Partner in the Houston office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Brandan Still regularly represents a diverse group of arrangers, agents, lenders and borrowers in banking and credit transactions spanning multiple sectors. His experience ranges across financing products and situations including specialties in asset-based lending, reserve-based financings, leveraged and acquisition finance, bridge loans, refinancings, restructuring and rescue financings, as well as DIP and exit loans.
Recognized by Texas Lawyer among the lawyers “On The Rise” as part of the Texas Legal Excellence Awards for 2021 and ranked by Chambers USA. Brandan has advised some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated financial institutions such as JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Mizuho Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Wells Fargo and Capital One. Brandan has counseled financial institution and borrower clients in an array of industries including retail, manufacturing, distribution, compression, consumer products, healthcare, energy and oilfield services sectors and utilities. He also has significant experience advising hedge providers and counterparties in connection with commodity hedging transactions.
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Work Highlights
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- JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in connection with AtriCure’s $125 million senior secured ABL revolving credit facility
- Royal Bank of Canada, PNC and Mizuho as joint lead arrangers and initial lenders in connection with commitments to provide to EQT a $1.25 billion unsecured bridge loan facility and a $1.25 billion unsecured term loan facility in connection with the acquisitions of THQ Appalachia I Midco, LLC and THQ-XcL Holdings I Midco, LLC
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent under a $90 million asset-based revolving loan facility for Myriad Genetics
- Asset Risk Management, as borrower, in connection with its $110 million inaugural commodity finance borrowing base facility with Rabobank
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent and collateral agent, in connection with Conn’s, Inc.’s $650 million asset-based revolving credit facility
- Lead arrangers in a $1.6 billion senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility for USA Compression in an acquisition-related financing and subsequent financings for USA Compression
- JPMorgan, as ABL administrative agent, in committed financing for Rent-a-Center’s acquisition of Acima, including a new $875 million senior secured term loan credit facility and $550 million ABL facility
- JPMorgan, as ABL and Term Loan Administrative Agent, in connection with Nordam’s exit financing from its Chapter 11 cases
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent, to Clearwater Paper Corporation in connection with its asset-based credit facility and subsequent amendment and extension of its ABL facility
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent and lender under a pre-petition ABL facility in the bankruptcy cases of Party City and its affiliated debtors and as administrative agent and lead arranger of Party City’s $562 million exit ABL facility
- Lead Arrangers and Administrative Agents for financings totaling over $5 billion for Centerpoint Energy and its subsidiaries
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in connection with Nine Energy’s asset-based revolving lending facility
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in connection with KLX Energy Services’ asset-based lending facility
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent and collateral agent in a $600 million asset-based revolving facility for SiteOne Landscape Supply
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in connection with an RBL facility for Citizen Energy’s $1 billion facility acquisition of Red Bluff Resources and Bricktown Energy
- Oil States International in its $125 million first lien asset-based loan facility
- Oil States International in connection with the amendment and restatement of its credit agreement contemporaneously with the closing of its private offering of $200 million principal amount of 1.50% convertible senior notes
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent for the ABL lenders, in Superior Energy Services’ Chapter 11 cases and its subsequent asset-based revolving exit financing
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in connection with Hi-Crush Inc.’s Chapter 11 restructuring, including in connection with a $25 million senior secured DIP ABL credit agreement and its exit financing
- Civeo Corporation in connection with $1.425 billion U.S. credit facilities, including a $650 million revolver and a $775 million term loan, related to its spin-off from Oil States International, as well as Oil States International in connection with a $600 million revolving credit facility
- Civeo Corporation in its redomestication in Canada and the related financing arrangements including amendments to its existing financing and $450 million in new Canadian Revolving and Term Loans
- JPMorgan, as lender and administrative agent, in California Resources Corporation’s Chapter 11 cases, include in connection with a $483 million senior secured superpriority DIP credit facility
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent for Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC’s $2 billion reserve-based revolving credit facility
Accolades
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Texas Lawyer, "On the Rise" (2021)
Education
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Harvard University, 2009 J.D.
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Lamar University, 2006 B.B.A.
summa cum laude
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University College Cork, Ireland, 2005 Diploma of Common Law
Admissions
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Texas 2014
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New York 2010
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Massachusetts 2009
Partner in the Houston office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, Brandan Still regularly represents a diverse group of arrangers, agents, lenders and borrowers in banking and credit transactions spanning multiple sectors. His experience ranges across financing products and situations including specialties in asset-based lending, reserve-based financings, leveraged and acquisition finance, bridge loans, refinancings, restructuring and rescue financings, as well as DIP and exit loans.
