Eric Larson

Eric assists clients by providing tax and structure analysis for business transactions involving partnerships, limited liability companies, corporations, and tax-exempt entities. His experience includes formations, mergers, conversions, taxable asset and stock acquisitions, and liquidations, from both a federal and a state tax perspective.

Eric has extensive experience in drafting limited liability company agreements and partnership agreements containing complex tax allocation provisions, buy/sell rights, and detailed management provisions.

• Represented Refuel Operating Company, LLC, in its acquisition of the convenience retailing, petroleum marketing, and quick-service restaurant assets of Double Quick, Inc.
• Advised EnCap Flatrock Midstream in an initial capital commitment of $500 million to Tatanka Midstream, LLC.
• Advised Main Street Capital Corporation in a completed new portfolio investment to facilitate the recapitalization of J+J Services, Inc., a leading provider of roll-off dumpster and portable toilet rental services.
• Represented Tailwater Capital LLC, an energy private equity firm, in a $500 million capital investment and incremental commitment to Goodnight Midstream, a leading produced water midstream infrastructure company.
• Advised NextEra Energy Partners LP in its acquisition of Meade Pipeline Co LLC and its interest in the Central Penn Line in a transaction valued at approximately $1.37 billion.
• Represented NewBridge Resources, LLC, in the acquisition of Pacific Coast Energy Holdings LLC from Metalmark Breitburn Holdings LLC and Greenhill Capital Partners II, LP.
• Advised National Oilwell Varco in connection with the purchase of all of the equity interests in Denali Inc., a manufacturer of industrial storage tanks, from affiliates of Patriarch Partners and the Zohar Funds and others.
• Represented Allied Power Group, LLC (APG), a Fund III portfolio company of OFS Energy Fund, in the sale of APG to an affiliate of AEA Investors LP.
• Advised Pinnacle Midstream II, LLC, in a significant equity capital commitment from management and Energy Spectrum Partners VIII LP.
• Represented EnCap Flatrock Midstream in an initial $300 million venture capital commitment in Clear Creek Midstream, LLC.
• Advised an investor for equity investment of $500 million in an exploration and production partnership.
• Advised various joint venture arrangements between exploration and midstream companies.
• Represented a public pension fund in the negotiation of various investments in private equity funds.
• Counseled a developer in the structuring of a joint venture for the acquisition, construction, development, and leasing of senior living communities across Texas and the Southwest.
• Represented a private equity firm in a more than $100 million investment for a midstream venture.
• Advised a private equity firm for a more than $150 million investment in a chemical processing venture.
• Advised investors in numerous other equity investments in various energy companies ranging from $50 million to $1 billion.
• Counseled numerous portfolio companies and management groups in equity raising transactions ranging from $3 million to $650 million.
• Advised numerous portfolio companies in asset and equity sales ranging from $10 million to $500 million.
• Represented private equity firms for the restructuring of existing portfolio companies, including corporate and tax analysis of transactions.

• Best Lawyers in America®: Tax Law (2024-2026)
• Corporate Growth Houston, Cross-Border Transaction of the Year (2019)