
Michael J. Blankenship
Partner
Managing Partner, Houston & Co-Chair, Capital Markets Practice
Mike Blankenship es socio director de la oficina de Winston en Houston, copresidente de la Práctica de Mercados de Capital de la firma y miembro del Comité Ejecutivo. Su práctica se enfoca en financiamiento corporativo y legislación de valores, incluyendo emisiones de valores, asesoría a empresas públicas, ofertas de empresas con propósito especial de adquisición (SPAC, por sus siglas en ingles), transacciones de capital privado y capital de riesgo, fusiones y adquisiciones, y representación corporativa general.
Cuestiones clave
Some of the experience represented below may have been handled at a previous firm.
IPO and Equity Offerings
- Represented the Conflicts Committee of Spectra Energy Partners, L.P. in the completed conversion of all of Enbridge Inc.’s incentive distribution rights and general partner economic interests in SEP into US$172.5M newly issued SEP common units
- Represented the joint placement agents, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Citi, and BMO Capital Markets in connection with the PIPE offering of Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC, in its definitive business combination with Embark Truck, Inc., a leading developer of autonomous software technology for the trucking industry. The transaction reflects an implied pro forma equity value of US$5.16B and enterprise value of US$4.55B
- Represented Founder SPAC in its US$316.25M initial public offering
- Represented Goldman Sachs & Co as underwriters in its US$304.75M initial public offering
- Represented Goldman Sachs & Co as underwriter's counsel in it's US$275M initial public offering
- Represented GIO World Health in its US$250M initial public offering
- Represented Goldman Sachs & Co as joint underwriter in it's US$240M initial public offering
- Represented Investcorp India Acquisition Corp. in it's US$225M intial public offering
- Represented a master limited partnership in its US$1.2B initial public offering of common units
- Represented underwriters in the US$1.4B initial public offering of limited partnership
- Represented a retail energy services company in its US$54M initial public offering of common stock
- Represented an exploration and production company in its US$48M offering of common stock
- Represented an exploration and development company in its US$742M public offering of common stock
- Represented master limited partnership in its launch of a US$74M at-the-market public offering of common units
- Represented underwriters to limited partnership in its US$1.3B public offering of common units
- Represented underwriters to master limited partnership in its US$330M public offering of common stock
- Represented underwriters to master limited partnership in its US$200M at the market public offering of common units
- Represented underwriters to master limited partnership in its US$370M public offering of common units
- Represented underwriters to a natural gas and petroleum exploration and production company in its public offering of 86,000,000 shares of common stock
Notes Offerings
- Represented the underwriters to a master limited partnership in its US$800M offering of senior notes
- Represented the underwriters to oil, natural gas, and geothermal drilling contractor in its US$500M offering of exchangeable senior unsecured notes
- Represented an exploration and production company in its a US$100M offering of senior secured notes
Mergers & Acquisitions Transactions
- Represented Saddle Butte Rockies Midstream, LLC and affiliates in its announced US$625M acquisition by Black Diamond Gathering, LLC, a newly formed joint venture by Noble Midstream Partners L.P. and Greenfield Midstream, LLC
- Represented an energy infrastructure company in its sale for a total purchase price of approximately US$3B
- Represented a major North American energy infrastructure company in its US$915M acquisition of a midstream master limited partnership
- Represented a midstream master limited partnership in its acquisition of a 49.9% interest in an interstate natural gas pipeline company from a major North American energy infrastructure company