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8-K - FORM 8-K - Regency Energy Partners LP | d82609e8vk.htm |
EX-4.2 - EX-4.2 - Regency Energy Partners LP | d82609exv4w2.htm |
EX-4.3 - EX-4.3 - Regency Energy Partners LP | d82609exv4w3.htm |
EX-1.1 - EX-1.1 - Regency Energy Partners LP | d82609exv1w1.htm |
EX-5.1 - EX-5.1 - Regency Energy Partners LP | d82609exv5w1.htm |
EX-4.4 - EX-4.4 - Regency Energy Partners LP | d82609exv4w4.htm |
EX-99.2 - EX-99.2 - Regency Energy Partners LP | d82609exv99w2.htm |
EX-99.1 - EX-99.1 - Regency Energy Partners LP | d82609exv99w1.htm |
Exhibit 5.2
LAW OFFICES
Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P.
21st FLOOR, PAN AMERICAN LIFE CENTER
601 Poydras Street · New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
TELEPHONE (504) 586-1241 FAX (504) 584-9142
WWW.LEMLE.COM
Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P.
21st FLOOR, PAN AMERICAN LIFE CENTER
601 Poydras Street · New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
TELEPHONE (504) 586-1241 FAX (504) 584-9142
WWW.LEMLE.COM
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May 26, 2011
Regency Energy Partners LP
2001 Bryan Street, Suite 3700
Dallas, TX 75201
2001 Bryan Street, Suite 3700
Dallas, TX 75201
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Gulf States Transmission LLC, a Louisiana limited liability
company (GST LLC), and a Guarantor under the Underwriting Agreement, dated May 23, 2011 (the
Underwriting Agreement), by and among Regency Energy Partners LP (the Partnership), Regency
Energy Finance Corp. (Finance Corp. and together with the Partnership, the Issuers), the
Guarantors named therein and the Underwriters named therein, pursuant to which the Underwriters
have agreed to purchase from the Issuers $500,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Issuers 6 1/2%
Senior Notes due 2021 (the Notes), on the terms set forth in Section 2 of the Underwriting
Agreement. Any capitalized term used in this opinion and not defined shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the Underwriting Agreement.
In connection with the opinions expressed below, we have examined the following:
(a) Gulf States Transmission Corporation (GST Corporation) Plan of Conversion dated as of
December 31, 2010;
(b) Conversion Application to Limited Liability Company of GST Corporation dated December 20,
2010 submitted to the Louisiana Secretary of State;
(c) Initial Report of GST LLC dated December 21, 2010 filed with the Louisiana Secretary of
State;
(d) Certificate of the Louisiana Secretary of State dated January 5, 2011 converting GST
Corporation to GST LLC;
(e) Limited Liability Company Agreement between GST LLC and Regency Gas Services LP, its sole
member. (The documents described in paragraphs (a) through (e) hereof are referred to collectively
as the GTC LLC Organizational Documents.);
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(f) Certificate of Good Standing for GST LLC from the Louisiana Secretary of State dated May
26, 2011;
(g) the Underwriting Agreement dated May 23, 2011;
(h) the Indenture dated as of October 27, 2010, among the Issuers, the Guarantors and the
Trustee (the Base Indenture);
(i) the First Supplemental Indenture dated as of October 27, 2010, among the Issuers, the
Guarantors and the Trustee (the First Supplemental Indenture);
(j) the Second Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 24, 2011, among the Issuers, the
Guarantors and the Trustee (the Second Supplemental Indenture);
(k) the Third Supplemental Indenture dated as of May 26, 2011, among the Issuers, the
Guarantors and the Trustee (the Third Supplemental Indenture; the Third Supplemental Indenture,
together with the Base Indenture, the First Supplemental Indenture and the Second Supplemental
Indenture, are referred to collectively as the Indenture);
(l) the Notation of Guarantee dated May 26, 2011 signed by GST LLC to evidence its Note
Guarantee (as required by the terms of, and as defined in, the Indenture);
(m) the Unanimous Written Consent of Regency OLP GP LLC dated as of May 23, 2011 (the Regency
OLP GP Consent) acting in its capacity as general partner of Regency Gas Services LP, sole member
of GST LLC, authorizing Regency OLP GP LLC to execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement, the
Indenture and Notation of Guarantee on behalf of GST LLC;
(n) such other documents as we have deemed appropriate for purposes of the opinions expressed
below.
Based on the foregoing, and subject to the qualifications and limitations set forth herein, we
are of the opinion that, as of the date hereof, when the Notation of Guarantee has been duly
executed and delivered by GST LLC in accordance with the terms of the Indenture in the
circumstances contemplated by the Underwriting Agreement, the Notation of Guarantee will have been
duly authorized by all necessary actions of GST LLC pursuant to the Regency OLP GP Consent.
In rendering the opinions expressed herein, we have |
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(A) relied, with respect to matters of fact, upon the representations contained in the
Underwriting Agreement, the Regency OLP GP Consent, certificates of officers and employees
of GST LLC and upon information obtained from public officials,
(B) assumed that all documents submitted to us as originals are authentic, that all
copies submitted to us conform to the originals thereof, and that the signatures on all
documents examined by us are genuine, and
(C) assumed that each certificate from governmental officials reviewed by us is
accurate, complete and authentic, and all official public records are accurate and complete.
Our opinion is limited to the laws of the State of Louisiana. This opinion is for your
benefit in connection with the Registration Statement and may be relied upon by you and by persons
entitled to rely upon it pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended (the Act). We consent to your filing this opinion as an exhibit to the Partnerships
Form 8-K dated May 26, 2011. In giving such consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the
category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Act or the rules and
regulations of the Commission thereunder.
Very truly yours, |
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/s/ Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P. | ||||
Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P. |
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