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Morgan Lewis
Larkin

Conor F. Larkin

Partner

conor.larkin@morganlewis.com

Philadelphia Phone +1.215.963.5343 Fax +1.215.963.5001

1701 Market St.//Philadelphia, PA 19103-2921//United States

Conor F. Larkin advises clients on a variety of corporate matters, with an emphasis on advising public and private companies, including private equity firms, on domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and financing transactions. Conor also draws on his background as an investor relations consultant to counsel public company clients on securities and corporate governance matters, including environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy and communications. His oil and gas work includes representation of master limited partnerships and negotiating long-term storage, terminalling and throughput agreements. His life sciences work includes structuring and negotiating royalty monetization transactions on behalf of investors and royalty holders.

Before attending law school, Conor worked in the corporate advisory division of Thomson Reuters in New York, where he counseled Fortune 500 companies on their investor relations efforts and best practices for investor relations and financial communications.

selected representations

Significant transactional representations (in addition to general day-to-day corporate and securities compliance representations) include:

Life Sciences and Royalty Monetization Transactions

  • Integra LifeSciences Holdings Corporation in the sale of its Extremity Orthopedics business to Smith+Nephew
  • Healthcare Royalty Partners in numerous royalty monetization transactions, including acquisitions of royalty and revenue interests from inventors, universities and companies including Infinity Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Acorda Therapeutics, Inc., Albireo Pharma, Inc. and REGENXBIO Inc. 
  • Nevakar Inc. in royalty monetization transactions with NovaQuest Capital Management and H.I.G. Capital 
  • Representation of a clinical stage biotechnology company in a royalty monetization transaction 
  • Formula Pharmaceuticals in its merger with CoImmune 

Energy Transactions

  • HollyFrontier Corp. in the $655 million acquisition of Sonneborn US Holdings Inc. and Sonneborn Coöperatief U.A., producers of high purity specialty products as one of the world’s largest dedicated suppliers of white oils, petrolatums and waxes.
  • MPLX Delaware Basin NGL LLC, a subsidiary of MPLX LP (MPLX) and Marathon Petroleum Corp. (MPC), in a joint venture with WhiteWater Midstream LLC to acquire a 30% interest in a 323-mile natural gas liquids pipeline in Texas from EPIC Midstream LLC
  • Buckeye Partners, L.P. in the formation of a joint venture with Phillips 66 Partners LP and Andeavor to develop a new $300 million deep-water, open access marine terminal in Ingleside, Texas.
  • HollFrontier Corp. in its $1.25 billion IDR elimination transaction with Holly Energy Partners, including the acquisition of common units of Holly Energy Partners.
  • HollyFrontier Corp. in its $845 million acquisition of Suncor Energy’s Petro-Canada lubricants business.
  • Representation of a refined products MLP in connection with its $860 million acquisition of condensate splitters and a high-volume marine crude terminal in South Texas and crude gathering facilities in the Eagle Ford shale play, including the negotiation of numerous long-term tolling, storage, throughput and dock services agreements.
  • Representation of 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.
  • Representation of master limited partnership in its acquisition of a propane distribution business.

Awards and Affiliations

Recognized, Ones to Watch, The Best Lawyers in America (2022)

Admissions

  • Pennsylvania

Education

  • Georgetown University Law Center, 2012, J.D.
  • Boston College, 2006, B.A., magna cum laude

Sectors

  • Energy
  • Life Sciences

Services

  • Corporate, Finance & Investment Management
  • Environmental, Social, And Governance (ESG) & Sustainability
  • Mergers & Acquisitions
  • Capital Markets & Public Companies

Regions

  • North America

Events

3/31/2022 - Royalty Monetization Transactions
12/7/2021 - Be Prepared—Why Representations & Warranties, Due Diligence, and Disclosure Schedules Matter – 2021

News

5/5/2022 - Morgan Lewis Represents Phathom Pharmaceuticals in Revenue Interest Financing Agreement
10/4/2021 - ‘Rising Stars: Morgan Lewis Names New Partners, The Deal
10/1/2021 - Morgan Lewis Promotes 39 Partners
8/3/2021 - Morgan Lewis Advises HollyFrontier in Combination with Sinclair Oil
5/4/2021 - Morgan Lewis Advises HollyFrontier in Acquisition of Puget Sound Refinery
9/29/2020 - Morgan Lewis Represents Integra LifeSciences in Extremity Orthopedics Sale to Smith+Nephew
6/2/2020 - Morgan Lewis Advises Medical Device Tubing Manufacturer Fluortek in Sale to Nordson
5/4/2020 - Morgan Lewis Advises Formula Pharmaceuticals on Merger with CoImmune
1/23/2020 - Morgan Lewis Advises Buckeye Partners in Acquisition of Marine Terminals
10/8/2019 - Morgan Lewis Advises Nevakar on Agreement with H.I.G Capital
11/13/2018 - Morgan Lewis Advises HollyFrontier Corporation in $655 Million Sonneborn Acquisition
7/10/2018 - Morgan Lewis Advises HollyFrontier Corporation in Red Giant Oil Company Acquisition
10/19/2017 - Morgan Lewis Advises HollyFrontier Corporation in IDR Simplification Agreement with Holly Energy Partners
10/31/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises HollyFrontier Corporation in CAD $1.125 Billion Acquisition of Suncor Energy Petro-Canada Lubricants Business
7/26/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises Globus Medical in Acquisition of Alphatec’s International Business
1/6/2016 - Morgan Lewis Advises JS Held LLC in Acquisition of Wakelee Associates
10/14/2015 - Morgan Lewis Advises Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget in $513M Pending Acquisition
4/7/2015 - Morgan Lewis Advises Lovell Minnick on Investment in J.S. Held
9/2/2014 - Morgan Lewis Advises Buckeye Partners in $860M Purchase of 80% Interest in South Texas Assets
10/10/2013 - Morgan Lewis Advises Buckeye Partners on $850 Million Acquisition of Product Terminals from Hess

Publications

10/1/2021 - ESG Considerations for Public Companies, Lexis Practical Guidance
Winter 2012 - Tax Court Wrestles with “Geithner Defense” to Accuracy-Related Penalties, The Tax Lawyer, Vol. 65, No.2