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Vivian advises commodity merchants, financial institutions, investment firms, and energy companies on structured finance transactions, commodity-linked financings, and strategic transactions across the energy value chain.
Experience
Representative matters
Representative matters
Advised a subsidiary of a national electric utility on a $3.26 billion loan guaranteed by the US Department of Energy to finance upgrades to, and new construction of, approximately 2,800 miles of transmission lines.
Advised a national clean energy infrastructure developer and independent power producer in negotiating commodity trading forms.
Advised an energy company in negotiating commodity trading forms.
Representative Experience
Advised a subsidiary of a national electric utility on a $3.26 billion loan guaranteed by the US Department of Energy to finance upgrades to, and new construction of, approximately 2,800 miles of transmission lines.
Advised a national clean energy infrastructure developer and independent power producer in negotiating commodity trading forms.
Advised an energy company in negotiating commodity trading forms.
Advised a domestic refining company on the structuring and negotiation of integrated inventory monetization, term crude supply and intermediation arrangements with a leading commodity merchant and a leading commodity bank for a domestic 91,000-barrel-per-day conventional oil refinery in the Southeastern United States. Also advised on loan acquisition financing for the assets and the related partial conversion to produce renewable fuels, provided by a syndicate of lenders led by BlackRock and Highbridge.
Advised a domestic refining company on the structuring and negotiation of an intermediation working capital facility for its renewable diesel plant in Mobile, Alabama, including financing for feedstocks such as soybean oil, tallow and used cooking oil, with Macquarie.
Advised a multinational commodities merchant on the structuring and negotiation of an inventory monetization arrangement for a renewable fuels refinery on the West Coast of the United States, including financing for feedstocks such as animal fats, renewable fuels, related environmental attributes and tax credits.
Advised a global commodities merchant on a $2.63 billion revolving credit facility, consisting of a $1.7 billion three-year tranche and, a $920 million one-year uncommitted tranche, as well as a $600 million accordion.
Advised a global commodities merchant and commodity trading company on a $1.7 billion borrowing base credit facility, consisting of a $100 million three-year tranche, a $1.25 billion two-year tranche, and a $350 million 364-day tranche, as well as a $1 billion accordion.
Represented a leading global bank in connection with a $300 million borrowing base facility for a steel trading company with assets in Canada and Mexico.
Advised a multinational investment firm on numerous acquisitions of portfolio companies.
Advised on acquisitions, project finance and project development matters involving various California wind farms.
Credentials
Education
Education
- New York University School of Law, 2020, J.D.
- Northwestern University, 2016, B.A.
Professional admissions & qualifications
Professional admissions & qualifications
- New York