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Representative Energy Transactions
• Geopulse Exploration announces acquisition of Permian Basin-based ATC Services | Seeking Alpha
• West Virginia's Mountain V Closes $4MM Acquisition of AXP Energy | Rigzone
• Raised a $12.0M Senior Secured Credit Facility for Sky Quarry at a cost of capital of Prime + 1.0%
• Privately held Oil Field & Gas Services Company, Construction Trade Company & Trucking Company (Dallas, TX; Midland, TX) - Advised on Corporate restructuring and capital placement for over $10.0M in continued round financings to grow the company, and $15.0M in acquisition financing as the company and Controlled pursue execution against their acquisition pipeline upon completion of due diligences on acquisition targets currently underway
• Privately held Oil Field & Gas Services Company, Well-pad Electrical Installation & Trucking Company (Midland, TX) - Advised on Corporate restructuring and capital placement for over $15.0M in continued round financings to stabilize the company upon identification of an $18.0M IRS obligation. Supported the company through the negotiation and settlement process with the IRS and raised $8.0M in subordinated rescue financing from a family office collateralized as a second position loan against the companies $17.0M in real estate assets, $16.0M in trucks and equipment
• Privately-held Oil & Gas Field Services Energy Company (Dallas, Tx; Midland, Tx) – Advisor appointed after the company entered into Receivership in the bankruptcy and asset seizure and dissolution of the Company in 2020, a 100% privately owned company generating revenues of $97M, and assets of $28.0M. Advised Company through sale of MSAs and associated AR to a competitor, which led to formation of a Joint Venture and allowed for the continuation of business activity under a newly formed joint venture in Q1-Q4 2019 ahead of the oil price break / pandemic. Negotiated intercreditor arrangements and default / foreclosure clauses, helping the company retain $10.0M in assets and non-enforcement of non-limiting guarantees to protect the family’s multi-generational estate / asset base
• Privately-held Oil & Gas Field Services Energy Holding Company (Midland, Tx) – Advised and executed $12.0M sale of a $15.0M revenue generating subsidiary company providing acid fracking services. Advised on formation of JV partnership between the Holding Company and a Competitor with synergies – capitalized the newly formed entity with $4.0M in private debt for expansion and business continuity ahead of the Q1 2020 oil price break / pandemic
• Privately held Construction Trade Company (San Antonio, TX) - Advised on Corporate restructuring of Family owned construction trade company, raised $1.0M in private debt. Identified embezzlement, identity theft, and other various frauds performed by the CFO, and helped transition and stabilize the company until the company located an independent and objective third party accounting once the processes and accounting policies were established and in place
• Government Contractor (San Antonio, TX) – Raised $2.0M in total private debt to support the company’s growth in financing newly awarded contracts
• Day Trader and Oil & Natural Gas analyst for CONTROLLED CAPITAL (own personal family office, operated out of New York, NY and Houston, TX with constant networking and interaction with local Private Family Office / Micro Hedge Fund Community) -- Daily Swing Traded CHK and Microcap stocks from 2013 – 2015 using own proprietary algorithms and models driven by multiple markets momentum and early identification of triggering events in direct correlation with both commodity and stock prices. Traded over 2,000,000 CHK shares in addition to REXX Energy and other stocks, traded in daily allocations with same day enters / exits, exited in 2016 after Saudi global price suppression extended price break beyond a normal up and down cycle
Representative Transactions
(Does Not include currently engaged Asset Sales / Repositions, deals in term sheet or asset purchase agreement / loan document stage)
• Raised $100.0M between private equity, senior secured debt, and mezzanine debt for the acquisition of a $550M revenue generating physical retailer through a forced bankruptcy and auction sale and purchase process on behalf of a large, high net worth private sponsor as featured in the Wall Street Journal & other notable publications (Ann Taylor Parent Gets $35 Million Offer for Tween Brand Justice - WSJ; Justice to sell for $90M, all remaining stores to close - Houston Business Journal (bizjournals.com))
• Represented and structured the buyout of an online eCommerce retailer doing $80.0M in online sales, raising $30.0M in both debt and equity financing on behalf of the acquirer
• Represented and structured a $5.0M private placement single equity check and joint venture agreement for an emerging streetwear brand
• Advised, raised and structured a joint venture for the purchase of a Mansion with extremely high development potential in Greenwich Village in New York, an $11.0M property acquisition, during the height of the pandemic as featured in Traded NY (Bagatelle Builders (@bagatellebuilders) • Instagram photos and videos)
• Represented and supported a High Net Worth Family through the bankruptcy process, first serving to raise $33.0M on behalf of the Family to preserve their entire estate. As the intermediary party, we were the sole negotiator between the Mezzanine Lender, the first position Mortgage Lender bank, and the borrower / seller prior to foreclosure
• Represented and raised $3.0M in debt and equity financing to facilitate the growth of government contractor
• Represented and raised $3.5M in debt and equity for a facilities maintenance technology and outsourcing aggregator
• Represented and raised $2.0M in total combined debt for a cleaning technology and outsourcing aggregator
• Represented and raised $3.5M in debt for a value add hotel to restructure the existing debt and allow for tenant improvements to be made to conform with flag / operator designations and buildout preference
• Represented and raised $1.5M in debt financing for an online ecommerce store builder
• Represented and raised $1.0M in debt financing for the acquisition of a minerals company
• Represented and raised $2.5M for the acquisition of a townhouse on behalf of a private buyer
Notable Transactions prior to founding Controlled
Vice Media, the fastest growing privately owned Media company in the world, engaged directly by the Board of Directors, CEO & CFO as an Adviser to the Company’s $450.0M equity investment made by TPG in Q2 of 2017.
PDC Energy (Nasdaq: PDCE) Advisor to the Partnership Buyback program resulting in the successful valuation and acquisition of over 11 LLPs, including the company's capital campaign raising over $250.0M through 144A public Debt and Equity issuance
National Grid (NYSE: NGG) Advisor to the company's capital campaign raising over $1.0B through 144A public Debt issuance and complete Board & C-Suite restructuring
International Resource Partners Advisor merger with James River Coal Company, including the company's capital campaign raising over $500.0M through 144A public Debt and Equity issuance
GlaxoSmithKline Advisor to the global divestiture of Advantage Brands for $700.0M