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Timothy S. Taylor
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Overview

Tim Taylor handles a wide variety of securities and corporate transactions. He counsels issuers and underwriters in connection with public offerings and private placements of equity, debt and specialty securities. He also represents both large and small companies in mergers and acquisitions.

Tim advises clients, including utility companies, petrochemical companies and residential homebuilders, on compliance with federal securities laws. Additionally, he represents issuers and financial advisors in comprehensive debt and equity restructurings of publicly traded and privately held corporations and limited partnerships.

Admissions & Affiliations

  • State Bar of Texas
  • American Bar Association, Business Law Section
  • Houston Bar Association, Corporate Counsel Section, Chair, 2003-2004

Education

  • J.D., New York University School of Law 1990
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University 1987
    Tau Beta Pi

Experience

Capital Market Transactions

  • CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (formerly Reliant Energy , Incorporated) and subsidiaries – numerous debt and equity offerings aggregating over $30 billion, including offerings of investment grade debt securities, convertible senior notes, junior subordinated notes, common stock, preferred stock,first mortgage bonds, general mortgage bonds, tax-exempt bonds, including tax-exempt bonds collateralized by first mortgage bonds, various specialty securities, including zero-premium exchangeable subordinated notes, automatic common exchange securities, trust preferred securities and term-enhanced remarketable securities, and two ATM common stock programs
  • Westlake Chemical Corporation – initial public offering; investment grade debt securities offerings; high yield debt securities offerings; debt exchange offers; equity offerings; tax-exempt bond offerings
  • Cleco Corporate Holdings LLC (formerly known as Cleco Corporation) and Cleco Power LLC – numerous investment grade debt securities offerings and equity offerings; debt exchange offer; tax-exempt bond offerings; institutional private placement of debt securities
  • LGI Homes, Inc. –$1.0 billion in three separate Rule 144A offerings of senior notes; $85 million Rule 144A offering of convertible notes and two ATM common stock programs
  • CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC – $7.0 billion of securitized transition and system restoration bonds in seven separate offerings
  • Cleco Power LLC – $910 million offering of securitized storm recovery and energy transition bonds in three separate offerings
  • SIGECO Securitization I, LLC – $341.45 million offering of senior secured securitization bonds
  • Kansas Gas Service Securitization I, LLC – $336 million offering of securitized utility tariff bonds
  • Dream Finders Homes, Inc. – $144 million initial public offering
  • Deutsche Bank Securities – LGI Homes, Inc., initial public offering
  • Reliant Resources, Inc. – $1.8 billion initial public offering; tax-exempt bond offerings
  • El Paso Electric Company – $150 million public offering of senior notes; $125 million institutional private placement of senior notes
  • Rio Grande Resources Trust II – $65 million private placement of guaranteed senior notes
  • Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. – $440 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes
  • LyondellBasell Industries N.V. – debt offerings of $2.5 billion of senior unsecured notes; numerous secondary equity offerings involving proceeds of over $7.8 billion
  • Goldman, Sachs & Co. – Pacific Drilling S.A., private placements of $1.5 billion of senior secured notes
  • Sunnova Energy Corporation – preferred stock private placement
  • Goldman, Sachs & Co. – Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P., initial public offering and follow-on common unit offering

Mergers and Acquisitions

  • CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (formerly Reliant Energy, Incorporated) and subsidiaries – $7.2 billion acquisition of Enable Midstream Partners, LP by Energy Transfer LP; $2.15 billion sale of Arkansas and Oklahoma natural gas LDC businesses; spin-off of Reliant Resources, Inc.; acquisition of NorAm Energy Corp.; sale of cable television operations
  • Westlake Chemical Corporation – $2.15 billion acquisition of Boral Industries Inc.’s (wholly owned subsidiary of Boral Limited (ASX: BLD)) North American building products businesses (roofing; siding, trim and shutters; decorative stone; and windows); $277 million acquisition of LASCO Fittings, Inc., a Brownsville, Tennessee-based, leading designer, engineer and manufacturer of injected-molded PVC fittings from Aalberts, NV; $255 million acquisition of Eastman Chemical Company's polyethylene business and related assets
  • Angel Brothers Holdings Corp. ― sale of Angel Brothers’ asphalt paving, concrete paving and construction services businesses to Texas Materials Group, Inc. (wholly owned subsidiary of CRH Americas Materials, Inc. (NYSE: CRH)) in an all-cash transaction
  • El Paso Electric Company – $5.4 billion acquisition by an affiliate of the Infrastructure Investments Fund
  • Kraton Performance Polymers, Inc. – $1.4 billion acquisition of Arizona Chemical Holdings Corporation
  • Lyondell Chemical Company – $2.3 billion acquisition of Millennium Chemicals Inc.; $2.1 billion acquisition of CITGO's interest in LYONDELL-CITGO Refining LP
  • Imperial Sugar Company – formation of Louisiana Sugar Refining, LLC joint venture (LSR); sale of Imperial Sugar's interest in LSR
  • Houston Wire & Cable Company – purchase of Southwest Wire Rope LP and Southern Wire, LLC
  • Wholesome Sweeteners, Incorporated – representation of owners in sale of equity interests
  • DX Holding Company, Inc. – representation of co-owner of Colorado Salt Products, LLC joint venture
  • Triad Hospitals, Inc. – legal counsel to the Special Committee of the Board of Directors in connection with $6.4 billion takeover
  • Dixie Chemical Company, Inc. – representation of shareholders in sale of company to a private equity fund
  • Century Asphalt – purchase of asphalt plants and related assets
  • Pioneer Companies, Inc. – sale of chemical plants


Awards and Community

Listed in Energy: Electricity (Finance) by Chambers USA, 2026

Recognized as a Texas Super Lawyer (Thomson Reuters), 2014-2017