Robin J. Miles

Representative Matters

Structured and Project Finance

Represented project company in restructuring of $800 million construction loan for a 665 MW coal-fired power plant, 2011.

Represented La Paloma Generating Company in the first and second lien financing for its 1,022 MW gas-fired power plant, 2011.

Represented El Paso Corporation in $1.65 billion development, construction, and project financing of Ruby Pipeline (Project Finance International's 2010 "Oil & Gas Deal of the Year"), 2010.

Represented Société Générale as lead arranger in a $172.5 million and $100 million project financing of digital movie projectors, 2010-2011.

Represented US fund manager in the monetization of its European subsidiaries' servicing rights, 2010.

Represented El Paso Natural Gas Company, Colorado Interstate Gas Company, Southern Natural Gas Company, and Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company in $140 million of wholesale accounts receivables programs with BNP Paribas under new accounting rules, 2010.

Represented Ferrellgas L.P. in its $160 million accounts receivable securitization from Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 2010.

Represented El Paso Corporation in $300 million development, construction, and project financing of Elba Express Pipeline, 2009.

Represented Reliant Energy, Inc. in the development and execution with Merrill Lynch of its credit-enhanced structure for supply and hedging of retail power business, including structuring of ring-fence and credit sleeve transaction (Energy Risk magazine's 2008 deal of the year), 2006-2009.

Represented El Paso Corporation in its $750 million structured letter of credit facilities, 2007-2011.

Represented Société Générale in its committed, first and second lien secured financial gas hedging facility for MxEnergy Inc. (Energy Risk magazine's 2007 deal of the year), 2006.

Represented Planta Eolica Guanacaste, S.A. in $75 million development, construction, and project financing of La Gloria Wind Project in Costa Rica, 2008. 

Represented Reliant Energy, Inc. in its $450 million accounts receivables securitization from JP Morgan Chase, 2002-2006.

Finance

Represented Venoco, Inc. in its $500 million senior notes and offering $200 million reserve-based credit facility, 2011.

Represented Apache Corp. in a $5 billion bridge loan to finance the acquisition of oil and gas assets from BP, 2010.

Represented Crédit Agricole as lead arranger in its $900 million and $950 million secured, revolving credit facility to McDermott International, Inc., 2010-2011.

Represented Crédit Agricole as lead arranger in a secured  $175 million revolving credit facility and $300 million term loan facility to Willbros United States Holdings, Inc. to finance the merger with InfrastruX Group, Inc., 2010.

Represented Ferrellgas Partners L.P. in its $200 million, $300 million, $285 million and $500 million high yield offerings and $400 million secured revolving credit facility, 2008-2011.

Represented Old World Industries, Inc. in its secured $200 million revolver and $100 million term loan, 2007-2010.

Represented Société Générale, lead arranger and hedge provider, in its first and second lien $300 million revolver and committed gas hedging facility for MxEnergy Inc., 2006-2009.

Represented Sabre Oil & Gas Holdings Ltd. in its $80 million financing of off shore Ghana oil and gas properties, 2008-2011.

Represented El Paso Exploration and Production Company in its $1 billion and $300 million oil and gas revolving credit facilities, 2007-2010.

Represented Southern LNG Inc. in $135 million private placement of notes to institutional investors, 2009.

Represented El Paso Corporation in $250 million private placement of notes to institutional investors, 2008.

Represented Nordkap Bank, lead arranger, in its secured $50 million revolver to CHX Belize, LP, oil and gas reserved based financing in Belize, 2008-2010.

Represented Silver Point Finance, LLC in its $390 million first and second lien credit facility for Valerus Compression Services, LP, 2007-2009.

Represented Merrill Lynch, lead arranger, in its secured $200 million synthetic revolving reserve-based acquisition financing for Callon Petroleum Corporation, 2007.

Represented BNP Paribas, lead arranger, in its secured $390 million revolver and hydrocarbon hedge facility to Belden and Blake Corporation, 2005 and 2006.

Represented Credit Suisse and Bank of America, lead arrangers, in their secured $100 million revolver and $500 term loan B to Lyondell-CITGO Refining, L.P., 2001-2005.

Represented Standard Bank PLC, lead arranger, in its secured $30 million revolver to CHX Belize L.P., the first oil and gas reserved based financing in Belize, 2006-2007.

Represented Reliant Energy, Inc. in its $500 million revolver and $250 million synthetic letter of credit facility, 2007; $700 million revolver, $400 million term loan B, and $300 million synthetic letter of credit facility, 2006; $299 million term loan B, 2005; $750 million senior secured notes, 2004; $500 million senior secured tax-exempt bonds, 2004; and $1.1 billion senior secured notes, 2003.

Financial Restructuring/Bankruptcy

Represented project company in restructuring of $800 million construction loan for a 665 MW coal-fired power plant, 2011.

Represented Société Générale as lead arranger in work out of MxEnergy, Inc. $255 million revolving credit facility and natural gas hedging facility, 2009.

Represented MatlinPatterson Global Advisers in $90 million debtor-in-possession financing for Foamex, Inc., 2009. 

Represented Silver Point Finance LLC in work out of $390 million first and second lien credit facility to Valerus Compression Service, L.P., 2009. 

Represented Reliant Energy, Inc. in its successful $6.2 billion debt restructuring, 2002-2003.