Robert Wann, Jr. practices corporate law with a focus on advising public and private companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, investment banks, commercial banks, direct lending funds and other sources of capital in a variety of financing transactions including: acquisition financing, high-yield and investment-grade bonds, syndicated loans, club loans, bridge loans, balance sheet loans and committed financings.
Robert has significant experience representing borrowers, issuers and financing sources on both the bank and bond sides of financing transactions with a focus on complex acquisition and leveraged finance transactions. Robert has experience in a variety of industries including: telecom, media, technology, financial services, energy, hospitality, healthcare, retail and manufacturing. Robert also has significant experience working on cross-border transactions.
Related Experience
Select representations since joining Baker Botts:
- GCI, LLC's $600 million senior notes offering and $950 million senior secured credit facility
- CenterPoint Energy, Inc.'s $1.7 billion senior notes offering
- NASCAR Holdings, Inc.'s secured credit facility in connection with NASCAR's acquisition of International Speedway Corporation for approximately $2 billion
- Sprague Resources LP's $2 billion senior secured revolving credit facility
- GCI Liberty in the financing aspects of its $8.7 billion merger with Liberty Broadband
- Special Committee of Barnes & Noble, Inc. in the financing aspects of Barnes & Noble, Inc.'s sale to Elliot Advisors (UK) Limited for approximately $683 million
- Westlake Chemical Corporation in the financing aspects of its $2.15 billion acquisition of Boral's North American Building Products Businesses
- CenterPoint Energy in the financing aspects of its $2.15 billion sale of Arkansas and Oklahoma Natural Gas LDC Businesses to Summit Utilities
- El Paso Electric Company in the financing aspects of its sale to J.P. Morgan Investment Management Inc. for approximately $4.3 billion
- Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. in the financing aspects of its sale to Expedia Group, Inc.
Select transactions prior to joining Baker Botts:
- Harvest Partners’ various bank acquisition financings of $1 billion for the purchase of multiple portfolio companies
- Norwegian Cruise Line's bond acquisition financing for Prestige Cruises and initial public offering
- Ally Financial, Inc.'s various bond offerings of $14.0 billion and initial public offering
- Constellation Brands, Inc.'s bank acquisition financing for Grupo Modelo's U.S. business
- EP Energy LLC's bond acquisition financing for EP Energy Corporation (named 2012 "Private Equity Deal of the Year" by IFLR)
- GMAC LLC's (n/k/a Ally Financial Inc.) and Residential Capital, LLC's $28 billion exchange offer
- Spectrum Brands, Inc.'s bond acquisition financing for Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.'s Hardware & Home Improvement Group
- Apex Technology Co., Ltd, PAG and Legend Capital Management Co., LTD's approximately $2.63 billion bank financing for the purchase of Lexmark International Inc.
- Greystar Real Estate Partners’ $250 million senior notes offering
- LifePoint Hospitals’ $400 million senior notes offering
- Play Resorts’ senior credit facility and $300 million senior notes offering
- Ashland Inc.'s $2.3 billion senior notes offering
- Station Casinos’ $500 million senior notes offering
Awards & Community
Recognized by International Financial Law Review for working on "Private Equity Deal of the Year," 2012
News
Baker Botts Represents QVC in $3.25 Billion Senior Secured Credit Facility
Baker Botts Represents Cleco Power LLC in $325 Million Private Offering of Senior Notes
Baker Botts Represents the Underwriters in Enbridge Inc.’s Offering of $1 Billion Sustainability-Linked Senior Notes due 2033 and $500 Million Senior Notes due 2051
Baker Botts Advises Westlake Chemical Corporation in $2.15 Billion Acquisition of Boral’s North American Building Products Businesses
CDT Roundup: 17 Deals, 12 Firms, 216 Lawyers, $10B
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Baker Botts Represents Sprague Resources LP in Upsize and Extension of its $2.0 Billion Senior Secured Credit Facility
Baker Botts Represents CenterPoint Energy, Inc. in $1.7 Billion Senior Notes Offering
CDT Roundup: 21 Deals, 16 Firms, 125 Lawyers, $7.2B
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Summit Utilities Acquires Arkansas, Oklahoma Assets from CenterPoint Energy
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Baker Botts Advises CenterPoint Energy in $2.15 Billion Sale of Arkansas and Oklahoma Natural Gas LDC Businesses to Summit Utilities
Morgan Lewis, Baker Botts Drive $2.15B Gas Systems Deal
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Baker Botts Represents Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings, Inc. in Revolving Credit Facility
Bristow Group's $400 Million Private Offering of Senior Secured Notes
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Baker Botts Represents Bristow Group Inc. in $400 Million Private Offering of Senior Secured Notes
Qurate Retail's Investment in Comscore
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Baker Botts Represents Qurate Retail in its Investment in Comscore
GCI Liberty's Sale Of LendingTree Stake
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Baker Botts Represents GCI Liberty in the Sale of its LendingTree Stake
Baker Botts Steers GCI Liberty In $1B LendingTree Stake Sale
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Baker Botts Represents GCI Liberty in Connection with its $950 Million Credit Facility
GCI Liberty's $600 Million Notes Offering
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Baker Botts Represents GCI Liberty in $600 Million Notes Offering
Liberty Broadband's $500 Million Notes Offering
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Baker Botts Represents Liberty Broadband in its Upsized Private Offering of $500 Million of 2.75% Exchangeable Senior Debentures
Baker Botts Represents GCI Liberty in its Merger with Liberty Broadband
Liberty Latin America's Acquisition Of Telefonica's Operations
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Liberty Broadband To Buy Telecom Co., Evite Owner For $8.7B
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Liberty buys Telefónica’s Costa Rica assets after failed Millicom deal
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Baker Botts Represents Liberty Latin America in its Acquisition of Telefonica’s Operations in Costa Rica
Liberty Latin America buys Telefónica Costa Rica
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Sprague Resources LP's $1.18 Billion Senior Secured Amended and Restated Credit Facility
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Baker Botts Represents Sprague Resources LP in its $1.18 Billion Senior Secured Amended and Restated Credit Facility
Baker Botts Represents Liberty Media Corporation in its Reattribution of Live Nation Interest and Other Assets and Liabilities between the Formula One Group and the Liberty SiriusXM Group
Certares' $325 Million Investment in Liberty TripAdvisor
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Baker Botts Represents Liberty TripAdvisor Holdings in the $325 million Investment by Certares
Baker Botts Leads $325M TripAdvisor Funding Amid Virus Toll
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CDT Roundup: 13 Deals, 17 Firms, 55 Lawyers, $2.87B
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Baker Botts Represents Special Committee of Barnes & Noble, Inc. in Acquisition by Elliott Advisors (UK) Limited
3 Firms Steer Elliott's $683M Barnes & Noble All-Cash Buy - Law360
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Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
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Nascar Closes In on International Speedway Deal
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Baker Botts advises NASCAR on $2B International Speedway purchase
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Baker Botts Acts for NASCAR in its Agreement to Acquire International Speedway Corporation
Baker Botts, Saul Ewing Pilot $2B NASCAR-Intl Speedway Buy - Law360
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Law360's Weekly Verdict: Legal Lions & Lambs
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