Mike is co-head of the firm’s Corporate Team. He has an extensive corporate securities and mergers and acquisitions practice that is focused on the energy industry. His practice includes a particular emphasis on representation of issuers and underwriters in energy-related public and private offerings of equity and debt securities (including IPOs); representation of buyers, sellers and special committees in mergers and acquisitions (domestic and foreign) and of private equity firms’ investments in energy and energy infrastructure; redemptions and exchanges of corporate debt; negotiating complex partnerships and joint ventures; structuring spin-offs and “going private” transactions; and corporate governance. Mike has also been actively involved in energy transition infrastructure projects, including CCUS infrastructure, and clean hydrogen and ammonia infrastructure, projects and voluntary carbon credits and the purchase and sale of low carbon intensity natural gas for blue hydrogen production. He has represented clients in connection with more than 575 public and private offerings of debt, equity and preferred securities and more than 290 acquisitions or divestitures to consummation.
Mergers & Acquisitions and Joint Ventures
Paloma Partners VI Holdings, LLC and Paloma VI Merger Sub, Inc. in its acquisition of the Goodrich Petroleum Corporation
Shawkwei & Partners in BSKP Merger Sub, Inc. and ZymeFlow Merger
enCore Energy Corp. in its $120 million acquisition of the Alta Mesa In-Situ Recovery uranium project from Energy Fuels Inc.
Colt Midstream in acquiring certain natural gas and liquids gathering and transportation systems
Midland Petro DC Partners LLC and its affiliates in the negotiation and execution of definitive agreements for the $330 millon sale of non-operated working interests in certain oil and gas properties in the Midland Basin of Texas to Northern Oil and Gas Inc with proceeds used to reduce outstanding debt
Midland-Petro DC Partners in its negotiation and execution of definitive agreements for the $29 million purchase of non-operated working interests in certain oil and gas properties in the Midland Basin of Texas from REPMC, LLCMidland-Petro DC Partners in its $225 million sale of non-operated working interests in certain oil and gas properties in the Midland Basin
Crestwood Equity Partners LP in its $268 million strategic acquisition of acquisition of Crestwood Marcellus Holdings LLC, Crestwood Holdings LP and Crestwood Gas Services LLCs
Sunlight Financial LLC in its $1.3 billion business combination with Spartan Acquisition Corp. II
WGL Midstream Inc. in its sale of 30% of Stonewall Gas Gathering to DTE Midstream
Royal Vopak and BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund in the formation of a $620 million joint venture, Vopak Industrial Infrastructure Americas, LLC, and then in VIIA’s subsequent purchase of three of The Dow Chemical Company’s chemical storage terminals on the US Gulf Coast.
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners’ $3.6 billion acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Oryx Southern Delaware Holdings LLC and Oryx Delaware Holdings LLC.
Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners’ $1 billion initial equity commitment to Discovery Midstream Holdings II LLC
Sabine Oil and Gas Holdings, Inc. in its $610 million sale of Sabine Oil & Gas USA Corporation
Corporate Governance
enCore Energy Corp.’s $120 million acquisition of Energy Fuels Inc.
DCP Midstream, LP in its $3.8 billion acquisition by Phillips 66
Calumet Specialty Products Partners LP's transition to New Calumet Corporation
Shell USA, Inc.’s $1.96 billion acquisition of Shell Midstream Partners, L.P.
Viper Energy Partners LP’s $75 million acquisition of overriding royalty interests in certain oil and gas properties from Diamondback E&P LLC
DCP Midstream, LP in Phillips 66’s acquisition of all the publicly held common units representing limited partner interests in DCP Midstream.
Rattler Midstream LP in its affiliate’s $160 million acquisition of water midstream assets from subsidiaries of Diamondback Energy, Inc.
Pure Acquisition Corp. in its $1.575 billon initial business combination pursuant to which Pure effected a merger resulting in a newly formed and publicly traded company, HighPeak Energy, Inc.
San Juan Holdings, LLC in a $64,200,000 joint venture between Arena Oil & Gas, LLC, Lime Rock Partners VIII, L.P., and AOP 4, LLC to form San Juan Offshore, LLC
Quintana Energy Services, Inc. all-stock merger with KLX Energy Services Holdings, Inc.
