Taylor is a partner in the Capital Markets practice. He advises clients, including public and private companies, SPACs and master limited partnerships (MLPs), on a wide variety of complex corporate finance transactions, including securities offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investments and corporate restructurings. Taylor also advises clients in connection with periodic SEC reporting, corporate governance, and compliance matters.

Taylor maintains an active energy practice, which covers all facets of the energy value chain—exploration and production, oilfield services, midstream and downstream—with assets including reserves, pipelines, storage, processing and gathering facilities. He regularly advises clients in this space on transactions common in the petroleum industry, including asset acquisitions and joint ventures.

Debt Offerings

• Mizuho Securities USA LLC, SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., TD Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint bookrunners in connection with a $2.25 billion notes offering by Kinder Morgan, Inc.
• Barclays Capital Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC, and Scotia Capital (USA) Inc. as joint bookrunners in connection with a $1.5 billion notes offering by Kinder Morgan, Inc., an NYSE-listed midstream corporation
• BMO Capital Markets Corp, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Truist Securities, Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with $300 Million Rule 144A/Reg. S private placement notes by El Paso natural Gas Company, L.L.C., a wholly owned subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc., an NYSE-listed midstream company*
• Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Mizuho Securities USA LLC, PNC Capital Markets LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with an $800 million offering of senior notes by Kinder Morgan, Inc., an NYSE-listed midstream corporation*
• B. Riley Securities, Inc., Ladenburg Thalmann & Co. Inc. and William Blair & Company, L.L.C. as joint book-running managers in connection with a $34.5 million offering of senior notes by Ramaco Resources, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed metallurgical coal company*
• Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and Truist Securities, Inc. in connection with a $300 million Rule 144A/Reg. S private placement of senior notes of Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C., a natural gas pipeline company*
• Barclays Capital Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc. and TD Securities (USA) LLC, as joint book-running managers in connection with a $750 million offering of senior notes by Kinder Morgan, Inc., an NYSE-listed midstream corporation*
• BofA Securities, Inc., J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, MUFG Securities Americas Inc. and RBC Capital Markets, LLC in connection with a $1.25 billion offering of senior notes by Kinder Morgan, Inc., an NYSE-listed, midstream corporation*
• Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with a $1 billion Rule 144A/Reg. S private placement of senior notes by Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, L.L.C., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc., an NYSE-listed midstream company*
• Barclays Capital Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Inc. and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, Inc. as joint book-running managers in connection with a $100 million Rule 144A/Reg. S private placement of senior notes by Southern Natural Gas Company, L.L.C., a natural gas pipeline company*
• J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC, Regions Securities LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC as joint book-running managers in connection with a $750 million Rule 144A/Reg. S private placement of senior notes by USA Compression Partners, LP, an NYSE-listed midstream MLP*

