J. Eric Johnson

Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.

Capital Markets Transactions

• Represented National Oilwell Varco, Inc. in its $500 million offering of senior notes to refinance existing roles
• Represented Martin Midstream Partners L.P. in its $53 million common units offering, the net proceeds of which were used to acquire an asphalt terminal facility
• Represented ION Geophysical Corporation in its $50 million public offering to common stock and warrants
• Represented ION Geophysical Corporation in an “at-the-market” offering to raise up to $20 million for general corporate purposes
• Represented Marathon Oil Corporation in its $1.275 billion offering of common stock, the net proceeds of were used to strengthen its balance sheet and for general corporate purposes, including funding a portion of its drilling program
• Represented Marathon Oil Corporation in its $2 billion notes offering, the net proceeds of which were used to refinance existing notes and for other general corporate purposes
• Represented National Oilwell Varco, Inc. in the spin-off of its multi-billion-dollar distribution business, operating under the name DistributionNow
• Represented National Oilwell Varco, Inc. in its $3 billion offering of senior notes, the net proceeds of which were used to fund National Oilwell Varco's acquisition of Robbins & Myers
• Represented National Oilwell Varco, Inc. in its $3.5 billion commercial paper program
• Represented the owner of North America's largest interstate pipeline system in a liability management program effecting multiple cash tender offers (including Dutch auction tender offers) and a private exchange offer for more than $4 billion in aggregate principal amount of outstanding bonds
• Represented various underwriters in multiple registered offerings of common units by a Dallas-based master limited partnership specializing in the gathering and processing, transportation, and storage of natural gas and natural gas liquids, raising more than $500 million in net proceeds
• Represented an interstate pipeline transportation company in its $300 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes, the net proceeds of which were used to finance expansion projects on its pipeline system
• Represented Martin Midstream Partners L.P., a master limited partnership focusing on storage services for petroleum products and by-products, natural gas gathering and processing services and marine transportation services, in multiple registered offerings of common units raising more than $500 million in net proceeds
• Represented a master limited partnership focused on gathering and processing natural gas produced from the Barnett Shale in a $55 million registered offering of common units, the net proceeds of which were used to reduce outstanding indebtedness under its credit facility
• Represented a provider of wholesale power to utilities and municipalities in a $235 million private offering of senior unsecured notes to its largest stockholder and the subsequent resale of the notes by the stockholder pursuant to Rule 144A
• Represented North America's largest provider of death care products and services in a $150 million registered offering of senior notes, the net proceeds of which were used to partially fund its $250 million acquisition of a large funeral home operator
• Represented North America's largest provider of death care products and services in a $250 million registered offering of senior notes
• Represented a provider of wholesale power to utilities and municipalities in its private repurchase of $830 million of senior notes held by various Franklin Templeton funds
• Represented one of the nation's leading diversified natural gas companies in the remarketing of $100 million of senior notes originally issued as part of the company's equity units
• Represented North America's largest provider of death care products and services in its $400 million cash tender offer for outstanding notes and in its related $400 million Rule 144A offering of new senior notes to finance the tender offer
• Represented North America's largest provider of death care products and services in its $500 million Rule 144A offering of senior notes, the net proceeds of which were used to finance its $856 million acquisition of its largest competitor
• Represented the owner of North America's largest interstate pipeline system in its withdrawn spin-off of its exploration and production businesses, including the offering of approximately $2 billion in senior notes to recapitalize the businesses in connection with the spin-off

Merger and Acquisition Transactions

• Represented NOW Inc. in its acquisition of Power Service, known as a premier one-stop shop for modularized well hook-ups
• Represented Kinder Morgan, Inc. in its acquisition of 15 refined products terminals from BP Products North America Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $350 million
• Represented NOW Inc. in its acquisition of Challenger Industries, Inc., a leading pipe, valves and fittings supplier for the downstream, midstream and upstream energy markets
• Represented NOW Inc. in its acquisition of Odessa Pumps and Equipment, a leading distributor of pumps and equipment for the energy and municipal and wastewater markets
• Represented NOW Inc. in its acquisition of Progressive Supply, a wholesale distributor of steel pipe, weld fittings, flanges, long weld necks, outlets, forged steel fittings and various pipeline products
• Represented National Oilwell Varco, Inc. in its acquisition of Halliburton's world-wide surface safety valve business
• Represented Now Inc. in its acquisition of an inventory management and cutting tool specialist company with operations in the U.S., Mexico, the UK and the Philippines
• Represented High Sierra Energy LP in its $693 million merger transaction with NGL Energy Partners LP
• Represented National Oilwell Varco, Inc. in its $777 million acquisition of Ameron International Corporation, a publicly-traded, multi-national manufacturer of highly-engineered products and materials for the chemical, industrial, energy, transportation and infrastructure markets
• Represented NATCO Group Inc., a publicly-traded manufacturer of oil and gas production equipment specializing in separation and decontamination technologies, in its $780 million stock for stock merger transaction with Cameron International Corporation
• Represented a leading, privately-owned energy services company, focusing on providing environmentally conscious water solutions and other well-site services in every major North American shale play, in connection with its concurrent acquisition of three separate services companies located in the United States and Canada
• Represented the largest publicly-traded energy partnership and a leading North American provider of midstream energy services in its $125 million acquisition of the Great Divide Gathering System, a 32-mile natural gas gathering pipeline in the Piceance Basin of northwestern Colorado
• Represented NATCO Group Inc. in acquisitions of oil field equipment manufacturers and service companies located in Texas, Montana, North Dakota and South Dakota
• Represented the Special Committee of Independent Directors of one of the largest rural and suburban wireless communications services companies in its $2.8 billion stock for cash merger transaction with AT&T
• Represented an Australian-based, international engineering and construction management company providing services to the energy sector and complex process industries, in multiple acquisitions of engineering firms, including firms providing marine-related engineering and diving services, nuclear power engineering services and other energy related services