Recognized by Texas Lawyer among the lawyers “On The Rise” as part of the Texas Legal Excellence Awards for 2021 and ranked by Chambers USA. Brandan has advised some of the world’s largest and most sophisticated financial institutions such as JPMorgan Chase, Citibank, Mizuho Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, Wells Fargo and Capital One. Brandan has counseled financial institution and borrower clients in an array of industries including retail, manufacturing, distribution, compression, consumer products, healthcare, energy and oilfield services sectors and utilities. He also has significant experience advising hedge providers and counterparties in connection with commodity hedging transactions.
Transactions on which Brandan has worked include the representation of:
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in connection with AtriCure’s $125 million senior secured ABL revolving credit facility
- Royal Bank of Canada, PNC and Mizuho as joint lead arrangers and initial lenders in connection with commitments to provide to EQT a $1.25 billion unsecured bridge loan facility and a $1.25 billion unsecured term loan facility in connection with the acquisitions of THQ Appalachia I Midco, LLC and THQ-XcL Holdings I Midco, LLC
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent under a $90 million asset-based revolving loan facility for Myriad Genetics
- Asset Risk Management, as borrower, in connection with its $110 million inaugural commodity finance borrowing base facility with Rabobank
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent and collateral agent, in connection with Conn’s, Inc.’s $650 million asset-based revolving credit facility
- Lead arrangers in a $1.6 billion senior secured asset-based revolving credit facility for USA Compression in an acquisition-related financing and subsequent financings for USA Compression
- JPMorgan, as ABL administrative agent, in committed financing for Rent-a-Center’s acquisition of Acima, including a new $875 million senior secured term loan credit facility and $550 million ABL facility
- JPMorgan, as ABL and Term Loan Administrative Agent, in connection with Nordam’s exit financing from its Chapter 11 cases
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent, to Clearwater Paper Corporation in connection with its asset-based credit facility and subsequent amendment and extension of its ABL facility
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent and lender under a pre-petition ABL facility in the bankruptcy cases of Party City and its affiliated debtors and as administrative agent and lead arranger of Party City’s $562 million exit ABL facility
- Lead Arrangers and Administrative Agents for financings totaling over $5 billion for Centerpoint Energy and its subsidiaries
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in connection with Nine Energy’s asset-based revolving lending facility
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in connection with KLX Energy Services’ asset-based lending facility
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent and collateral agent in a $600 million asset-based revolving facility for SiteOne Landscape Supply
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in connection with an RBL facility for Citizen Energy’s $1 billion facility acquisition of Red Bluff Resources and Bricktown Energy
- Oil States International in its $125 million first lien asset-based loan facility
- Oil States International in connection with the amendment and restatement of its credit agreement contemporaneously with the closing of its private offering of $200 million principal amount of 1.50% convertible senior notes
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent for the ABL lenders, in Superior Energy Services’ Chapter 11 cases and its subsequent asset-based revolving exit financing
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent, in connection with Hi-Crush Inc.’s Chapter 11 restructuring, including in connection with a $25 million senior secured DIP ABL credit agreement and its exit financing
- Civeo Corporation in connection with $1.425 billion U.S. credit facilities, including a $650 million revolver and a $775 million term loan, related to its spin-off from Oil States International, as well as Oil States International in connection with a $600 million revolving credit facility
- Civeo Corporation in its redomestication in Canada and the related financing arrangements including amendments to its existing financing and $450 million in new Canadian Revolving and Term Loans
- JPMorgan, as lender and administrative agent, in California Resources Corporation’s Chapter 11 cases, include in connection with a $483 million senior secured superpriority DIP credit facility
- JPMorgan, as administrative agent for Ascent Resources Utica Holdings, LLC’s $2 billion reserve-based revolving credit facility
Brandan received his J.D. from Harvard Law School in 2009 and a B.B.A. in Management and a B.B.A. in Economics each from Lamar University, summa cum laude, in 2006. He received a Diploma of Common Law from University College Cork, Ireland in 2005. Brandan is admitted to practice in Texas, New York and Massachusetts.