Catharine Hansard is an associate in the Mergers & Acquisitions practice and is a member of the firm’s Energy Industry Group.

Catharine focuses her practice on private equity transactions, including mergers and acquisitions of privately-held companies, particularly those focused on midstream development and acquisition, private equity fund formations, and capital investment in and formation of portfolio companies. Catharine also advises clients on strategic recapitalizations and internal restructurings, compliance with securities laws, and complex corporate governance matters.

Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures

• Haggar Clothing Co. and Yue Yuen Industrial (Holdings) Limited in Haggar’s acquisition by Randa Accessories, bringing revenues for the companies to more than $1 billion
• Brazos Delaware, LLC in the $1.75 billion sale of its Delaware Basin subsidiary to Bison Midstream Holdings, LLC, an affiliate of Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Inc.
• Ajax Resources LLC in the sale of its northern Midland Basin assets to Diamondback Energy Inc. for $1.25 billion, consisting of $900 million in cash and 2.58 million shares of Diamondback common stock
• BP Energy Partners, LLC in its sale of Pinnacle Midstream, LLC, a subsidiary focused on midstream solutions in the Delaware Basin, to I Squared Capital
• Independent aircraft engineering and maintenance company in its acquisition of a Texas-based jet fuel company
• An international clothing brand in the acquisition of intellectual property and other inventory from a California-based clothing line
• Leading provider of pipeline construction supplies and services for companies in the oil and gas industry in the sale of substantially all of its assets to a subsidiary of a specialty construction and infrastructure company

Private Equity

• Private equity fund sponsor in a joint venture with an unaffiliated fund sponsor to pursue renewable energy investments
• Private equity fund sponsor in the formation of a renewable energy co-investment fund
• Private equity fund sponsor in the formation of its twelfth private equity fund and related midstream-focused fund
• Scout Energy Partners in the formation of Scout Energy Partners IV-A, LP and Scout Energy Partners IV-B, LP, with total commitments of $500 million
• Old Ironsides Energy Fund III in the formation of Longhorn Midstream Holdings, LLC, a portfolio company focused on midstream development and acquisition opportunities throughout the United States
• Midland-based portfolio company focusing on development of upstream oil and gas assets in the Delaware Basin in its $127 million capitalization

Other Notable Representative Matters

• Tailwater Capital in the restructuring of its portfolio companies, Align Midstream Partners II, LLC and Elevate Midstream Partners, LLC
• Chaparral Energy, L.L.C., an affiliate of Chaparral Energy, Inc., in a Joint Development Agreement with BCE Roadrunner LLC, to finance the drilling of 30 joint wells with a maximum commitment of approximately $100 million

Awards & Accolades

• Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch, The Best Lawyers in America (Corporate Law) (2021)