Kraig Grahmann is a partner in the Energy, Power and Natural Resources Practice Group, and is the head of Haynes and Boone's Energy Finance Practice Group. His practice is focused on the representation of banks, private capital providers and upstream energy companies in financing transactions and equity investments and the representation of oil and gas companies in acquisition, divestiture and joint development transactions. He also has significant experience working with ISDA agreements and has been involved in a number of E&P bankruptcies.

Bar Admissions
Texas

Education
J.D., University of Houston School of Law, 2008, cum laude; Order of the Barons; Notes and Comments Editor, Houston Law Review
B.A., Political Science and Managerial Studies, Rice University, 2005, magna cum laude

Significant Accomplishments
Energy lenders in senior and mezzanine syndicated, club and sole bank facilities ($10 million to $3 billion) in connection with secured reserve based oil and gas production loans and development loans, including preparation and negotiation of credit facilities, intercreditor agreements, mortgages and related loan documents.

Representation of capital providers and management teams for exploration and production companies.

Acquisition and divestiture of oil and gas properties in Texas, Alabama, California, Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, Wyoming and Gulf of Mexico.

Workouts and debt restructurings on behalf of energy lenders and borrowers and bankruptcy related oil and gas transactions.

• The Power to Press Pause: Remedies Available to Secured Energy Lenders that do not Require Direct Ownership of Oil and Gas Properties

  By Kraig Grahmann |April 2020

• A Sigh of Relief: Oil and Gas Lender not Liable, as Mortgagee, for Failure to Release Expired Leases

  By Kraig Grahmann |July 2018