Kurt Summers

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Kurt Summers

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Overview

Kurt Summers is a financial services attorney in Holland & Knight's Dallas office. Mr. Summers represents clients in lending and structured finance transactions, with an emphasis on oil and gas and asset-based financing transactions, and commodity hedges and other derivatives transactions. His experience includes lead arranger and borrower representations – secured and unsecured – ranging from small club deals to large syndicated transactions, as well as volumetric production payment transactions.

Representative Experience

Advised on a $4 billion revolving credit facility and $1.4 billion term loan facility for a public, investment grade international oil and gas exploration and production company
Advised on a $2.5 billion senior secured credit facility for a public integrated oil and gas exploration and production and midstream company
Advised on a $1.25 billion credit facility for a public, investment grade oil and gas exploration and production company
Advised on a $1 billion credit facility for a public oil and gas exploration and production company
Advised on a $850 million senior secured credit facility for a public midstream MLP
Advised on a $750 million senior secured credit facility for a public oil and gas exploration and production company
Advised on a $750 million senior secured credit facility for a privately held offshore oil and gas exploration and production company
Advised on a $500 million senior secured credit facility for a public oil and gas exploration and production company in connection with reverse triangular merger
Advised on a $500 million senior secured credit facility for a public oil and gas minerals company in connection with an initial public offering (IPO)
Advised on a $400 million senior secured credit facility for a private equity-backed midstream joint venture
Advised on a $350 million senior secured credit facility for a private equity-backed midstream joint venture
Advised on a $250 million senior secured credit facility for a private equity-backed salt water disposal company
Advised on a $200 million senior secured credit facility for a public oil and gas exploration and production company
Advised on a $200 million senior secured credit facility for a public concrete and aggregate company
Advised on a $150 million senior secured delayed draw "unitranche" term loan facility for an independent oil and gas exploration and production company, together with $65 million of convertible preferred units
Advised on a $100 million senior secured credit facility for a private equity-backed midstream company
Advised on a $100 million senior secured credit facility for a joint venture partner of midstream joint venture
Advised on a $55 million senior secured delayed-draw "unitranche" term loan facility for an oil and gas solid waste landfill
Advised on numerous senior secured credit facilities for upstream and midstream portfolio companies of private equity sponsors, with aggregate lending commitments ranging from $100 million to $500 million

Advised on a $2.5 billion credit facility for a public, investment grade master limited partnership (MLP) operator of midstream energy assets
Advised on a $2 billion senior secured credit facility for a public oil and gas exploration and production company
Advised on a $800 million credit facility for a public MLP operator of midstream energy assets
Advised on a $500 million senior secured credit facility for a public MLP operator of oil and gas assets
Advised on a $500 million senior secured credit facility for a public midstream energy limited partnership
Advised on a $500 million senior secured credit facility for a privately held oil and gas exploration and production company
Advised on a $500 million credit facility for a public integrated natural gas company
Advised on a $400 million credit facility for a public MLP operator of natural gas storage facilities
Advised on a $400 million credit facility for a public MLP operator of midstream energy assets
Advised on a $255 million senior secured credit facility for a privately held oil and gas exploration and production company

Handled seven transactions with purchase prices ranging from $180 million to $1.15 billion for the second-largest producer of U.S. natural gas (represented investment advisor to volumetric production payment (VPP) seller)
Advised on a $120 million transaction for a privately held oil and gas exploration and production company (represented VPP buyer)
Advised on a $45 million transaction for a privately held oil and gas exploration and production company (represented VPP seller)
Advised on a $34 million transaction for a privately held oil and gas exploration and production company (represented VPP buyer)

Represent both lenders and borrowers in asset-based loan transactions, with revolving and/or term commitments, for a wide range of industry sectors
Represent both issuers, indenture trustees and/or collateral agents in public and private notes offerings
Represent both debtors and creditors in other structured finance transactions, secured and unsecured, with collateral for secured transactions varying across a wide range of personal property, fixtures and/or real property
Represent oil and gas producers and other end users in negotiating International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) Master Agreements and similar agreements for physical and financial hedging contracts
Represent debtors, creditors and other stakeholders in out-of-court negotiated restructuring of debt agreements