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 | Nick H. Sorensen |
| Education J.D., cum laude, Brigham Young University - J. Reuben Clark Law School, 1987 B.S., cum laude, Brigham Young University, 1984 | Nick Sorensen has been in private practice for over 25 years and is a partner in the finance section of Porter Hedges. Mr. Sorensen represents agents, lenders, and participants in single-lender, club and syndicated credit facilities in a wide range of financing transactions including:
- Asset-Based Lending
- Acquisition Financing
- Aircraft, Marine, and Transportation Financing
- Debt Workouts and Restructuring
- DIP Financing
- Energy Lending
- Ex-Im Bank Guaranteed Credit Facilities
- Letters of Credit and Credit Enhancement
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- Mezzanine and Second Lien Financing
- Multi-Currency Financings
- Project Finance
- Real Estate Lending
- Reserve Based Lending
- Structured Finance
- Synthetic Leasing
- Swaps, Hedges and other Derivatives
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Mr. Sorensen also represents parties in corporate mergers and acquisitions, real estate transactions, and other asset dispositions.
Mr. Sorensen was the lead partner representing ING Capital in the Ryckman Creek gas storage financing deal which was named the 2011 North American Oil & Gas Deal of the Year by Project Finance magazine. He is listed among America's leading lawyers in banking and finance law by Chambers USA and the Best Lawyers in America. He has also been selected for inclusion in Texas Super Lawyers from 2003-2010 and was included in Super Lawyers, Corporate Counsel Edition in the area of banking from 2008-2011. |
Representative Experience
- Representation of lenders in more than 200 club or syndicated loan transactions ($75mm - $750,000mm)
- Representation of asset based lenders in transactions across all industries ($3mm - $100mm)
- Representation of lenders in project finance transactions
- Representation of lenders in more than 200 middle market commercial loan transactions
- Representation of reserve based lenders in more than 50 reserve based loan transactions
- Representation of secured creditors in DIP credit facilities
- Representation of corporate borrowers in negotiating more than 100 credit facilities
- Representation of developers of gas storage facilities
- Representation of lenders in acquisition financing for over 500 convenience stores and retail gas stations
- Representation of lenders and equity providers in synthetic lease transactions
Representative Industries
- Aircraft
- Barges and Barge Services
- Co-Location Facilities
- Construction
- Data Center Construction
- Drilling
- Drilling Supply
- Environmental Chemical Treatment
- Food Distribution
- Gas Storage Facilities
- Hotels
- Industrial Warehouses
- Industry Consolidators
- Land Rigs
- LNG and Liquefaction
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- Midstream Oil and Gas Projects
- Oilfield Service
- Offshore Processing Facilities
- Offshore Rigs
- Petroleum Coke Handling Facilities
- Pipeline and Terminals
- Rail Cars
- Retail Convenience Stores
- Ski Resorts
- Steel Fabrication
- Supply Chain and Logistics
- Valve Manufacturer and Distributor
- Vineyards
- Waste Disposal
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Professional / Civic Affiliations
- Martindale Hubbell AV Rated Attorney
- American Bar Association, Member
- State Bar of Texas, Member
- Houston Bar Association, Member
- Texas Association of Bank Counsel, Member
- Texas State Bar Commercial Code Committee, Member
- Houston Volunteer Lawyers Program
- Clayton Library Friends, Past President
- Boy Scouts of America, Tall Timbers District, Sam Houston Area Council, District Chairman
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