Clint Culpepper

Clint Culpepper is Chair of the Corporate Department in Austin. Recognized repeatedly for his practice by The Best Lawyers in America as "One to Watch" for Banking and Finance Law (2021 & 2022), Clint's practice focuses on all types of debt transactions, where he represents borrowers, issuers, agents, lenders and investors. His practice particularly focuses on representing private equity firms, direct lenders and companies in transactions in the technology and energy spaces.

His recent transactions include representing the underwriter in the acquisition financing of Shelf Drilling's acquisition of 38 jackup rigs from Transocean Ltd., representing the agent bank in a senior secured term loan to Eos Energy Enterprises, a publicly traded clean energy battery storage company, and representing the borrower in a venture debt financing to a privately held clinical-stage biotech company.

Clint guest lectures at Michigan State University College of Law and Texas A&M University School of Law, and is a frequent presenter on debt-related legal topics. He sits on the board of directors of the National Association of Corporate Director's Texas Tricities chapter, and is a member of the American College of Investment Counsel and the Opportunity Austin initiative for the Austin Chamber of Commerce.

He is a Certified Public Accountant. Prior to law school, Clint was an auditor with PricewaterhouseCoopers. He is a member of (i) the firm's private equity group, (ii) the Austin office's employment committee and (iii) the Austin office's client development committee. He has been at Baker Botts his entire legal career.

• Telecommunications corporation – $550 million senior secured revolving credit facility; $400 million senior secured term loan B; and $600 million senior notes
• BP PLC – Up to $2.1 billion senior secured seller financing in connection with BP PLC's sale of its upstream Alaska business to Hilcorp Energy
• Supplier of nuclear components and fuel – $900 million senior secured credit facility
• Technology company – $50 million multi-currency secured asset based credit facility
• International engineering and construction company – $2.15 billion senior secured term loan facility; $1.0 billion senior secured revolving credit facility; and $1.3 billion senior secured letter of credit facility
• International engineering and construction company – $230 million senior secured letter of credit facility
• Energy midstream company – $1.75 billion revolving credit facility and $850 million term loan facility
• Sponsor backed energy midstream company – $1.43 billion term loan credit facility and $50.0 million super senior revolving credit facility
• Offshore drilling company – $1.0 billion senior secured revolving credit facility
• Offshore drilling company – $450 million senior secured revolving exit credit facility
• Energy midstream company – $600 million senior secured term loan facility
• Energy midstream company – $250 million senior secured revolving credit facility
• Energy midstream company – $450 million senior secured revolving credit facility
• General Partner of MLP – $350 million senior secured revolving and term loan credit facilities
• Wellhead manufacturer – $75 million senior secured revolving credit facility
• Utility company – $1.6 billion revolving credit facility; $600 million revolving credit facility; and $300 million revolving credit facility
• Power generation company – $600 million senior secured credit facility
• U.S. Department of Transportation – $2.45 billion loan to Amtrak under the RRIF program to finance purchase of new high speed trainsets for the Northeast Corridor
• Coffee and tea company – $120 million syndicated senior secured credit facility
• Lead arranger and administrative agent – $500 million first lien revolving credit facility and $750 million senior secured term loan to offshore drilling company
• Lead arranger and administrative agent – $424 million revolving credit facility for the general partner of a midstream MLP
• Lead arranger and administrative agent – $1.0 billion revolving credit facility and $2.0 billion 364-day revolving credit facility for a midstream energy company
• Lead arranger and administrative agent – $1.8 billion 364-day revolving credit facility for a midstream energy company
• Lead arranger and administrative agent – $3.5 billion revolving credit facility for a midstream energy company
• Lead lender – $58 million term loan credit facility for a sponsor backed E&P company
• Lead arranger – $30 million multi-currency secured asset based term loan credit facility for a machining company

Debt Offerings

• Institutional investors – purchase of $500 million of senior secured notes issued by a privately owned company operating in the offshore services industry
• Institutional investors – purchase of $250 million of guaranteed secured senior notes issued by a privately owned company operating in the bulk-liquid transportation, storage and distribution services industry
• Institutional investors – purchase of $240 million of senior notes issued by a pipeline company
• Institutional investors – purchase of Cdn. $100 million of senior secured notes and private shelf facility of $173.5 million of senior notes issued by a pipeline company
• Institutional investors – purchase of $20 million of senior secured notes and private shelf facility of $55 million of senior secured notes issued by a food ingredients company
• Institutional investors – purchase of $60 million of senior secured notes issued by a private equity fund
• Institutional investors – purchase of $51 million of senior secured notes issued by a private manufacturing company supporting a strategic acquisition
• Institutional investors – purchase of $38 million of subordinated third lien notes issued by a privately owned manufacturer of specialty vehicles
• Institutional investors – purchase of $20 million of senior secured subordinated notes issued by a privately owned trucking company
• International engineering and construction company – $1.3 billion senior notes
• Offshore drilling company – aggregate of approximately $3.0 billion in multiple private placements of senior secured notes
• Underwriter – $750 million offering of 5.375% senior secured notes by an offshore drilling company
• Underwriter – $700 million offering of 10% senior secured notes by E&P company
• Placement Agent – $80 million private placement of senior secured second lien notes for Shelf Drilling Holdings, Ltd.

Recognized as "One to Watch" for Banking and Finance Law by The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward White, Inc.), 2021 & 2022