Catherine Ozdogan, a partner in the Houston office of Latham & Watkins, has a substantial practice representing financial institutions and corporate borrowers in connection with a wide variety of commercial lending transactions in the oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, and service-related sectors.
Ms. Ozdogan has particular knowledge in:
- Structuring, negotiating, and documenting of all types of syndicated lending transactions
- Reserve-based lending transactions
- Leveraged finance, acquisition, bridge, and working capital facilities
- Term b loans
- Various hedging arrangements
- Bond credit enhancement facilities
Ms. Ozdogan has been recognized:
- As one of the leading Banking and Finance lawyers in Texas in Chambers USA Guide America's Leading Business Lawyers 2008-2018
- For her work in Banking & Finance in Best Lawyers in America 2012-2015
- For her work in Finance & Bank Lending by The Legal 500 US 2009-2013
- For her work in Project Finance in The Legal 500 US 2010 and 2011
Representative Finance transactions include:
- Superior Energy Services, Inc. in a US$470 million senior secured revolving credit facility agented by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
- Benchmark Electronics, Inc. in a US$430 million senior secured underwritten revolving credit and term loan facilities in connection with its acquisition of SCS Secure Holdings LLC
- Royal Bank of Canada, as lead arranger and administrative agent, in a US$200 million senior secured first lien revolving credit facility for international offshore drilling company Vantage Drilling Company in connection with a prepackaged plan of reorganization
- Southwestern Energy Company in a US$750 million senior unsecured term loan facility agented by Bank of America, N.A.
- Joint lead arrangers and Citibank, N.A., as administrative agent, in a US$4.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility for Halliburton Company in connection with its acquisition of Baker Hughes Incorporated
- NRP Operating LLC in a US$300 million senior secured revolving credit facility secured by coal reserves and coal infrastructure-related assets
- Sunoco LP, as borrower, in a US$1.5 billion senior unsecured revolving credit facility agented by Bank of America, N.A.
- Royal Bank of Canada in a US$725 million senior secured multicurrency revolving credit and term loan credit facilities for Civeo Corporation in connection with its redomicile to Canada
- Royal Bank of Canada in a US$575 million senior secured term loan facility, a C$75 million senior secured revolving credit facility and a C$1.275 million senior secured delayed draw term loan facility for Veresen Midstream Limited Partnership
- Southwestern Energy Company in a US$4.5 billion underwritten senior unsecured bridge financing agented by Bank of America, N.A. in connection with its acquisition of Utica shale oil and gas properties from Chesapeake
- Susser Petroleum Partners LP in a $1.25 billion senior secured revolving credit facility in connection with its acquisition by Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
- A major bank as lead arranger and administrative agent, respectively, in a $800 million senior secured revolving credit and term loan facilities for CST Brands, Inc. in connection with its spinoff from Valero Energy Corporation