People

Catherine Ellis
Catherine Baker Ellis
Senior Associate
Catherine Ellis
Catherine Baker Ellis
Senior Associate

Overview

Catherine Ellis advises public and private companies—with a particular focus on private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies—in a wide variety of complex business transactions including mergers and acquisitions, capital formation, leveraged buyouts, and joint ventures, as well as operational and general corporate matters. In addition, Catherine advises boards and executive teams on corporate governance, fiduciary duties and other high-stakes corporate and commercial concerns.

Catherine also has significant experience representing conflicts and other special transaction committees and financial advisors in M&A transactions, including going private transactions, restructurings and third-party asset acquisitions.

Admissions & Affiliations

  • State Bar of Texas
  • Houston Bar Association
  • Houston Young Lawyers Association

Education

  • J.D., The University of Texas School of Law 2018
    with honors
    Director of Development, Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law
  • B.S., Applied Learning & Development, The University of Texas 2009

Experience

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Innophos Holdings, Inc. – $932 million acquisition by One Rock Capital Partners
  • AmeriGas Partners, L.P. – $2.4 billion merger with UGI Corporation
  • Era Group Inc. – sale of its interest in Dart Holding Company Ltd. joint venture
  • Noble Midstream Partners LP – advisor to conflicts committee in Chevron Corporation’s acquisition of Noble Midstream
  • Solar project development company – sale of controlling interest in portfolio of solar projects
  • Intrepid Partners, LLC – financial advisor to conflicts committee of Hess Midstream LP in connection with several transactions between Hess Midstream and its sponsors

Capital Markets - Issuer Representation

  • Sunnova Energy International Inc. – multiple asset-backed securitizations

Capital Markets - Underwriter Representation

  • Great Western Petroleum, LLC – $235.0 million private placement of senior secured notes
  • Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. – $550.0 million private placement of senior notes
  • Coterra Energy Inc. (f/k/a Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation) – $1.8 billion exchange offer of new debt securities for debt securities of Cimarex Energy Co.
  • Howard Energy – $400.0 million private placement of senior notes
  • Howard Energy – $550.0 million private placement of senior notes

18 September 2024 News Coverage CDT Roundup: 24 Deals, 12 Firms, 235 Lawyers, $11B