Thomas J. Perich

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Houston, TX 77002
Phone: 713.220.4268
Fax: 713.238.7175

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Thomas J. Perich

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Tom is the Managing Partner of the Houston office and a member of the firm's Policy Committee. Tom centers his practice in the areas of banking and finance. The matters on which he has counseled clients include:

Tom has also represented banks and bank holding companies before state and federal regulatory and administrative agencies, and in the acquisition and disposition of banks and bank assets.

Representative Experience

  • Counsel to The Royal Bank of Scotland plc in a $1 billion financing to Fayetteville Express Pipeline LLC, a joint venture of Energy Transfer Partners L.P. and Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P.
  • Borrower/Developer Team Leader on portfolio project finance project named "International Deal of the Year" by Project Finance Magazine that included client ANP Funding I and its parent, American National Power, Inc., in the $1,375,900,000 financing of five gas-fired power plants located in the states of Texas and Massachusetts. The affiliates included International Power plc. The bank group was led by five lead arrangers, ABN AMRO Bank, N.V., Citibank, N.A., Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, ING (U.S.) Capital LLC and Societe Generale, New York Branch and included approximately a dozen other banks, funds and financial institutions.
  • Counsel to JPMorgan Chase, as administrative agent, on $1 billion syndicated floor plan and acquisition facility to Group 1 Automotive, Inc.
  • Counsel to The Royal Bank of Scotland plc on a series of Drilling/Funding Agreements with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation.
  • Counsel to HSBC on a combined $235 million revolver and term acquisition loan to ION Geophysical Corporation.
  • Counsel to GFI Oil & Gas, Inc. in financing development of concessions in Thailand and Indonesia with major foreign banks.
  • Counsel to Scorpion Drilling in multiple level financing of construction of offshore drilling rigs with Nordea Bank and Morgan Stanley.
  • Counsel to JP Morgan Chase, as administrative agent, on $800,000,000 syndicated floor plan and acquisition facility to Asbury Automotive Group, Inc.
  • Counsel to JPMorgan Chase in a $110,000,000 equivalent multi-currency facility to Dynamic Materials Corp. 
  • Counsel to Wells Fargo, as administrative agent, on a $70,000,000 revolving credit and term facility to Petroleum Wholesale, Inc.
  • Counsel to ArcLight Capital Partners in formation of joint venture with Quest Energy and acquisition and financing of oil and gas properties from Devon.
  • Counsel to ERG Resources on $100,000,000 Senior Secured Financing from Citibank, N.A., and $15,000,000 second Lien Loan from CIT Capital USA Inc.
  • Counsel to Cheniere Marketing, Inc. on $100,000,000 trade receivables financing from BNP Paribas.
  • Advisor for many years to Houston affiliates of numerous major financial institutions, including JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, NA, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and others, in loan and related financial accommodations given to independent E&P companies and oilfield service companies.

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Successfully completed all segments of the initial real estate certification exam of the State Bar of Texas

Served as vice consul/commercial attache in the Foreign Service, U.S. Department of State, American Consulate General, Munich, Germany (1972-1975)

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