ltd. in the acquisition of TerraSond
• Lead Associate in the representation of Martin Midstream Partners L.P. in the completed sale of its membership interests in Arcadia Gas Storage, LLC, Cadeville Gas Storage LLC, Monroe Gas Storage, LLC, and Perryville Gas Storage LLC to Hartree Cardinal Gas, LLC, a subsidiary of Hartree Bulk Storage LLC, for $212 million in cash
• Lead Associate in the representation of the management team at ConnectGen, LLC, in the acquisition of all the non-transmission assets of Clean Line Energy Partners, LLC, which received an undisclosed commitment from Quantum Energy Partners Fund VII and will develop renewable energy projects across North America
• Lead Associate in the representation of the shareholders of BCCK Holding Company in the sale of a majority interest of the company to SCF Partners, creating a strategic partnership
• Lead Associate in the representation of Enterprise Offshore Drilling LLC in the purchase of a fleet of Gulf of Mexico ships and equipment for oil exploration and production from Hercules Offshore Inc.
• Lead Associate in the representation of White Deer Energy in the acquisition of oil services company RockPile Energy Services, LLC
• Lead Associate in the representation of Legacy™ Measurement Solutions, Inc., in the acquisition of WEDGE™ Energy Services L.L.C.
• Lead Associate in the representation of White Oak Resources VI, LLC, in its purchase of properties and restructuring matters for Milagro Exploration, Inc., with a total value of $482 million
• Lead Associate in the representation of Lucid Energy Group II, LLC, in a deal with EnCap Flatrock Midstream, in which $350 million in equity was committed to Lucid Energy Group II, LLC
• Lead Associate in the representation of Fortis Minerals, LLC, in a deal with private equity firm EnCap Energy Capital Fund X, L.P., in which $250 million in equity was committed to Fortis Minerals, LLC
• Assisted in the representation of PureCycle Technologies LLC in the financing of an Ohio waste polypropylene recycling plant
• Assisted in the representation of Stewart Information Services Corporation in its acquisition of NotaryCam®, a pioneering leader in online notarization and original provider of mortgage eClosing solutions
• Assisted in the representation of CopperPoint Insurance Group in the $900 million acquisition of Alaska National Insurance Company
• Assisted in the representation of Silver Eagle Distributors, L.P., the nation’s largest independent distributor of Anheuser-Busch beverages, in the sale of Silver Eagle’s Greater Houston-area business to a subsidiary of Redwood Capital Investments, LLC
• Assisted in the representation of National Oilwell Varco in connection with the purchase of all of the equity interests in Denali Inc. from affiliates of Patriarch Partners and the Zohar Funds and others
• Assisted in the representation of the management team of WildFire Energy I LLC in equity commitments exceeding $1 billion from management, Warburg Pincus LLC and Kayne Private Energy Income Funds
• Assisted in the representation of QBE North America as it entered into an agreement with Safeco Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Company, with respect to QBE’s personal insurance independent agency policies in 47 states
• Assisted in the representation of O-Tex Holdings, Inc., and its operating subsidiaries, including O-Tex Pumping, L.L.C., in its acquisition by C&J Energy Services, Inc.
• Assisted in the representation of NGP Natural Resources XI, L.P., in $524 million of new equity commitments for Luxe Energy LLC
• Assisted in the representation of Symrise AG in its $417 million acquisition of Pinova Holdings, Inc.
• Assisted in the representation of Columbia Pipeline Group, Inc., in the addition of Three Rivers Midstream LLC, an affiliate of Williams Partners L.P., to its joint venture, Pennant Midstream, LLC, with Harvest Pipeline Company