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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 Advised Kayne Anderson BDC, Inc. in its Initial Public Offering - May 24th, 2024
- Paul Hastings Advised Altisource Portfolio Solutions on Follow-On Public Equity Offering - September 28th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Metals Acquisition Limited in Acquisition of CSA Copper Mine from Glencore for $1.1 Billion - June 23rd, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Baker Hughes in NET Power’s $1.5 Billion Business Combination with Rice Acquisition Corp. II - June 9th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Representing Seaport Global Acquisition II Corp. in Business Combination with American Battery Materials, Inc. - June 8th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advised Altisource Portfolio Solutions in Public Equity Offering - March 9th, 2023
- Paul Hastings Advises Foxconn in Strategic Partnership and Investment in Lordstown Motors - November 9th, 2022
- 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
- Redbox Completes Business Combination with Seaport Global Acquisition Corp. and Begins Trading on NASDAQ - October 25th, 2021
- Paul Hastings Advises on $2.7 Billion of US Debt Capital Markets Deals in Q3 2021 - October 15th, 2021
- Laredo Petroleum Completes $400 Million Offering of Senior Notes - July 21st, 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
- BofA Securities Acts as Joint Book-Running Manager for Laredo Petroleum’s $1 Billion Senior Notes Offering and as Dealer Manager for Concurrent Tender Offers - January 24th, 2020
- Echostar Provides Financing for Globalstar, Inc. - December 4th, 2019
- Barclays Provides Financing in Conjunction with Mattress Firm’s Chapter 11 Emergence - November 26th, 2018
- BMO Capital Markets Serves as Initial Purchaser in Surge Energy’s $700 Million Senior Notes Offering - January 18th, 2018
- Mexico City Airport Trust Announces $4 Billion Green Bond Offering, Largest in Latin America - September 14th, 2017
- Energy Veteran Joins Paul Hastings in Houston to Lead Oil and Gas Group - January 26th, 2016
insights
- SEC Adopts Long-Awaited SPAC Rules - January 24th, 2024
- Public Company Update: SEC Adopts Rules Modernizing Beneficial Ownership Reporting - October 12th, 2023
- Long-awaited Pay v. Performance Rules Adopted - October 4th, 2022
- SEC Releases Sample Comment Letter on Russian Invasion of Ukraine and Potential Related Disclosure Obligations - May 17th, 2022
- SEC Proposes Extensive Regulations Regarding SPACS - May 2nd, 2022
- Is Beneficial Ownership Coming of Age? - March 28th, 2022
- Rapid Rulemaking: A Look at the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Recent Proposed Rules - March 25th, 2022
- SEC Finally Permits Electronic Signatures in SEC Filings - November 23rd, 2020
- FASB Issues Accounting Standards Update for Convertible Instruments - August 7th, 2020
- Amended Definition of “Smaller Reporting Company” Expands Eligibility for Scaled Disclosure - July 3rd, 2018