Catherine Ozdogan

Catherine Ozdogan, a partner in the Houston office of Latham & Watkins, represents financial institutions and corporate borrowers in connection with a wide variety of commercial lending transactions in the oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, and service-related sectors.

Experience

Ms. Ozdogan’s representative finance transactions include advising:

• Great Western Petroleum, LLC in connection with a US$600 million senior secured reserve based revolving credit facility agented by MUFG Union Bank, N.A.
• UGI Energy Services, LLC in connection with an underwritten US$700 million senior secured term loan facility, the proceeds of which were used to finance the acquisition of Columbia Midstream Group, LLC
• BJ Services LLC in connection with a US$200 million senior secured term loan facility secured by machinery and equipment
• UGI Corporation in connection with US$850 million senior unsecured revolving credit and term loan facilities, the proceeds of which were used to finance the acquisition of a portion of the issued and outstanding public common units of AmeriGas Partners, L.P. and to finance the acquisition of Columbia Midstream Group, LLC
• EQM Midstream Partners, LP in a US$1.4 billion senior unsecured term loan facility agented by Toronto-Dominion (Texas) LLC
• Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc. in connection with a US$111.8 million second lien term loan facility secured on US flagged offshore service vessels, the proceeds of which were used to repurchase and/or exchanged for the company’s outstanding convertible notes
• MUFG Union Bank, N.A. in a US$3 billion senior secured reserve based revolving credit facility for Chesapeake Energy Corporation
• A Morgan Stanley Investment Management portfolio company in an underwritten US$950 million senior secured super-priority revolver and term loan credit facilities agented by Jefferies Finance LLC, the proceeds of which were used to acquire Brazos Midstream
• Bruin E&P Partners, LLC, an ArcLight Capital Partners portfolio company, in a US$1.5 billion senior secured first lien reserve based revolving credit facility agented by Bank of Montreal
• Southwestern Energy Company in a US$2 billion senior secured reserve based credit facility agented by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
• Centennial Resource Production, LLC in a US$1.5 billion senior secured reserved based revolving credit facility agented by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Ms. Ozdogan has particular knowledge in:

• Structuring, negotiating, and documenting of all types of syndicated lending transactions
• Reserve-based lending transactions
• Leveraged finance, acquisition, bridge, and working capital facilities
• Term B loans
• Various hedging arrangements
• Bond credit enhancement facilities

Ms. Ozdogan has been recognized:

• As one of the leading Banking and Finance lawyers in Texas in Chambers USA Guide America’s Leading Business Lawyers2008 – 2021
• For her work in Banking & Finance in Best Lawyers in America 2012 – 2015 (Best Lawyers is by BL Rankings)
• For her work in Finance & Bank Lending by The Legal 500 US2009 – 2013
• For her work in Project Finance in The Legal 500 US 2010 and 2011

Latham & Watkins

Latham is dedicated to working with clients to help them achieve their business goals and overcome legal challenges anywhere in the world. From a global platform spanning 14 countries, Latham lawyers help clients succeed.

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Latham is a single, integrated partnership focused on providing the most collaborative approach to client service. The firm offers:

• Deep experience in successful enterprise-transforming transactions and in defending bet-the-company controversies
• A solutions-based approach, providing innovative and sound commercial advice
• Optimally sized teams that provide cost-effective and high-quality services
• A culture geared toward establishing and nurturing long-term client relationships

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The People

• More than 2,700 lawyers across a global platform spanning 14 countries; Latham lawyers speak more than 60 languages

The Practice

• Truly a “one-firm” firm – Latham has no headquarters, and firm management is spread throughout the world, allowing Latham to service clients with the best-suited teams regardless of location
• More than 60 international practice groups and industry teams

Commitment to Pro Bono and Community Service

• Latham lawyers and professional staff performed approximately 245,000 hours of pro bono work in 2018 and more than 3.5 million hours between 2000-2018, valued at approximately US$1.6 billion
• Signatory to Pro Bono Institute’s global Law Firm Pro Bono Challenge