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Erin Mendez is an associate in the Corporate, Finance and Investments Practice Group of King & Spalding's Houston office. In her practice, Erin represents clients in a variety of matters, including energy infrastructure development and related commodity transactions, commercial financing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other commercial transactions.

Erin serves as the U.S. associate lead of King & Spalding's global Energy Policy, Regulatory and Tax working group. 

Before joining King & Spalding, Erin graduated summa cum laude from the University of Houston Law Center and joined the Order of the Coif. While in law school, Erin served as the Chief Articles Editor for Board 58 of the Houston Law Review.  During this time, Erin also published articles in both the Houston Law Review and the Florida Law Review Forum.

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Credentials

J.D., University of Houston, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif

B.S., Texas A&M University, cum laude

Texas

Business Law Section - Texas Bar

Houston Bar Association

Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section - Texas Bar

Women and the Law Section - Texas Bar

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Represented the largest U.S. transporter of CO2 in its first carbon dioxide offtake and sequestration project and relatedly the procurement of air separation services (gases) and purified water needs.

Represented Caliche Development Partners on its precedent agreements and interruptible wheeling service agreements with anchor shippers for its salt cavern dome natural gas storage caverns under development.

Represented a hydrogen production and fuel cell electric vehicle producer with several hydrogen purchase agreements and agreements related to development of third-party hydrogen production facilities.

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Represented the largest U.S. transporter of CO2 in its first carbon dioxide offtake and sequestration project and relatedly the procurement of air separation services (gases) and purified water needs.

Represented Caliche Development Partners on its precedent agreements and interruptible wheeling service agreements with anchor shippers for its salt cavern dome natural gas storage caverns under development.

Represented a hydrogen production and fuel cell electric vehicle producer with several hydrogen purchase agreements and agreements related to development of third-party hydrogen production facilities.

Represented leading energy trading company in its investment of over $200 million in an industry-leading developer, owner and operator of landfill-based renewable natural gas projects in the USA and Canada.

Represented a global energy and commodities company in its acquisition in an eighty percent stake in four landfill-based renewable natural gas projects under development in Texas, Louisiana and Alabama.

Represented leading independent energy and commodity company in its sale of 70% of its interest in a proposed 440 MWac solar project planned on 3,000+ acres of land. In connection with the sale, the parties also entered into definitive agreements for the joint ownership of the project and other potential clean energy assets to be acquired by the joint venture in the future.

Represented borrower in the refinancing of its $300,000,000 revolving credit facility.

Represented private equity firm in its acquisition of a group of twelve home healthcare and hospice companies. In connection with the acquisition, purchaser (a) raised equity through a confidential private placement offering and (b) entered into a senior secured credit facility. More than 50 King & Spalding attorneys assisted on the acquisition in some capacity. Erin was a member of the five-person M&A team that ran the deal and coordinated efforts between teams.

Represented a consortium of eight banks in its out-of-court sale of certain overriding royalty interests that the consortium received in a debt exchange restructuring transaction.

As a member of its continuing service team, represented a national, privately held bank in several multi-million-dollar secured financings.

Represented Commonwealth LNG, as supplier, as it entered into two LNG Sale and Purchase Agreements for the supply of up to 2.5 million tonnes per annum of LNG over 20 years from Commonwealth’s LNG export facility under development in Louisiana.

Represented purchaser in its acquisition of a portfolio of commercial and residential contracting companies via the purchase of 100% of the equity interests from sellers to complement purchaser's growing team of residential construction partners.

Represented Cheniere Liquefaction Stage III, LLC in connection with LNG sale and purchase agreements and other commercial arrangements underpinning the $4 billion project financing of its Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage 3 LNG Project.

Represented an award-winning global cloud service provider in the sale of its business, for a base purchase price of over $200 million, to a managed infrastructure solutions and cloud infrastructure-as-a-Service provider.

Represented an international privately-held, family-owned company on the sale of its solar division. Of particular note was deal timing – from receipt of the first draft of the Asset Purchase Agreement to closing was 13 days.

Represented purchaser in its acquisition of a premier engineering, procurement, fabrication, and project management company.

