Benjamin R. Wills

Significant transactional representations include:

• Trecora Resources, a provider of specialty hydrocarbons and specialty waxes, in its $247 million sale to an affiliate of Balmoral Funds, LLC
• HollyFrontier Corporation in its $1.8 billion acquisition on Sinclair Oil
• Buckeye Partners in its $250 million acquisition of marine terminals in New Haven, CT, Wilmington, DE, and Marrero, LA from Magellan Midstream
• Tucows in the sale of Ting Mobile to DISH Network Corporation and the entry into complex Mobile Services Enabler Agreements
• HollyFrontier in its $350 million acquisition of the Puget Sound refinery from Shell
• Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation in the $240 million sale of its global Extremity Orthopedics business to Smith+Nephew
• Buckeye Partners in its $1.7 billion acquisition and development of condensate splitters and a high-volume marine crude terminal from Trafigura, including the negotiation of numerous long-term tolling, storage, throughput and dock services agreements
• Pennsylvania Trust Company in its sale to Fiduciary Trust International, a subsidiary of Franklin Templeton
• Buckeye Partners in the in the formation of a joint venture with Phillips 66 Partners and Marathon to develop the $300 million deep-water, open access South Texas Gateway marine terminal in Ingleside, Texas
• HollyFrontier in its $655 million acquisition of Sonneborn, a specialty producer of white oils, petrolatums, and waxes
• HollyFrontier in its $1.25 billion IDR elimination transaction with Holly Energy Partners, including the acquisition of common units of Holly Energy Partners
• Pearson plc in the multi-billion dollar formation of the Penguin Random House joint venture, resulting in the largest English language publisher in the world
• HollyFrontier in its $845 million acquisition of Suncor Energy's Petro-Canada lubricants business
• A terminalling and storage company in its $850 million acquisition of 20 liquids storage marine terminals, including the negotiation of long-term storage and throughput agreements
• Braskem Americas Inc. in its acquisition of propylene splitters and related assets at the Marcus Hook refinery from Sunoco Inc., including the negotiation of tolling and offtake agreements