Bryce Kaufman

A Partner in the Firm’s Banking and Credit Practice, Bryce Kaufman advises arrangers, lenders and borrowers across complex commercial lending and financing transactions, including private debt and syndicated financings. Based in Houston, his practice focuses on the energy and infrastructure industries, and he regularly advises on upstream, midstream and downstream financings, as well as sponsor-backed acquisition financings and unitranche solutions. He also has deep experience advising direct lenders across industries. Bryce is ranked as “Up and Coming” for Banking & Finance by Chambers USA, where clients note that he is “knowledgeable, available and provides sound advice.”

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising:

• The Bank of Nova Scotia, as left lead arranger and administrative agent, in a $1.5 billion secured reserve-based revolving and term loan exit credit facility for Gulfport Energy;
• Citibank, as left lead arranger and administrative agent, in a $1.25 billion secured reserve-based revolving credit facility to California Resources Corporation; and in a $350 million secured reserve-based revolving credit facility to Vine Energy;
• A major bank, as lead arranger and administrative agent, in a $1 billion senior secured, reserve-based revolving credit for Birch Holdco;
• UGI Corporation in the financing of its $850 million acquisition of Columbia Midstream Group;
• Scotiabank in its $250 million revolving credit facility for San Mateo Midstream; and
• A leading financial institution in the $150 million revolving credit facility for a provider of natural gas gathering, processing and transportation services 

In addition to his client work, Bryce also maintains an active pro bono practice, including helping clients seal juvenile records and assisting with trusts and wills. He is on the Board of Directors for Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston.

Bryce received his J.D. from Stanford Law School in 2011, where he was Co-Editor-in-Chief of the Stanford Journal of International Law, followed by a clerkship with the Honorable Lynn N. Hughes of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas from 2011 to 2013. He received his B.A., summa cum laude, from Yale University in 2007 and was awarded Yale’s Fox Fellowship for a post-graduate independent research project at Boğaziçi University in Istanbul. Bryce is admitted to practice in Texas, New York and California.