Luke Allen
Biography
Overview
Luke is an associate in White & Case's Project Development and Finance Group and is resident in the Firm's Houston office. He represents private equity investors, banks, developers, and public and private companies in complex energy, infrastructure, project finance and corporate transactions in the US and international markets.
Midwestern State University
Experience
Select representative experience includes:
Representation of Cheniere Energy Partners, L.P. and Sabine Pass Liquefaction, LLC, subsidiaries of Cheniere Energy, Inc., in the refinancing of their respective US$1 billion hybrid revolving credit facilities.
Representation of Harvest Midstream I, L.P. in its acquisition financing of Paradigm Midstream. The financing involved a US$950 million revolving and term loan A facility.
Representation of Circulus Holdings, PBLLC, an Ara Partners portfolio company and a producer of high-quality resins for commercial and industrial uses from recycled low-density polyethylene, in connection with its $300 million project financing and development of plastics recycling facilities in California, Oklahoma and Alabama.
Representation of a major bank in a US$100 million project financing for a behind-the-meter 81 MWac solar generation project located in Strathcona County, Canada.
Representation of a major bank in aggregation term loan facilities totaling US$300 million in connection with the buyout and refinancing of tax equity investments and back-leveraged refinancings for up to 50 solar generation projects located throughout the United States.
Representation of a major bank in connection with a US$100 million ITC "safe harbor" facility, the proceeds of which were used to pre-fund expenditures for utility-scale solar projects.
Representation of Riverstone, as direct lender, in the project financing and development of a 150-mile propane pipeline in Texas by EPIC Propane Pipeline, LP. This transaction received a Second Party Opinion from Sustainable Fitch confirming that it was structured in line with LSTA Sustainability-Linked Loan Principles.
Representation of WaterBridge Operating in connection with its US$1 billion term loan B facility.
