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E. Ramey Layne
E. Ramey Layne
Partner — Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions
Partner — Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions

E. Ramey Layne

E. Ramey Layne
Denver

First Avenue Plaza
44 Cook Street
Suite 320
Denver, CO  80206

Houston

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

E. Ramey Layne

Experience Highlights

  • Capital markets advisor to Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition II Corp., a SPAC, in its $620 million business combination with Montana Technologies, the inventor of AirJoule®, a transformational renewable energy and cooling technology

  • Financial and capital markets advisors to Rice Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC, in its $1.5 billion business combination between with NET Power LLC, a clean energy technology company

  • Sunoco LP in its $7.3 billion acquisition of NuStar Energy L.P.

  • Nabors Energy Transition Corporation in its business combination with Vast Renewables Limited, a renewable energy company specializing in concentrated solar power energy systems that generate zero-carbon, utility-scale electricity and industrial heat

  • Crestwood Equity Partners in the $7.1 billion sale of the company to Energy Transfer in an all-equity transaction

  • HF Sinclair Corporation in its $1.44 billion acquisition of Holly Energy Partners

  • The Lion Electric Company, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, in its $1.9 billion combination with Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp., a SPAC

  • Tortoise Acquisition Corp. in the $1 billion business combination with Hyliion Inc., a developer and manufacturer of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial vehicles that significantly reduce emissions

  • TPG as majority holder of certain convertible preferred units of EnLink Midstream Partners in EnLink’s simplification transaction

  • Underwriters to Sunnova Energy International Inc. in its $168 million initial public offering of common stock 

  • New Fortress Energy LLC in its $291 million initial public offering of Class A shares

  • Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc. in its $249 million initial public offering of common stock 

  • TPG RE Finance Trust, Inc. in its $233 million initial public offering and multiple follow-on offerings

  • Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital, a SPAC, in its $345 million initial public offering of units

  • Switchback II Corporation, a SPAC, in its $316 million initial public offering of units

  • Spartan Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC, in its $345 million initial public offering of units

  • Rice Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its $232 million initial public offering of units

  • Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC, in its $230 million initial public offering of units

  • Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC, in its $345 million initial public offering of units

  • Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC, in its $300 million initial public offering of Class A common stock

  • The Lion Electric Company, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, in its $1.9 billion combination with Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp., a SPAC

  • Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of NGP Energy Capital Management, in its $2.4 billion business combination with ChargePoint, a leading electric vehicle charging network

  • Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II, a SPAC, in its $345 million initial public offering of units

  • Tortoise Acquisition Corp. in the $1 billion business combination with Hyliion Inc., a developer and manufacturer of electrified powertrain solutions for Class 8 commercial vehicles that significantly reduce emissions

  • Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its $552 million initial public offering of common units

  • Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp. in its $1.75 billion business combination with Fisker Inc., a developer of eco-friendly electric vehicles

  • Sentinel Energy Services Inc., a SPAC, in its $345 million initial public offering of common stock

  • Vantage Energy Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its $552 million initial public offering of units

  • Underwriters to Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II, a SPAC, in its $1.035 billion initial public offering of units

  • CVR Refining, LP in its $690 million initial public offering of common units

  • Underwriters to 8point3 Energy Partners LP in its $420 million initial public offering of common units 

  • Enviva Partners, LP in its $230 million initial public offering of common units

  • Dominion Midstream Partners, LP in its $423 million initial public offering of common units

  • Westlake Chemical Partners LP in its $311 million initial public offering of common units

  • Foresight Energy LP in its $350 million initial public offering of common units

  • Underwriters to USA Compression Partners, LP in its $198 million initial public offering of common units

  • Hi-Crush Partners LP in its $220 million initial public offering of common units

  • CVR Partners, LP in its $353 million initial public offering of common units

  • Double Eagle Energy Permian in its $2.8 billion sale of certain undeveloped acreage and producing oil and gas properties in the core of the Midland Basin to Parsley Energy

  • CVR Partners in the $533 million acquisition of Rentech Nitrogen Partners, creating a leading North American nitrogen fertilizer producer 

  • Niska Gas Storage Partners in the $911.9 million sale of the company, a natural gas services provider and Riverstone Holdings portfolio company, to Brookfield Infrastructure 

  • Foresight Reserves in the $1.37 billion sale of a significant economic interest in Foresight Energy, a coal producer, to Murray Energy

  • Hi-Crush Proppants in the drop down of Hi-Crush Augusta, owner of a 1,187-acre facility with integrated rail infrastructure and production capacity of 1.6 million tons of frac sand per year, to Hi-Crush Partners

  • Devon Energy Corp. in the $8.84 billion contribution of substantially all of its U.S. midstream business to Crosstex Energy and Crosstex Energy to form a consolidated midstream business controlled by Devon

  • Buckeye Partners in the $1.14 billion merger between Buckeye Partners and Buckeye GP Holdings

Credentials

  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 2002
  • The University of Texas, B.A., Latin American Studies with honors, 1999
  • Legal 500 U.S., Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2015, and 2018–2023; “Next Generation Lawyer” in Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2019–2024; Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, 2020–2023
  • Chambers USA, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Texas), 2017–2019, 2021–2024; “Up and Coming” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Texas), 2016 and 2017; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States)(Nationwide), 2019–2024; SPACs (Nationwide), 2021–2023
  • Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States)(USA), 2017–2024; SPACs (USA), 2022–2024
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), (Houston): Corporate Law, 2023–2025; Mergers & Acquisitions Law, 2024 and 2025; Securities/Capital Markets Law, 2024 and 2025
  • Selected to the New York Metro Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2011–2017
  • Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2013–2017
  • IFLR1000, 2020–2022
  • MergerLinks, Top Dealmakers: DeSPACs (North America), 2021
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America, Lawdragon, 2022 and 2024
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023 and 2024
  • Member: American Bar Association and New York State Bar Association
  • New York
  • Texas
  • Colorado
  • SPAC Regulation – Past, Present and Future,” University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review, Winter 2022, Vol. 45, Issue 2 (co-author)
  • “Market Update: Evolution of Midstream IPO Structures,” V&E Houston Office, September 12, 2018 (speaker)
  • “MLP Transitions: Understanding the Process and Critically Evaluating the Long-Term Costs and Expected Benefits of Simplifications, Roll-ups and Conversions,” April 19, 2018 (speaker)
  • “Energy Series CLE: MLP 101: Market Trends and Updates,” V&E Houston Office, October 17, 2017 (speaker)
  • “Alternative Capital: 144A Equity Offerings and Special Purpose Acquisition Companies,” V&E Houston Office, February 22, 2017 (speaker)
  • “LinnCo and LINN to Permit Partners to Exchange Into Corporate Blocker,” V&E Capital Markets and Tax Update E-Communication, March 24, 2016 (co-author)
  • “Dramatic Changes to Partnership Audit Rules and Their Implications for Existing Partnerships,” V&E Tax Update E-communication, November 5, 2015 (co-author)
  • “Retail Preferred Offerings Expand Outside of the Traditional E&P MLP Space,” V&E MLP Update E-communication, October 12, 2015 (co-author)
  • “MLP 201,” Energy Series, November 18, 2014 (presenter)