Ephraim del Pozo’s practice focuses on energy finance and also includes a broad range of corporate transactions, including commercial lending and acquiring and disposing of energy-related assets and companies.
He regularly assists clients with onshore, offshore, upstream and mid-stream operations, including acquisition and divestiture of energy related assets; conventional and mezzanine energy financing and related secured transactions; commercial lending transactions; independent power project financing; project financing; reserve based lending; letter of credit facilities; hedging, derivative, swap and ISDA agreements; financing of mergers and acquisitions; syndicated bank revolving and term credit facilities; single bank revolving and term credit facilities; mezzanine and subordinated debt facilities; entity formation and governance agreements; and intercreditor arrangements in financing and hedging facilities.
Honors & Recognitions
Best Lawyers in America, Banking and Finance Law, 2015-2022
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Credentials
Education
J.D., South Texas College of Law, magna cum laude, 1997
B.S., University of Houston, summa cum laude, 1993
Admissions
Texas
Experience
- Buyers, sellers, commercial lenders (both national and foreign) and mezzanine lenders in oil and gas producer financings secured by producing oil and gas properties, pipeline infrastructures, and other midstream projects.
- Oil and gas producing companies in acquiring and divesting onshore and offshore producing oil and gas properties.
- Litigation support in royalty disputes involving Relinquishment Act leases and bankruptcy matters.
- Negotiating and preparing pipeline easements, access agreements, operating agreements, abandonment fund agreements, gas purchase agreements, farmout agreements, and consulting agreements.
- Commercial banks regarding production-based financings, including syndicated financings.
- Commercial banks regarding asset-secured transactions, including companies involved in real estate development, commercial and municipal water well drilling operations, and barge transportation.
- Energy-related companies in forming special purpose entities, including corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies.
- Lenders in project financing matters.
- Independent producer in acquiring start-up financing.
- Sand and gravel producer in negotiating and documenting long-term sand and gravel leases.
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Affiliations
State Bar of Texas, Member
Houston Bar Association, Member
Mexican American Bar Association - Houston, Director (former President)
Hispanic Bar Association, Member (former Director)
South Texas College of Law Houston, Board of Directors