Molly Elkins is an associate in the Houston office of Latham & Watkins and a member of the Tax Department.

Molly advises clients on the US federal income taxation of mergers, acquisitions, financings, and capital markets transactions.

Molly’s experience includes advising:

  • Aera Energy in its US$2.1 billion merger of California Resources Corporation
  • Arch Resources in its merger with CONSOL Energy
  • Chesapeake Energy in its merger with Southwestern Energy
  • Blaize in its business combination with BurTech Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company
  • Priority Power in its acquisition by I Squared Capital
  • Fold in its business combination with FTAC Emerald Acquisition Corp.
  • Occidental in its US$12 billion acquisition of CrownRock
  • Magellan Midstream Partners in its US$18.8 billion merger with ONEOK
  • Occidental in its US$1.1 billion acquisition of Carbon Engineering
  • Innergex Renewable Energy on a project and tax equity financing in connection with the Boswell Springs Wind Farm
  • Cordelio in its project financing in connection with Crossover Wind project
  • Diversified Energy in its sustainability-linked securitized financing
  • Matador Resources in its US$750 million senior notes offering
  • Kodiak Gas Services in its US$175 million secondary offering of common stock
  • Quanta Services in its US$125 billion senior notes offering
  • Tamboran Resources in its US initial public offering
  • Waste Connections in its C$500 million senior notes offering
  • Blue Racer Midstream in its US$1 billion senior notes offering
  • Matador Resources in its US$347 million common stock and US$900 million senior notes offerings
  • Waste Connections in its US$750 million senior notes offering
  • CNX Resources in its US$400 million senior notes offering and tender offer
  • Kodiak Gas Services in its US$750 million senior notes offering
  • The initial purchasers in Antero Midstream’s US$600 million senior notes offering
  • Patterson-UTI Energy in its US$400 million senior notes offering
  • Subsidiaries of UGI on its senior notes offering and related tender offer
  • Baytex in its upsized offering of US$800 million of senior notes
  • Nogin in its public offering
  • ONEOK in its US$750 million notes offering

Bar Qualification

  • Texas

Education

  • JD, University of Houston Law Center, 2022
    cum laude
  • BBA in Accounting, Texas Tech University, 2019
    magna cum laude

Practices