Katherine Terrell Frank
Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, Texas 75201
Katherine’s principal area of practice is corporate finance and securities law, including capital markets transactions, mergers and acquisitions, private equity and general corporate representation. Katherine has assisted private and public company clients in capital markets transactions such as registered offerings of debt and equity securities, private placements of debt and equity securities, and at-the-market continuous offering programs (ATMs). She also advises private and public company clients, including their boards of directors, on securities disclosure, corporate governance and compliance matters, including ESG matters.
Experience Highlights
Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc., a publicly traded, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, in its $7.3 billion acquisition by Biogen Inc.
HF Sinclair Corporation in its $1.44 billion acquisition of Holly Energy Partners
HF Sinclair Corporation in its $900 million debt exchange
Southwest Airlines Co. in its $1 billion public offering of investment grade senior notes
Southwest Airlines Co. in its $2.3 billion public offering of common stock
Southwest Airlines Co. in its $2.3 billion public offering of convertible senior notes
Southwest Airlines Co. in its $2 billion public offering of investment grade senior notes
Southwest Airlines Co. in its $1.8 billion public offering of investment grade senior notes
Southwest Airlines Co. in its application to the United States Department of Treasury for $3.3 billion payroll support funding under the Payroll Support Program of the CARES Act and in its negotiation of the related agreements
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., as co-counsel, in a $350 million royalty and equity investment in Reata by funds managed by Blackstone Life Sciences
OneWater Marine Inc. in its $64 million initial public offering of Class A common stock
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $70 million initial public offering of common stock
Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of the General Partner of Phillips 66 Partners in the $700 million drop down of midstream assets from Phillips 66
Routinely advises publicly traded companies on 1933 Act and 1934 Act compliance, listing exchange requirements, and ESG matters (including corporate governance and board of directors matters)
KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc. in its $50 million ATM program
OneWater Marine Inc. in its $63 million public offering of Class A common stock
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $324 million public offering of common stock
RSP Permian, Inc. in its $448 million initial public offering of common stock
Quintana Energy Services Inc. in its $96 million initial public offering of common stock
Pioneer Natural Resources Company in its $1.3 billion public offering of common stock
Holly Energy Partners, L.P. in its $153 million public offering of common units
SailPoint Technologies Holdings, Inc. in its $447 million public offering of common stock by a selling stockholder
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $248 million public offering of common stock
Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in its $116 million public offering of common stock
Holly Energy Partners, L.P. in its $103 million private placement of common units
Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. in its $150 million private placement of common stock
Holly Energy Partners, L.P. in its $200 million ATM program
Holly Energy Partners, L.P. in its $400 million offering of senior notes
CrownRock, L.P. in its $400 million offering of senior notes
HollyFrontier Corporation in its $750 million offering of senior notes
A life sciences company in its $100 million private offering of convertible senior notes
EZCORP, Inc. in its $173 million offering of convertible senior notes
CrownRock, L.P. in its $185 million offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP in its $350 million offering of senior notes
Crestwood Midstream Partners LP in its $500 million offering of senior notes
Holly Energy Partners L.P. in its $400 million high-yield offering of senior notes
HollyFrontier Corporation in its $250 million investment grade offering of senior notes
Southwest Airlines Co. in its $300 million investment grade offering of notes
EZCORP, Inc. in its $230 million offering of senior convertible notes
CrownRock, L.P. in its $350 million offering of senior notes
CrownRock, a joint venture of CrownQuest Operating and Lime Rock Partners, in its $12 billion sale to Occidental (In Process)
Bonanza Creek Energy in its $376 million acquisition of HighPoint Resources Corporation
Bonanza Creek Energy in its business combination with Extraction Oil & Gas to form Civitas Resources and Civitas’ subsequent acquisition of Crestone Peak Resources, creating a $4.5 billion combined company
Morgan Stanley Infrastructure in its sale of Southern Star Central Corp., a FERC-regulated interstate natural gas transmission and storage system, to a consortium consisting of affiliates of GE Energy Financial Services and Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec
Private Equity Firm in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a company that sells and services residential mortgage loans
Teva Pharmaceuticals in the $40 million acquisition of MicroDose Therapeutx, a privately-held pharmaceutical and drug delivery company focused on inhalation technologies and products for lung diseases and infections
Tampnet in the acquisition of AirTap Communications, wireless Managed Services provider, from a group of private investors
Credentials
- Columbia Law School, J.D., 2012 (Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar; Executive Editor, Columbia Business Law Review)
- Yale University, B.A., Ethics, Politics, and Economics, 2009
- Legal 500 U.S., M&A/Corporate & Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts, 2022
- Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2022
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” Corporate Law (Dallas), 2021–2024
- The Deal, “Top Rising Stars,” 2021
- Board Member: Business Council for the Arts
- Member: Dallas Bar Association, Dallas Association of Young Lawyers
- Business Council for the Arts—Leadership Arts Class, 2016–2017
- Texas
- CLE EventNovember 21, 2024Vinson & Elkins - Houston Office
- Deals & CasesAugust 15, 2024
- InsightApril 15, 2024
- InsightMarch 28, 2024
- InsightMarch 4, 2024
V&E Cybersecurity Update
- Deals & CasesDecember 11, 2023
- Deals & CasesDecember 5, 2023
- InsightNovember 22, 2023
V&E SEC Update
- Event RecapNovember 16, 2023
- Event RecapNovember 7, 2023
- Event RecapOctober 13, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 21, 2023
- Deals & CasesAugust 16, 2023
- Deals & CasesJuly 28, 2023
- InsightJuly 26, 2023
V&E Cybersecurity Update
- Deals & CasesJuly 13, 2023
- Deals & CasesMay 9, 2023
- InsightMay 8, 2023
V&E SEC Update
- Deals & CasesMarch 8, 2023
- Event RecapNovember 17, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 18, 2022
- Deals & CasesJune 28, 2022
- Deals & CasesJune 22, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsJune 16, 2022
- Deals & CasesMay 4, 2022
- Deals & CasesApril 8, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsMarch 29, 2022
- Event RecapJanuary 12, 2022
- InsightNovember 24, 2021
V&E SEC Proxy Update
- Deals & CasesJune 7, 2021
- Deals & CasesMay 10, 2021
- Press ReleaseDecember 15, 2020