Represented purchaser on the acquisition of a portfolio of power plants comprised of three Texas generation assets totaling 1,108 MW capacity.

Represented purchaser in its acquisition of of a portfolio of commercial and residential plumbing companies via the purchase of 100% of the equity interests from sellers to complement purchaser's growing team of residential construction partners.

Matters

Represented the largest U.S. transporter of CO2 in its first carbon dioxide offtake and sequestration project and relatedly the procurement of air separation services (gases) and purified water needs.

Represented Caliche Development Partners on its precedent agreements and interruptible wheeling service agreements with anchor shippers for its salt cavern dome natural gas storage caverns under development.

Represented a hydrogen production and fuel cell electric vehicle producer with several hydrogen purchase agreements and agreements related to development of third-party hydrogen production facilities.

See more

Close

Matters

Represented the largest U.S. transporter of CO2 in its first carbon dioxide offtake and sequestration project and relatedly the procurement of air separation services (gases) and purified water needs.

Represented Caliche Development Partners on its precedent agreements and interruptible wheeling service agreements with anchor shippers for its salt cavern dome natural gas storage caverns under development.

Represented a hydrogen production and fuel cell electric vehicle producer with several hydrogen purchase agreements and agreements related to development of third-party hydrogen production facilities.

Represented leading energy trading company in its investment of over $200 million in an industry-leading developer, owner and operator of landfill-based renewable natural gas projects in the USA and Canada.

Represented a global energy and commodities company in its acquisition in an eighty percent stake in four landfill-based renewable natural gas projects under development in Texas, Louisiana and Alabama.

Represented leading independent energy and commodity company in its sale of 70% of its interest in a proposed 440 MWac solar project planned on 3,000+ acres of land. In connection with the sale, the parties also entered into definitive agreements for the joint ownership of the project and other potential clean energy assets to be acquired by the joint venture in the future.

Represented borrower in the refinancing of its $300,000,000 revolving credit facility.

Represented private equity firm in its acquisition of a group of twelve home healthcare and hospice companies. In connection with the acquisition, purchaser (a) raised equity through a confidential private placement offering and (b) entered into a senior secured credit facility. More than 50 King & Spalding attorneys assisted on the acquisition in some capacity. Erin was a member of the five-person M&A team that ran the deal and coordinated efforts between teams.

Represented a consortium of eight banks in its out-of-court sale of certain overriding royalty interests that the consortium received in a debt exchange restructuring transaction.

As a member of its continuing service team, represented a national, privately held bank in several multi-million-dollar secured financings.

Represented Commonwealth LNG, as supplier, as it entered into two LNG Sale and Purchase Agreements for the supply of up to 2.5 million tonnes per annum of LNG over 20 years from Commonwealth’s LNG export facility under development in Louisiana.

Represented purchaser in its acquisition of a portfolio of commercial and residential contracting companies via the purchase of 100% of the equity interests from sellers to complement purchaser's growing team of residential construction partners.

Represented Cheniere Liquefaction Stage III, LLC in connection with LNG sale and purchase agreements and other commercial arrangements underpinning the $4 billion project financing of its Corpus Christi Liquefaction Stage 3 LNG Project.

Represented an award-winning global cloud service provider in the sale of its business, for a base purchase price of over $200 million, to a managed infrastructure solutions and cloud infrastructure-as-a-Service provider.

Represented an international privately-held, family-owned company on the sale of its solar division. Of particular note was deal timing – from receipt of the first draft of the Asset Purchase Agreement to closing was 13 days.

Represented purchaser in its acquisition of a premier engineering, procurement, fabrication, and project management company.

Represented purchaser on the acquisition of a portfolio of power plants comprised of three Texas generation assets totaling 1,108 MW capacity.

Represented purchaser in its acquisition of of a portfolio of commercial and residential plumbing companies via the purchase of 100% of the equity interests from sellers to complement purchaser's growing team of residential construction partners.

Credentials

J.D., University of Houston, summa cum laude, Order of the Coif

B.S., Texas A&M University, cum laude

Texas

Business Law Section - Texas Bar

Houston Bar Association

Oil, Gas & Energy Resources Law Section - Texas Bar

Women and the Law Section - Texas Bar