Trevor Lavelle is a partner in the Houston office of Latham & Watkins. He represents companies and financial institutions in a variety of public and private financing transactions, including secured and unsecured high yield debt offerings, initial public offerings, exchange offers, tender offers and other complex liability management transactions, as well as both consensual and in-court restructurings. He also assists companies in general securities law compliance, corporate governance efforts, stock exchange rules, and other public company matters. 

Mr. Lavelle has substantial experience with financing transactions for public and private companies across all sectors of the energy industry.

Mr. Lavelle serves on the firm’s Technology Committee and is a regular contributor to the firm’s internal knowledge management and training efforts as well as its external client alerts and client training presentations.

Mr. Lavelle’s representative experience includes advising:

Parties in sustainability-linked or green finance

  • Initial purchasers in the US$1.0 billion offering of sustainability-linked notes by Kinetik Holdings LP
  • Initial purchasers in the US$550 million offering of senior secured green notes by Renewable Energy Group, Inc.
  • Initial purchasers in the US$400 million offering of sustainability-linked notes by Aris Water Solutions (f/k/a Solaris Water)

Parties in high yield / liability / equity transactions

  • Bayport Polymers in its US$650 million offering of senior notes guaranteed by Borealis AG
  • Initial purchasers in the US$550 million offering of senior secured notes by CVR Partners, LP
  • Underwriters in the initial public offering of Aris Water Solutions
  • Vertiv Group Corporation in its US$850 million offering of senior secured notes and offerings of shares of common stock
  • Initial purchasers in multiple offerings of senior secured notes by Par Petroleum, LLC
  • Initial purchasers in the US$400 million offering of senior notes by Penn Virginia Escrow LLC
  • Initial purchasers in the US$400 million offering of senior secured notes by Bristow Group Inc.
  • Initial purchasers/underwriters in multiple offerings of senior secured notes and common stock by Talos Production Inc.
  • MEG Energy in multiple offerings of senior notes
  • Initial purchasers in multiple offerings of senior notes by Colgate Energy Partners III, LLC
  • Initial purchasers in the US$525 million offering of senior secured notes by NorthRiver Midstream Finance LP
  • Initial purchasers in multiple offerings of senior notes by CrownRock, L.P.
  • ONEOK, Inc. in its US$1.75 billion and US$1.5 billion senior notes offerings
  • Initial purchasers in multiple offerings of senior notes by Indigo Natural Resources
  • Initial purchasers in the US$600 million offering of senior notes by Blue Racer Midstream, LLC
  • EQM Midstream in its US$1.6 billion and US$1.0 billion senior notes offerings
  • ONEOK, Inc. in its US$832 million common stock offering and at-the-market (ATM) offerings
  • Initial purchasers in the US$500 million offering of senior notes by Baytex Energy Corp.
  • Initial purchasers in the US$1.0 billion offering of senior notes by CVR Energy, Inc.
  • Sunoco LP in multiple offerings of senior notes
  • Initial purchasers in the US$350 million offering of senior secured notes by CSI Compressco LP
  • Initial purchasers in the C$350 million offering of senior notes by Gibson Energy, Inc.
  • Underwriters in the initial public offering and initial purchasers in multiple offerings of senior notes by SunCoke Energy Partners
  • Issuers and underwriters in numerous other capital markets transactions, including secured and unsecured debt offerings, debt exchanges, convertible debt offerings, spin-offs, at-the-market offerings, warrant offerings and PIPEs

Bar Qualification

  • Texas

Education

  • J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, 2009
    cum laude
  • BS in Mechanical Engineering, Rice University, 2004

Languages Spoken

  • Japanese