Paul Hastings Advises Tall Oak Midstream in Initial Equity Investment

February 11, 2014

Houston, Texas-- Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, represented Tall Oak Midstream, an innovative midstream company, in an initial equity commitment of up to $100 million from private equity firm EnCap Flatrock Midstream and management.

Tall Oak will pursue midstream opportunities in emerging resource plays across North America with an initial emphasis on the Mid-Continent region of the United States, leveraging the management team’s deep midstream and upstream experience and building on strong relationships with oil and gas producers in the region.

Energy partner Jimmy Vallee led the Paul Hastings team, which also included Tax partner Greg Nelson and Employment partner Mark Poerio and associate Kim Hicks.

Paul Hastings’ Houston office also recently advised NuStar Logistics in a $300 million public offering and JPMorgan in connection with a$300 million credit facility for Valero Energy Partners LP in connection with their initial public offering.

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