James Cowen, co-managing partner of Porter Hedges LLP, balances firm leadership with a thriving corporate practice spanning M&A, financing, and outside general counsel roles. Cowen led transformative work for SAExploration – guiding it through bankruptcy, transforming it into an acquisitive company, and overseeing cross-border expansion with a recent significant deal in Norway. Furthermore, he advised Motiva Enterprises on a multi-million-dollar divestiture of numerous liquid energy terminals.
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Distinctions
La satisfaction du client: Qualité de l’avocat et de l’équipe
Clients clés
- Par Pacific Holdings, Inc.
- Computershare Trust Company, N.A.
- U.S. Bank National Association
- Motiva Enterprises
- SAExploration Holdings, Inc.
- ENGlobal Corp.
- Flotek Industries Inc.
- VieMed Healthcare, Inc.
- Advanced Containment Systems, Inc.
- PCS Software, Inc.
- PetroQuest Energy, Inc.
- Alpine Summit Energy Partners
Points forts
Representing SAExploration Holdings, Inc., a Houston-based global oilfield services company, in its acquisition of inApril AS, a Norway-based leader in seabed seismic technology.
Represented Motiva Enterprises LLC in the closing of its previously announced sale of 25 liquid energy terminals to Global Partners LP. The transaction includes a 25-year throughput agreement, with Motiva remaining the anchor tenant at the terminals.
Advised Alpine Summit Energy Partners in connection with its bankruptcy proceedings, including two asset sales under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code and an $80 million asset-backed securitization facility secured by producing oil and gas interests, with capacity to expand to $150 million.