Kealan Hannes
Biography
Overview
Kealan is a tax associate in the Firm's Houston office. His practice primarily involves representation of public and private clients in various transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, debt finance, and capital markets transactions.
Experience
Representative matters include:
Representation of Occidental on its joint venture with BHE Renewables, a wholly owned subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Energy, for the demonstration and deployment of TerraLithium's Direct Lithium Extraction (DLE) and associated technologies to extract and commercially produce high-purity lithium compounds from geothermal brine.
Representation of TC Energy Corporation (TSX, NYSE: TRP) on a notes offering by South Bow Corporation of approximately CAD 7.9 billion in aggregate principal amount in connection with the spinoff of TC Energy's Liquids Pipelines business.
Representation of CNOOC Energy Holdings USA. Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CNOOC Limited, on the sale of CNOOC Holdings USA Inc., which owned CNOOC's upstream oil and gas business located in the US Gulf of Mexico primarily comprised of non-operating interests in oil and gas projects, including the Appomattox and Stampede fields, to INEOS Energy.
Representation of Mitsui E&P USA LLC, an independent oil and gas exploration and production company that oversees upstream activities across the western hemisphere, on its $141,200,000 acquisition of oil and gas leases located in the Haynesville area, from Sabana Haynesville, LLC and Vanna Production, LLC.
Representation of Nexans (NEX.FP), a leader in the global energy transition, on its US$280 million sale of AmerCable Incorporated, a leading manufacturer of electrical power, control and instrumentation cables for harsh environments, to a subsidiary of Mattr Corp. (MATR.TO), a materials technology company.
