Mr G Alan Rafte > Bracewell LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
Bracewell LLP Offices
711 LOUISIANA STREET
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HOUSTON, TX 77002
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Mr G Alan Rafte
Work Department
Energy
Position
Alan Rafte, chair of the firm’s business and regulatory section, serves clients in transactions that involve upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas assets; merchant electric generation facilities; and energy commodity trading. He represents private equity investors, energy businesses, financial institutions and commodity trading businesses in transactions that include acquisitions and divestitures of assets and companies, joint venture arrangements, structured finance, leveraged finance, project development and project finance.
Career
Alan Rafte is chair of the firm’s business and regulatory practice.
Education
J.D., Emory University School of Law; B.A., Syracuse University
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Finance > Commercial lending
Based in Texas, the finance team at Bracewell LLP is active on both the borrower and lender sides of financing. The team is experienced at representing large energy companies and private equity funds investing in energy. Clients include foreign banks, US money center banks, large midstream companies and regulated utilities. The team is jointly led by practice heads Dewey Gonsoulin Jr who is active in energy financing, specifically credit facilities in the upstream energy sector; Heather Brown who is adept at handling restructurings and loan workouts in the energy sector; G Alan Rafte and Robin Miles . Another notable mention in the team is Jeris Brunette , whose expertise lies in corporate and project finance in the energy and power sectors.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense