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EX-5.1 - EX-5.1 - Regency Energy Partners LP | d596652dex51.htm |
EX-4.1 - EX-4.1 - Regency Energy Partners LP | d596652dex41.htm |
Exhibit 5.2
BEIRNE, MAYNARD & PARSONS, L.L.P.
601 POYDRAS STREET
SUITE 2200
NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA 70130-6097
(504) 586-1241
FAX (504) 584-9142 |
Direct Dial: (504) 584-9133 Email: ssonnier@bmpllp.com |
SCOTT J. SONNIER SPECIAL COUSEL (504) 584-9133 SSONNIER@LEMLE.COM |
September 11, 2013
Regency Energy Partners LP
2001 Bryan Street, Suite 3700
Dallas, Texas 75201
Re: Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No. 333-185179)
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel to Gulf States Transmission LLC, a Louisiana Limited Liability Company (the Guarantor), in connection with the proposed registration of the offering and sale by Regency Energy Partners LP and Regency Energy Finance Corp. (collectively the Company), of $400,000,000 principal amount of its 5.750% Senior Notes due 2020 (the Securities), pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement dated as of September 4, 2013 (the Underwriting Agreement) by and among the Company, RBS Securities Inc and the several underwriters listed in Schedule 1 thereto (collectively the Underwriters), the Guarantor, and the other guarantors listed in Schedule 2 thereto (the Additional Guarantors) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the Commission) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), on November 28, 2012, as amended by Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 filed with the Commission on September 4, 2013, and supplemented by the Prospectus Supplement relating to the Securities filed with the Commission on September 4, 2013. Such Registration Statement, as amended or supplemented, is hereinafter referred to as the Registration Statement. The Securities are being issued pursuant to an Indenture dated as of September 11, 2013 (the Indenture) by and among the Company, the Guarantor, the Additional Guarantors and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association (the Trustee), and will be guaranteed on an unsecured unsubordinated basis by each of the Guarantor and Additional Guarantors (the Guarantees; the Guarantee to which the Guarantor is to be a party being referred to herein as the Guarantee). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given to such terms in the Underwriting Agreement. This opinion letter is being delivered to you at the request of the Guarantor.
Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.
Austin Baton Rouge Dallas Houston New Orleans San Antonio
Regency Energy Partners LP
September 11, 2013
Page 2
In arriving at the opinions expressed below, we have reviewed the Indenture, the Guarantee and the Underwriting Agreement in the respective forms represented to us by the Guarantor as being the forms presented to the board of directors and sole member of the Guarantor for their approval and executed by the Guarantor, and have relied upon such representation in so identifying such documents. We have also reviewed copies of the operating agreement of the Guarantor, and such other documents, corporate records, certificates of officers of the Guarantor and of public officials and other instruments as we have deemed necessary or advisable to enable us to render these opinions. In our examination, we have assumed the genuineness of all signatures, the legal capacity and competency of all natural persons, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals and the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as copies. To the extent that our opinions may be dependent upon such matters, we have assumed that the Underwriters and the Trustee have all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations under, and have duly executed and delivered, the Underwriting Agreement in the case of the Underwriters and the Indenture in the case of the Trustee. Further, to the extent that our opinions may be dependent upon such matters, we have assumed that the Additional Guarantors have all requisite corporate, limited liability, and limited partnership power and authority, as applicable, to execute, deliver and perform their respective obligations under, and have duly executed and delivered, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and Guarantees and have assumed that the Company has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under, and has duly executed and delivered, the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Securities. As to any facts material to these opinions, we have relied to the extent we deemed appropriate and without independent investigation upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Company, the Guarantor, the Additional Guarantors and others.
Based upon the foregoing and in reliance thereon, and subject to the qualifications, exceptions, assumptions and limitations herein contained, we are of the opinion that:
1. The Guarantor is a limited liability company validly existing under the laws of the State of Louisiana with the requisite limited liability company power and authority to own property and to conduct business
2. The Guarantor has the limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver the Underwriting Agreement and the Indenture and to perform its obligations, including the Guarantee, thereunder.
3. The execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of the Underwriting Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Guarantor. The Underwriting Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor.
4. The execution, delivery and performance by the Guarantor of the Indenture, including the Guarantee, have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action on the part of the Guarantor. The Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Guarantor.
Regency Energy Partners LP
September 11, 2013
Page 3
We call your attention to the fact that, as a matter of customary practice, certain assumptions underlying opinions are understood to be implicit. In addition, the foregoing opinions are also subject to the following additional qualifications, exceptions, assumptions and limitations:
A. We render no opinion herein as to matters involving the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of Louisiana and the United States of America. This opinion is limited to the effect of the current state of the laws of the State of Louisiana and the United States of America and the facts as they currently exist. We assume no obligation to revise or supplement this opinion in the event of future changes in such laws or the interpretations thereof or such facts.
B. The opinion set forth in paragraph 1 above as to the valid existence of the Guarantor is based solely on a certificate of existence received from the Secretary of State of the State of Louisiana dated September 3, 2013.
C. In giving our opinions as to the due authorization of the execution, delivery and performance of the Underwriting Agreement, the Indenture and the Guarantee by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Guarantor, we have relied solely upon a certificate of the Secretary of the Guarantor, and a copy of a written consent of the Company as sole member, as to the authorizing resolutions of the board of directors and sole member of the Guarantor and the adoption thereof.
We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Companys Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on September 11, 2013. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are within the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act or the Rules and Regulations of the Commission.
Very truly yours,
/s/ Beirne, Maynard & Parsons, L.L.P.