Stinson Advises Quest on $384 Million in Related Financing and Acquisition Transactions

Stinson Morrison Hecker LLP advised Quest Resource Corporation (NASDAQ) and Quest Energy Partners, L.P. (NASDAQ) on $384 million in related financing and acquisition transactions.

The $384 million in transactions include the following:

Quest Resource Corporation’s $90 million follow-on public share offering (announced June 2008).
Quest Resource Corporation’s $142 million acquisition of privately owned PetroEdge Resources (WV) LLC, the owner of oil and gas leasehold interests in the Appalachian Basin (announced June 2008).
Quest Resource Corporation’s simultaneous drop down of certain PetroEdge producing assets to its subsidiary, Quest Energy Partners, L.P. for a purchase price of $72 million (announced July 2008).
Quest Resource Corporation’s refinancing of its existing revolving credit facility with a $35 million term loan and Quest Energy’s new $45 million bridge loan.

Attorneys involved in these transactions included Patrick Respeliers, George Rider, Craig Evans, Chris Jones, Brent Erwood, Lisa Westergaard, Katie True-Awtry, Russ Brien, Ken Starkey, Jack Marvin, Scot Hill, Jose Barbeito, David Bengtson, Ben Hobert, TJ Lynn, David McDaniel, Phil McKnight and Mike Winkler.

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