Skip to content
Brenda Lenahan
Brenda Lenahan
Partner — Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions
Partner — Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions

Brenda Lenahan

Brenda Lenahan
New York

The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036

Brenda Lenahan

Experience Highlights

  • Alliance Resource Partners, L.P. in its $400 million private offering of senior notes

  • A developer, owner and operator of energy storage and renewables generation assets, in its initial public offering of common stock (withdrawn)

  • Focus Financial Partners, a leading partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms, in its $7 billion acquisition by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

  • Southwest Airlines Co. in multiple equity and debt offerings and in its funding from the United States Department of Treasury of $4.93 billion under the Payroll Support Program of the CARES Act, including subsequent program extensions, and in its negotiation of the related loans, warrants and other agreements

  • 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)

  • Focus Financial Partners Inc., an international partnership of wealth management firms, in its $615 million initial public offering of common stock 

  • A developer, owner and operator of energy storage and renewables generation assets, in its initial public offering of common stock (withdrawn)

  • Hygo Energy Transition Ltd., a liquefied natural gas solutions and power company, in its initial public offering of common stock (converted to M&A transaction)

  • Southwest Airlines Co. in multiple equity and debt offerings and in its funding from the United States Department of Treasury of $4.93 billion under the Payroll Support Program of the CARES Act, including subsequent program extensions, and in its negotiation of the related loans, warrants and other agreements

  • Underwriters to Pattern Energy Group Inc., an owner and operator of wind and solar projects, in its $352 million initial public offering of common stock and subsequent follow-on offerings

  • Reata Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, in a $505 million public offering of common stock

  • Various special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) in their IPOs, including:

    • Tortoise Acquisition Corp., Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II and TortoiseEcofin Acquisition Corp. III
    • Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp. and Spartan Acquisition Corp. II
    • Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation, Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation II, Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation III and Decarbonization Plus Acquisition Corporation IV
  • Various master limited partnerships (MLPs) and underwriters in IPOs and subsequent equity and debt offerings, including:

    • Global Partners, LP, an energy supply MLP
    • Black Stone Minerals, L.P., a mineral interest MLP
    • Alliance Resource Partners, L.P., a diversified energy MLP
    • Viper Energy Partners LP, a mineral interest, variable MLP
    • ARC Logistics Partners LP, an MLP with oil and refined products terminaling assets
    • Underwriters to CrossAmerica Partners LP (fka Lehigh Gas Partners L.P.), an MLP engaged in the wholesale distribution of motor fuels
  • Financial advisors in the business combination of Net Power, LLC, a clean energy technology company

  • Focus Financial Partners, a leading partnership of independent, fiduciary wealth management firms, in its $7 billion acquisition by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice

  • EVgo, a developer and operator of an EV fast-charging network, in its $2.6 billion business combination with Climate Change Crisis Real Impact I Acquisition Corporation

  • 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

  • Tortoise Acquisition Corp. II in its $1.4 billion business combination with Volta Industries, an industry leader in commerce-centric electric vehicle charging networks

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

  • Queen’s Gambit Growth Capital in its $1.1 billion business combination with Swvl, a Dubai-based provider of transformative mass transit and shared mobility solutions

  • Arc Logistics Partners and Lightfoot Capital Partners in the $422 million sale of the general partner of, and all of the outstanding common units in, Arc Logistics to Zenith Energy Management

  • Buckeye Partners in the $1.7 billion acquisition of Bahamas Oil Refining Company, owner of the largest storage terminal facility in the Caribbean, from First Reserve and Vopak

Credentials

  • University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors, 2000 (Texas Law Review; Chancellor-at-Large; Order of the Coif)
  • University of Texas, B.B.A. with highest honors, 1994; Masters in Professional Accounting in Taxation, 1994
  • Chambers Global, SPACs (USA), 2024
  • Chambers USA, SPACs (Nationwide), 2023
  • Legal 500 U.S., Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2019, 2022, and 2023
  • IFLR1000, 2020–2023
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023 and 2024
  • Member: American Bar Association; New York State Bar Association; Business Law Section, State Bar of Texas
  • Texas
  • New York
  • “The Upcoming Proxy Season,” Women’s Corporate Directors Washington DC Chapter, January 17, 2023 (panelist)
  • “Valuation Creation and Strategic Exit Readiness,” Independent Petroleum Association of Americas IPAA Oil Gas Investment Symposium, April 8, 2019 (panelist)