Baker Botts, V&E Advise in Two Stock Offerings

© 2016 The Texas Lawbook.By Natalie Posgate (Aug. 19) – Texas capital markets lawyers from Baker Botts and V&E have kept busy this week. The firms announced their involvement in two stock offerings Friday. One was for Leawood, Kansas-based Tallgrass Energy Partners, which announced the pricing of a $400 million public debt offering with its subsidiary, Tallgrass Energy Finance Corp. The offering is for 5.5 percent senior unsecured notes due 2024. When the offering closes, which will likely be Sept. 1, Tallgrass intends to use the net proceeds to repay outstanding borrowings under its existing senior secured revolving credit facility.Tallgrass turned to Austin partner Mollie Duckworth and Dallas partner Doug Rayburn to handle its end of the offering. Others on the Baker Botts corporate deal team included Austin associates Courtney Fore and Jennifer Wu and Houston associate Jude Dworaczyk. Houston and Austin partners Mike Bresson and Jon Nelsen and Houston associate Leah Patrick provided tax advice, while Houston partner Scott Janoe and Austin associate Samia Broadaway provided environmental advice. Baker Botts’ Washington, D.C. office provided regulatory advice. V&E represented the underwriters, which included Barclays, Wells Fargo, Capital One, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Morgan Stanley, PNC Capital Markets, TD Securities, Citizens…