Helen Xiang
Biography
Overview
Helen is an associate in White & Case's Global Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group in the Houston office.
Helen has experience advising clients on mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, private equity investments, joint ventures, cross-border transactions and general corporate matters across a broad range of industries, including upstream energy, renewable energy, and construction. Her practice also includes representing oil and gas conglomerates as well as financial and strategic investors involving the purchase and sale of energy assets, including equity investments and joint ventures.
Prior to joining White & Case, Helen was an associate in the Houston office of another leading global law firm.
Helen graduated with honors from The University of Texas School of Law where she was an Articles Editor of the Texas Law Review and Co-President of the Asian Law Student Association.
Experience
Select illustrative representative matters include:
Representation of Marathon Oil EF II LLC, a subsidiary of Marathon Oil Corporation (NYSE: MRO), one of the nation's leading exploration and production oil and gas companies, in its US$3 billion acquisition of Eagle Ford assets of Ensign Natural Resources, an exploration and production company based in Houston.
Representation of Javo Beverage Company, Inc., a leading natural extractor of clean label coffee, tea, and botanicals with a focus on beverage application, in its acquisition by Florida Food Products, LLC, one of the world's largest independent providers of natural ingredients.
Representation of Continental Resources, Inc. (NYSE: CLR), a top 10 independent oil producer in the United States, in its US$3.25 billion acquisition of certain entities and assets in the Permian Basin from affiliates of Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE: PXD), one of the largest independent oil and gas exploration and production companies in the United States.
Representation of DIF Capital Partners, a leading global independent infrastructure investment fund manager, through its fund DIF Infrastructure VI, in its acquisition of Bernhard LLC, the largest privately owned Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) solutions company in the United States, from an affiliate of Bernhard Capital Partners.
Representation of Outdoor Holdings I, LLC and Kwik Tek Inc. d/b/a Airhead Sports Group, the #1 brand in the marine towable watersports and winter leisure activity product categories, on the sale of Airhead Sports Group to a subsidiary of Aqua-Leisure Recreation, LLC, a provider of outdoor branded products for recreational water sports and winter sports markets.
Representation of the merger of two petroleum refining and marketing companies.*
Representation of an exploration & production company in a structured overriding royalty interest transaction with an affiliate partner to result in proceeds of up to US$402 million.*
Representation of an exploration & production company in the formation of a US$500+ million drilling partnership.*
Representation of a blank check company in conjunction with its initial public offering.*
Representation of the merger of two infrastructure and industrial services portfolio companies.*
Representation of a private equity-backed company in the acquisition of upstream Bakken assets.*
Representation of the buyer in the acquisition of three solar project companies in Texas.*
*Experience prior to joining White & Case.
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