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Chambers USA 2022
Biography
Jason Rocha is a corporate partner in White & Case's Houston office specializing in capital markets and M&A transactions. Jason's practice focuses on transactions in the energy, natural resources, power and mining industries.
Jason represents public and private companies in acquisitions, financings, restructurings and other commercial matters.
Experience
Representative matters include:
Capital Markets Transactions
- Representation of Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP (NYSE: KRP) in various transactions, including:
- $400 million offering of preferred units to funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Securities, LLC
- Multiple offerings of common units generating over $500 million in aggregate proceeds
- Representation of Critical Metals Corp (Nasdaq: CRML) in private placement (PIPE) of ordinary shares
- Representation of private equity investor in $335 million PIPE investment in American Express Global Business Travel
- Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) representing issuers and underwriters:
- Kimbell Tiger Acquisition Corporation
- Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP
- Rice Midstream Partners, LP
- Enable Midstream Partners, LP
- Rice Energy Inc.
- Athlon Energy Inc.
- Plains GP Holdings, LP
- Summit Midstream Partners, LP
- Rose Rock Midstream, LP
- Forum Energy Technologies, Inc.
- PAA Natural Gas Storage, LP
- Encore Energy Partners LP
- TransMontaigne Partners LP
Mergers & Acquisition Transactions
- Representation of Calpine Corporation in its agreement with Constellation (Nasdaq: CEG) under which Constellation will acquire Calpine in a cash and stock transaction valued at an equity purchase price of approximately $16.4 billion, composed of 50 million shares of Constellation stock and $4.5 billion in cash plus the assumption of approximately $12.7 billion of Calpine net debt
- Representation of Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP in $230 million all-cash acquisition of Midland Basin mineral and royalty interests
- Representation of Critical Metals Corp in its proposed acquisition of Tanbreez rare earth mine in Greenland
- Representation of European Lithium Limited in its $972 million business combination with a Sizzle Acquisition Corp
- Representation of Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP in $271 million cash and stock acquisition of mineral and royalty interests
- Representation of a water solutions company in its proposed business combination with a Nasdaq-listed SPAC
- Representation of a Nasdaq-listed SPAC in its $1.3 billion business combination with a technology and advertising company
- Representation of Kimbell Royalty Partners, LP in $455 million all-cash acquisition of Permian and Mid-Continent Basin mineral and royalty interests
- Representation of a NYSE-listed SPAC in its $840 million business combination with a healthcare company
- Representation of electric commercial vehicle company VIA Motors International, Inc. in its acquisition through an all-stock merger valued at up to $630 million
