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Overview
Will Burns is a partner in the Securities and Capital Markets practice of Paul Hastings and is based in the firm's Houston office. His practice focuses on securities law and corporate finance matters, including public and private securities offerings and similar financings, as well as related investment activities. Will has considerable experience with exploration and production companies, midstream businesses, oil field services companies, and master limited partnerships. Will regularly advises public company clients on corporate governance issues and securities law disclosure and compliance issues.
Education
- University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2007
- University of Texas, B.B.A., 2004
Representations
- Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc. in its $99.8 million initial public offering.
- D.A. Davidson & Co. as underwriter in the secondary offering of common stock by Parallel49 Equity as selling shareholders of CPI Card Group Inc.
- Metals Acquisition Limited in its acquisition of the Cornish, Scottish and Australian mine via business combination.
- Piper Sandler as financial advisor and placement agent in connection with a $30 million debt refinancing transaction by Kingstone Companies, Inc.
- Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. in its acquisition of Kayne Anderson NextGen Energy & Infrastructure, Inc.
- Jefferies as initial purchaser for LSB Industries, Inc.’s $200 million tack-on senior secured notes offering
- Jefferies as initial purchaser for Tacora Resources Inc.’s $50 million tack-on senior secured notes offering
- Kayne Anderson Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. in its acquisition of Fiduciary/Claymore Energy Infrastructure Fund
- Jefferies, Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and UBS Investment Bank as initial purchasers for LSB Industries, Inc.’s $500 million senior secured notes offering.
- RBC Capital Markets as the initial purchaser for Allen Media Group’s add-on $350 million senior unsecured notes offering.
- Wells Fargo Securities, BofA Securities, Capital One Securities, Citigroup, KeyBanc Capital Markets, Mizuho Securities, PNC Capital Markets LLC, TCB Capital Markets and Truist Securities as joint book-running managers in the offering of $400 million of 7.750% Senior Notes due 2029 by Laredo Petroleum, Inc.
- Wells Fargo Securities as sales agent in a $75 million at-the-market equity offering by Laredo Petroleum, Inc.
- NGL Energy Partners, LP in connection with its entry into a new $500 million ABL credit facility and an offering of $2.05 billion of senior secured notes maturing in 2026.
- Atlas Resource Partners, L.P., a publicly traded exploration and production master limited partnership, in its Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- Vanguard Natural Resources, LLC, a publicly traded exploration and production master limited partnership, in its pre-arranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
- Initial purchasers for a private multinational chemicals company in connection with multiple issuances of senior notes.
news
- Paul Hastings’ Securities and Capital Markets Practice Finishes Record Year With Top Rankings in 2021 League Tables for Equity, Debt and Equity-linked Deals - January 18th, 2022
- Paul Hastings Advises on 10 SPAC IPOs Totaling More Than $1.9 Billion - November 17th, 2021
- Paul Hastings Advises on $2.7 Billion of US Debt Capital Markets Deals in Q3 2021 - October 15th, 2021
- Paul Hastings Launches Interdisciplinary Energy Transition & Infrastructure Team to Help Clients Prepare for Low-Carbon Future - June 9th, 2021
- NGL Energy Partners Obtains $2.55 Billion Financing - February 5th, 2021
- Echostar Provides Financing for Globalstar, Inc. - December 4th, 2019