Equity Offerings

• GMS Ventures and Investments in connection with a $25 million registered direct offering of Outlook Therapeutics, Inc.
• I-Bankers Securities and IB Capital as the joint book-running managers on the $115 million IPO and Nasdaq listing of units of ESH Acquisition Corp., a U.S.-based SPAC focused on the global entertainment, sports and hospitality sectors
• I-Bankers Securities as the book-running manager on the $172.5 million IPO and Nasdaq listing of units of Global Blockchain Acquisition Corp., a U.S.-based SPAC targeting blockchain related technology, economy, industries, and solutions companies
• Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. in connection with the commencement of its $22.8 million at-the-market offering program
• Piper Sandler & Co. as the sales agent in connection with the commencement of a $50 million at-the-market offering program by KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed oilfield services company*
• BMO Capital Markets Corp., Scotia Capital (USA) Inc., BofA Securities, Inc., B. Riley Securities, Inc., Canaccord Genuity LLC, Cantor Fitzgerald & Co Inc., CIBC World Markets Corp., Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, H.C. Wainwright & Co., LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, RBC Capital Markets, LLC and Roth Capital Partners, LLC as the sales agents in connection with the commencement of an at-the-market offering program of up to 60,000,000 shares of Hecla Mining Company, an NYSE-listed mining company*
• J.P. Morgan as sole book-running manager in connection with an $81 million public block trade with a variable price reoffering by USA Compression Holdings, LLC, the selling unitholder, of its common units representing limited partner interests in USA Compression Partners, LP, an NYSE-listed midstream MLP*
• Stifel, Nicolaus & Company, Incorporated as sole book-running manager and representative in connection with a $93 million follow-on equity offering by Northern Oil & Gas, Inc., an NYSE American-listed exploration and production company*
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Piper Jaffray & Co. as joint book-running managers and representatives in connection with a $96 million initial public offering by Quintana Energy Services Inc., an NYSE-listed oilfield services company*
• Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Barclays Capital Inc. as the placement agents in connection with private placement of $300 million of series B cumulative convertible preferred units by Black Stone Minerals, L.P., an NYSE-listed, upstream MLP*
• Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and UBS Securities LLC as sales agents in connection with the commencement of an at-the-market equity program having an aggregate offering price of up to $100 million of common units representing limited partner interests in Black Stone Minerals, L.P., an NYSE-listed upstream MLP*

M&A and Private Equity

• Management team in connection with the formation and funding of Wing Resources VII, LLC supported by an initial capital commitment from NGP Energy Capital and the management team
• EnCap Flatrock Midstream in the $1.45 billion sale of Lotus Midstream Operations, LLC to Energy Transfer LP.
• The Energy and Minerals Group (EMG) and Vision Blue Resources in their $150 million investment in Serra Verde, a Denham Capital portfolio company, that is developing an integrated rare earth element mining and processing operation in Brazil
• Management team in connection with the formation and funding of Wing Oil & Gas I, LLC supported by an initial capital commitment from NGP Energy Capital and the management team
• Crestwood Equity Partners LP in connection with a $268 million strategic acquisition of certain private equity-owned affiliates, including its general partner, and transition of board of directors to being elected by its public unitholders*
• Sunlight Financial LLC in connection with each of its initial business combinations with Spartan Acquisition Corp. II, an NYSE-listed special purpose acquisition company (“Spartan”) resulting in a newly formed NYSE-listed company, Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc. and Spartan’s $250 million PIPE*
• Midstream private equity portfolio company buyer in its acquisition from midstream private equity portfolio company seller of certain midstream gas gathering and processing assets serving an established San Andres oil and gas producer*
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Pure Acquisition Corp. (“Pure”), a NASDAQ-listed special purpose acquisition company, in connection with its initial business combination resulting in a newly formed NASDAQ-listed company, HighPeak Energy, Inc.*
• Midstream private equity portfolio company in its acquisition of a crude oil gathering system and gas gathering pipeline in Yoakum County, Texas*
• Tudor, Pickering Holt & Co. as financial advisor to Quintana Energy Services Inc., an NYSE-listed oilfield services company, in connection with its all-stock merger with KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc., a NASDAQ-listed oilfield services company*
• Management team in connection with formation and funding of private equity-backed entity formed for the purpose of acquiring producing and non-producing royalties, overriding royalty interests, minerals, and operated and non-operated working interests*
• Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in connection with its $3.6 billion acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Oryx Southern Delaware Holdings LLC and Oryx Delaware Holdings LLC*
• Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in connection with its $1 billion initial equity commitment to Discovery Midstream Holdings II, LLC*
• Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of InfraREIT, Inc. (“InfraREIT”), an NYSE- listed electric utility real estate investment trust, in connection with its $1.275 billion sale to Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC*

* Denotes prior firm experience

Awards & Accolades

• Recognized by Chambers USA in Capital Markets – Texas (2023) and Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Central United States – Nationwide (2023)

Professional Affiliations

• Member, Board of Directors, CanCare, Inc.
• Member, Corporate Committee, The Menil Collection