Viper Energy Partners GP LLC’s and Viper Energy Partners LP with Diamondback Energy, Inc.’s dropdown of mineral interest assets to Viper Energy Partners LP for $700 million
Roan Resources, Inc. with the $100 million commitment from certain affiliated lenders and Common Stock Subscription Agreement with such affiliated lenders
Wing Resources V, LLC in its $100 million private initial equity capital raise from private equity investors
InfraREIT, Inc. with the merger of InfraREIT, Inc. and InfraREIT Partners, LP with and into affiliates of Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC
Shell Midstream Partners GP LLC with Shell Midstream Partners, L.P.’s 800 million acquisition of a 25.97% ownership interest in Explorer Pipeline Company and a 10.125% ownership interest in Colonial Pipeline Company
Phillips 66 Partners LP(PSXP) with the elimination of all of Phillips 66 Co.’s IDRs and general partner economic interests in PSXP
ArcLight Capital, in the sale of all the equity in Blue Hills Fuels, LLC consisting of over 200 Gulf, Exxon, Mobil and Sunoco branded, dealer operated retail motor fuel service stations
Capital Markets: Debt Offerings
USA Compression Partners’ $1 billion of senior notes
Energy Transfer LPs $3.8 billion of senior notes
Energy Transfer LPs $4 billion of senior notes
Energy Transfer LP's $1 billion of senior notes
Genesis Energy, L.P.’s $500 million of senior notes
El Paso Natural Gas of senior notes
Energy Transfer LP’s $2.5 billion of senior notes
Kinder Morgan, Inc’s combined $1.5 billon of senior notes
Kinder Morgan, Inc’s $800 million of senior notes
Kinder Morgan, Inc.’s $750 million of senior notes
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.’s $300 million of senior notes
Kinder Morgan, Inc.’s $1.25 billion of senior notes.
Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.’s $500 million of senior notes
Energy Transfer Operating, L.P.’s combined $4.5 billion of senior notes.
Genesis Energy, L.P.’s $1.5 billion of senior notes
USA Compression Partners’ $750 million of senior notes
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. ‘s $3 billion of senior notes
Jagged Peak Energy LLC’s $500 million of senior notes
Kinder Morgan, Inc.’s combined $2 billion of senior notes
Capital Markets: Equity Offerings
Encore Energy Corp.’s $42 million public offering of common stock and warrants
Energy Transfer LP’s $765 million secondary public offering by CenterPoint Energy Midstream, Inc.
Energy Transfer Operating, L.P.’s public offering of $1.6 billion of preferred units.
Perpetua Resources Corp.’s $57,500,000 offering of common stock
NGL Energy Partners LP’s private placement of $400 million of class D preferred units and warrants.
NGL Energy Partners LP’s private placement of $200 million of NGL’s class D preferred units and warrants.
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.’s $445 million offering of 7.625% series D fixed-to-floating rate cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred units
USA Compression Holdings, LLC’s up to 5,000,000 of its common units. Representing limited partner interests in USA Compression Partners, LP.
Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.’s $450 million offering preferred units.
Memberships
American Bar Association
Houston Bar Association
Awards & Recognition
Recognized as a leading practitioner for M&A, The Legal 500 Private Practice M&A Powerlist: USA Region, 2024
Recognized as a Leading Lawyer M&A Middle Market ($500m-$999m) (2018-2023) and Recommended (2009-2017), Leading Lawyer for Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas (2018, 2020-2023) and Recommended (2012-2017, 2019), Legal 500 United States
Recommended for Capital Markets: Debt Offerings (2012-2021), Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings (2019-2022) and Capital Markets: Equity Offerings (2012-2018, 2020), Legal 500 United States
Recognized as a Leader in the U.S. in Energy: Oil & Gas – Transactional (2012-2024), in Corporate/M&A: International & Cross-Border (2014-2024), and in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (2020-2024), Chambers Global
Recognized as a Leader in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (2013-2019, 2021-2023) and Corporate/M&A (2006-2023), Chambers USA
Recognized as a Leader in Energy: Oil & Gas – Transactional (2010-2023), Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (2019-2023) for USA-Nationwide, Chambers USA
Lifetime Achievement Award, Texas Lawyer (2018)
Insights
Events
Presenter, Layoffs – What to Expect and How to Do Them, ACC Houston Half Day CLE Seminar: The Future of Work, January 5, 2023
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