Brandon E. Barton

Brandon Barton is a Partner in the Firm’s Banking and Credit practice. Based in Houston, he advises private equity and infrastructure sponsors, banks, direct lenders and borrowers in a wide variety of complex corporate finance transactions, as well as in connection with workout and restructuring situations, with a particular focus on the energy and infrastructure industries.

Brandon regularly advises clients in connection with backleverage financings, bank and bridge loan financings, acquisition financings, project and energy finance transactions, working capital and asset-based facilities, subscription facilities and direct-lending transactions.

Brandon’s recent clients have included BlackRock, Blackstone, Citi, EIG, JPMorgan, KKR, PNC, TD, Wells Fargo and financing parties of NextEra Energy.

Brandon's representative transactions include: 

• KKR in connection with financing matters related to its acquisition of The Parking Spot, the nation’s leading owner and operator of near-airport parking properties, from an affiliate of Green Courte Partners, LLC, a private equity real estate investment firm
• Lead arranger and administrative agent in $3.5 billion debt refinancing by EQT Corporation
• KKR in connection with financing matters related to its acquisition of an indirect minority interest in Labrador Island Link, a 1,100 km high voltage transmission line that delivers renewable energy to Newfoundland, Nova Scotia and beyond, from Emera Inc.
• Financing parties in $3.5 billion debt refinancing by NGL Energy Partners
• KKR in the financing of its acquisition of an indirect, non-controlling interest in the Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project in Jefferson County, Texas from Sempra Infrastructure
• Financing parties in connection with over $3.5 billion of financings of renewable power assets for subsidiaries of NextEra Energy
• JPMorgan, as lead arranger and administrative agent, in the refinancing of TechnipFMC plc’s $1.25 billion senior secured multicurrency revolving credit facility
• Wells Fargo, as administrative agent and arranger, in connection with Weatherford International plc’s $720 million revolving credit facility
• Group 1 Automotive, Inc. in connection with refinancing and upsize of its $2.5 billion revolving credit facility
• Prepetition ABL agent and DIP agent in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy of Conn’s, Inc., a retailer of home goods with stores across 15 states
• Aqua America, Inc. (n/k/a Essential Utilities, Inc.) in a $700 million revolving credit facility used in connection with Aqua America’s acquisition of Peoples Natural Gas and for working capital and general corporate purposes
• Administrative agent in Vencer Energy, LLC’s reserve-based $800 million financing used, in part, to finance Vencer’s previously announced acquisition of Midland Basin assets from Hunt Oil Company