{"id":382163,"date":"2026-07-22T09:06:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/382163\/"},"modified":"2026-07-22T09:06:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T09:06:22","slug":"mcguirewoods-boosts-financing-practice-with-houston-partner-michelle-williamson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/382163\/","title":{"rendered":"McGuireWoods Boosts Financing Practice With Houston Partner Michelle Williamson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Expanding its capabilities for financing transactions in energy and infrastructure, McGuireWoods has added accomplished finance attorney Michelle Williamson<\/a> as a partner in its Houston office.<\/p>\n

Williamson\u2019s practice focuses on representing sponsors, private and public borrowers, financial institutions and other investors in a variety of financing transactions, with a focus on energy and infrastructure. Williamson\u2019s practice covers acquisition financings, investment-grade lending, cash flow-based lending, asset-based lending (including reserve-based lending and securitizations for oil and gas transactions), mezzanine financings, private credit, and subordinated debt financings. She joins McGuireWoods after nearly a decade in Kirkland & Ellis\u2019 Houston office, where she was a partner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cI am very excited to be joining the collegial team at McGuireWoods,\u201d said Williamson. \u201cI look forward to collaborating with my new partners and colleagues to help our clients achieve their business goals and objectives.\u201d<\/p>\n

Williamson\u2019s arrival further expands the firm\u2019s energy and infrastructure team in Houston. Last month the office welcomed deal lawyer\u00a0David Aaronson<\/a>, who represents domestic and international exploration and production (E&P) operators, middle-market private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, energy services and infrastructure developers, and financial institutions. Mundo de la Fuente<\/a>, who advises energy, infrastructure and data center developers, joined in January.<\/p>\n

\u201cMichelle\u2019s experience financing transactions in energy, infrastructure and other industries will complement a host of corporate areas in Houston and around the country,\u201d said\u00a0Gerald V. Thomas II<\/a>, deputy managing partner of the firm\u2019s corporate practice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are delighted that Michelle is joining our team,\u201d said Kevin McGinnis<\/a>, who chairs the firm\u2019s Debt Finance Department. \u201cShe is known for mastering the details of her clients\u2019 businesses, which is a key to earning critical trust needed in complex debt transactions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMichelle\u2019s acumen in financing and energy will bring tremendous value for our clients,\u201d said\u00a0Tyler VanHoutan<\/a>, managing partner of the firm\u2019s Houston office.<\/p>\n

McGuireWoods\u2019\u00a0Energy M&A and Finance Practice Group<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 ranked nationally by\u00a0Chambers USA<\/a>, the\u00a0Legal 500 United States<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Best Law Firms<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 combines focused industry knowledge, regulatory fluency and practical, business-driven solutions to ensure clients complete strategic transactions, secure financing and advance critical projects across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Expanding its capabilities for financing transactions in energy and infrastructure, McGuireWoods has added accomplished finance attorney Michelle Williamson…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382164,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[56,58,57],"class_list":["post-382163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-houston","tag-houston","tag-houston-headlines","tag-houston-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382164"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}