Erland Modesto

Practice Areas

A Partner in the Firm’s Houston office, Erland Modesto focuses on financing, credit and other corporate matters. Erland represents lenders and borrowers and has experience in a wide variety of debt financing and other general corporate matters. His clients have included JPMorgan, Barclays, Citibank, Goldman Sachs, First Reserve Corporation, KKR, Wells Fargo, Bank of Montreal and a number of companies in the energy and energy transition space.

Erland has represented clients in a variety of industries, including in the oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, oilfield services sectors and energy transition generally. Representative transactions that he has worked on include “holdco” level financings, back leverage facilities, reserve and other asset based facilities and acquisition and project financings. He has extensive experience in distressed financings and general leveraged lending.

Recently ranked in Legal 500, Erland is described as “commercial, knowledgeable and creative…always eager to help find elegant solutions for clients.” He was also dubbed a “Rising Star” by Texas Lawyer earlier in his career.

Erland is Co-Hiring Partner for the Firm’s Houston office and serves on the Firm’s Opinion and Recruiting committees.

Career

Joined Simpson Thacher in 2010; became partner in 2019.

Personal

J.D., with Honors, Recipient of the Roberta Wright Reeves Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law, University of Texas School of Law (2010); B.A., Boston College (2007)