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Porter Hedge’s 2017 Successes

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2017 was an exceptional year for Porter Hedges. The firm saw successes in both transactional and litigation practice groups, helping companies inside and outside of Texas. Some of the key highlights include the following:

• Representation of Energy Transfer in the $2 billion sale of a minority stake in Bakken Pipeline Project to Enbridge and Marathon Petroleum

• Representation of Maintenance Supply Headquarters in its $512 million acquisition by Lowe’s, the 2017 Houston Business Journal “Retail Deal of the Year” and 2017 Association for Corporate Growth (ACG) “Business and Industrial Services Deal of the Year”

• Representation of Quantum Capital in the acquisition of Apache Industrial Services

• Representation of Noble Energy in its $1.225 billion divestiture of Marcellus Shale assets in northern West Virginia and southern Pennsylvania

• Representation of Five Point Capital in the formation of midstream joint venture with Matador Resources

• Representation of Red Mountain Energy and IOG Capital in the sale of STACK position to SandRidge Energy

• Representation of Par Pacific in $300 million senior secured notes offering and asset-based secured revolving credit facility

• Representation of Coral Reef Capital and its portfolio company Shawnee Oil Company in their acquisition of Illinois Basin assets of Map Oil Company

• Representation of Oildom Publishing in its acquisition by Gulf Publishing Company

• Representation of White Star Petroleum in the sale of its interest in a midstream gathering system and associated assets to 4 AM Midstream

• Representation of Ultra Petroleum in securing $175 million incremental senior secured term loan offering

• Representation of Elevate Midstream in an equity commitment of up to $100 million from Tailwater Capital

• Representation of Ultra Petroleum in $115 million divestiture of its non-operated assets in the Marcellus Shale to Alta Marcellus Development

• Representation of Seaport Global Securities in a $69 million common stock offering by Abraxas Petroleum

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