Ryan Searfoorce is of counsel in the Houston office of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher practicing in the firm's Finance, Oil and Gas, Cleantech, and Business Restructuring and Reorganization Practice Groups.
Ryan represents public and private borrowers, private equity investors, financial institutions and other capital sources in financing transactions including asset-based loans, senior and subordinated debt, investment grade loans, reserve-based loans, distressed loans and debtor-in possession financings. He has extensive experience with commodity intermediations, sale leasebacks and other alternative financing structures, as well as restructuring transactions.
Representative Clients and Transactions:
- Advised ProFrac Holding, provider of upstream oil and gas services, on the $885 million refinancing of its existing senior secured term loan and other debt with a private offering of senior secured notes and a secured term loan.
- Advised Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. on its corporate conversion from a controlled publicly traded partnership to a non-controlled Delaware corporation newly listed on Nasdaq.
- Represented an ad hoc group of secured lenders to Dynata in its Chapter 11 restructuring, debtor in possession (DIP) and exit credit facilities.
- Advised Forum Energy Technologies, Inc., a global manufacturing company, serving the oil, natural gas, industrial and renewable energy industries, on its $100 million senior secured bond issuance.
- Represented an ad hoc group of secured lenders to Vericast in the amendment to its existing credit agreement and exchange of notes in connection with the sale to Chatham Asset Management.
- Advised Aethon Energy Management LLC in connection with its $260 million agreement to purchase Tellurian Inc.’s upstream oil & gas assets.
Ryan received his Juris Doctor from The University of Virginia School of Law in 2008. Prior to law school, he graduated from Ohio State University in 2005, where he received Bachelors of Science in mathematics and economics, with honors.
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Credentials
Education:
- University of Virginia - 2008 Juris Doctor
- Ohio State University - 2005 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- New York Bar
- Texas Bar