Morgan U. Hollins
Biography
Overview
Morgan is a partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group in the Firm's Houston office. Her practice consists of a wide range of both domestic and international corporate and transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, MLP dropdowns, joint ventures and company formations. She also advises clients on corporate governance matters and deal structures relating to acquisitions, divestitures and exit strategies. Morgan has experience representing both public and private companies, as well as conflicts committees, in a variety of industries, including oil and gas and other natural resources, solar energy, entertainment and financial services.
Morgan was named to The Deal's "Top Rising Stars" for Mergers & Acquisitions in 2021. She is listed as a "Rising Star" for Mergers & Acquisitions in the United States by Euromoney (2020).
Experience
Representation of ExxonMobil in the disposition of its Santoprene TPV elastomers business to Celanese Corporation for $1.15 billion.
Representation of ExxonMobil in its investment in Global Clean Energy Holdings, Inc., a publicly-traded renewable fuels company, through the purchase of a newly-issued series of preferred stock.
Representation of TotalEnergies Renewables USA in its acquisition from Austin, Texas-based Core Solar, LLC of 4GW of utility-scale solar and energy storage development projects across several U.S. states and power markets.
Representation of IFM Investors in its US$10.3 billion acquisition of Buckeye Partners, L.P, a distributor of petrochemicals in the East and Midwest areas of The United States. The transaction was named "Private Equity Deal of the Year (Over US$10 billion)" by M&A Advisor (2020).
Representation of a leading power company in its sale of power plant.
Representation of Athena, a technology-enabled consumer focused special purpose acquisition company, on its entry into a definitive business combination agreement with Next.e.GO Mobile SE, an innovative producer of urban electric vehicles based on disruptive production systems headquartered in Germany, where the combined company is valued at approximately US$913 million.
Representation of REE Automotive Ltd., an electric-vehicle technology startup based in Israel, in its US$3.6 billion go-public acquisition by 10X Capital Venture Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: VCVCU), a SPAC.
Representation of Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation in its US$2.685 billion sale of International-MatexTankTerminals, a bulk liquid terminals business, to Riverstone Holdings LLC.
Representation of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd., Alpha Asset Management, Sprott Korea Investment, Hana Financial Investment and Korea Investment & Securities, as a consortium, in its US$1.5 billion acquisition of a 49.9 percent stake in a wind farm portfolio from Brookfield Renewable and Invenergy LLC.
Representation of AlphaStruxure, a joint venture between Schneider Electric and Carlyle Group, in its Integrated Fleet Electrification Infrastructure Project, a first-of-its-kind Energy as a Service (EaaS) fleet electrification project.
Representation of Azelis Americas, LLC, a specialty chemicals and food ingredients distributor in North America, in its acquisition of Vigon International, Inc., a leading US specialty distributor and manufacturer of ingredients for the flavors, fragrances and cosmetics market segments.
Representation of an affiliate of Sixth Street Partners in a US$402 million overriding royalty interest acquisition and joint venture with Antero Resources Corporation.
Representation of CVC Capital Partners in the investment of a 22.55% stake in Authentic Brands Group LLC, a brand management company and owner of a portfolio of brand name companies, including Forever 21, Brooks Brothers, Barneys New York, Lucky Brand and Juicy Couture, valuing the company at US$12.7 billion in enterprise value.
Representation of the Independent Directors of Mobile Mini, Inc. (NASDAQ: MINI), the largest US provider of portable storage solutions, on its announced merger of equals with WillScot Corp. (NASDAQ: WSC), the largest US supplier of mobile office trailers. The combination will result in a combined enterprise value of US$6.6 billion.
Representation of Invenergy and its project subsidiary Energia del Pacifico (EDP) on the development and project financing of the 378 MW liquefied natural gas (LNG)-to-power infrastructure project at the Port of Acajutla in the Department of Sonsonate in El Salvador.
Representation of Motiva Enterprises in connection with its acquisition of Flint Hills Resources' chemical plant in Port Arthur, Texas.
Representation of Milestone Environmental Services, LLC, an oilfield environmental services provider, in an exchange of real property and produced water disposal assets with High Roller Group.
Representation of Cobepa S.A., a Belguim-based privately-held investment company, in connection with the following acquisitions:
- Its acquisition of BioAgilytix Labs, LLC, a leading provider of large molecule bioanalytical testing services.
- Its acquisition of Ned Stevens, one of the leading gutter cleaning and home maintenance service providers in the United States, from AVALT.
- Its investment in Reaction Biology Corporation, an industry- leading provider of drug discovery services as well as the financing of the
Representation of Ara Partners Group, an industrial private equity firm, in numerous transactions, including:
- Its majority investment in Centric Gas Services, LLC, a local gas distribution platform headquartered in Magnolia, Texas, and its subsequent divestiture of Centric Gas.
- Its acquisition of Priority Power Management, LLC, an independent energy management services and consulting firm headquartered in Midland, Texas.
Representation of Delek Group in its acquisition of a 22.45 percent working interest in the Caesar Tonga field in the Gulf of Mexico from Shell for US$965 million, and a long-term purchase agreement with ShellTrading (US) Company for the produced oil.
Representation of a public utilities company in the disposition of it Merchant Generator business.
Representation of MLP in its US$825 million acquisition of all of the equity in a private company.
Representation of a privately-held E&P company in the formation of a US$1.2 billion joint venture to acquire North American oil and gas properties.
Representation of a private solar energy company in its acquisition of an 80 MWAC solar project.
Representation of a public company in a joint venture for industrial services.
Representation of conflict committees of the general partners of various master limited partnership in drop-down transactions.
Representation of a publicly traded Fortune 50 manufacturer and marketer of transportation fuels in its acquisition of a Peruvian fuels import company.
Experience prior to joining White & Case.
Listed as "Top Rising Star" for Mergers & Acquisitions, The Deal 2021
Rising Star for Mergers & Acquisitions in the United States, Euromoney 2020
Recipient of a "Emerging Leaders Award", The M&A Advisor, 2019