The Black Belt Energy Gas District—$746 million prepay transaction

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 $746 million of tax-exempt bonds to fund the purchase of a 30-year supply of natural gas from Royal Bank of Canada to be sold at a substantial discount to market prices starting in July 2027 to the Louisiana Community Development Utility Commission, a Louisiana gas utility, and later resold to Methanex Louisiana LLC for use at its methanol production plant in Geismar, Louisiana.