Lauren Richter

Lauren represents clients in mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, corporate governance, securities offerings, and general corporate matters. She has experience advising clients on Exchange Act reporting, proxy statements, NYSE matters, board matters, Reg FD issues, and Section 16 compliance.

Lauren’s clients range from national providers of exterior on-premise signs to independent energy platform companies and publicly traded partnerships.

• Assisted in the representation of Kinder Morgan, one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America, in its agreement to acquire NextEra Energy Partners’ South Texas assets, STYX Midstream, for $1.815 billion.
• Assisted in the representation of WildFire Energy I LLC, an independent energy platform company, in its agreement to acquire Chesapeake Energy Corporation’s Brazos Valley region of its Eagle Ford assets for $1.425 billion.
• Assisted in the representation of Summit Midstream Partners in its sale of Summit Midstream Utica, LLC, to a subsidiary of MPLX, a diversified, large-cap master limited partnership formed by Marathon Petroleum Corporation that owns and operates midstream energy infrastructure and logistics assets, for $625 million in cash.
• Assisted in the representation of WildFire Energy in its acquisition of Hawkwood Energy, an independent exploration and production company, attributing an enterprise valuation to Hawkwood of approximately $650 million.
• Assisted 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.
• Assisted in the representation of Trace Midstream, a custom midstream solutions provider, in its $400 million equity commitment from Quantum Energy Partners to form Trace Midstream Partners II, LLC, and its affiliate, Trace Carbon Solutions, LLC.
• Assisted in the representation of Summit Midstream Partners, a publicly traded partnership focused on developing, owning, and operating midstream energy infrastructure assets, in the acquisitions of Outrigger DJ Midstream LLC and the operating subsidiaries of Sterling Energy Investments LLC, totaling $305 million.

• ACG Houston, Deal of the Year (2023)
• ACG Houston, E&P Upstream Deal of the Year (2023)