Served as gas and swap counsel to The Black Belt Energy Gas District in closing on a prepayment transaction providing for Black Belt’s issuance of $1,080,950,000 of tax-exempt bonds to fund the purchase of a 30-year supply of natural gas from an affiliate of Morgan Stanley to be sold at a substantial discount to market prices starting in December 2026 to the Louisiana Community Development Utility Commission for resale to CITGO Petroleum Corporation for use at its refinery and petrochemical complex in Lake Charles, Louisiana.