Michael Pascual is an associate in the Houston office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the firm’s Corporate Department.

Mr. Pascual advises clients on corporate finance and securities law, including securities offerings, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate and public company representation matters.

Mr. Pascual’s experience includes advising:

Capital Markets

  • Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc. in its exchange offer and consent solicitation pursuant to its merger with HighPoint Resources Corporation valued at US$376 million*
  • Spartan Acquisition Corp. II in its initial public offering of 34,500,000 units at a public offering price of US$10 per unit, including the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase up to an additional 4,500,000 units*
  • Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp. in its merger with Fisker inc.*
  • The initial purchasers in an upsized offering by Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP and Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp. of US$600 million aggregate principal amount of 7.500% senior notes due 2025*
  • Group 1 Automotive, Inc., in its private placement of US$550 million in aggregate principal amount of its 4.000% senior unsecured notes due 2028*
  • The initial purchasers in an offering by Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP and Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp. of US$430 million aggregate principal amount of 6.000% senior notes due 2027*
  • The initial purchasers in an offering by Rockies Express Pipeline LLC of US$400 million of 3.600% senior notes due 2025 and US$350 million of 4.800% senior notes due 2030*
  • Natural Resource Partners L.P. in its private placement of US$300 million in aggregate principal amount of its 9.125% senior unsecured notes due 2025*
  • The initial purchasers in an offering by Rockies Express Pipeline LLC of US$550 million of 4.950% senior notes due 2029*
  • The initial purchasers in Archrock Partners, L.P.’s private offering of US$500 million aggregate principal amount of 6.875% senior notes due 2027 at an issue price of 100% of their face value*
  • The initial purchasers in an offering by Sunoco LP and Sunoco Finance Corp. of US$600 million of 6.000% senior notes due 2027*
  • Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp. in its initial public offering of 55,200,000 units at a public offering price of US$10 per unit, including the exercise in full by the underwriters of their option to purchase up to an additional 7,200,000 units*

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Plains All American Pipeline in the sale of three interconnected terminals in greater Los Angeles to Zenith Energy U.S., L.P.*
  • Noble Energy, Inc. in a definitive agreement with Chevron Corporation under which Chevron will acquire all of the outstanding shares of Noble Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at US$5 billion*
  • Antero Midstream Partners LP in its simplification transaction with Antero Midstream GP LP*
  • WildHorse Resource Development Corporation in its definitive agreement to be acquired by Chesapeake Energy Corporation in a transaction valued at approximately US$3.98 billion*
  • Blackstone in its acquisition of a 44% stake in Tallgrass Energy*
  • Flywheel Energy on its acquisition of Southwestern Energy’s Fayetteville shale business for a purchase price of US$1.8 billion*
  • Clovis Point Capital, LLC in its growth equity investment in Cirrus Insight*
  • Goldman Sachs Asset Management in its acquisition of a portfolio of commercial and industrial solar projects for US$350 million in cash*
  • TPG Growth in its acquisition of CLEAResult*
  • CYS Investments, Inc., an agency mortgage REIT, in its acquisition of Two Harbors Investment Corp., a leading hybrid mortgage REIT*
  • RSP Permian, Inc. in its all-stock sale to Concho in a transaction valued at approximately US$9.5 billion, inclusive of RSP’s net debt*

*Matter handled before joining Latham

Bar Qualification

  • Texas

Education

  • JD, Harvard Law School, 2017
  • MS in Finance, University of Florida, 2014
  • BS, University of Florida, 2013
    magna cum laude