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Theodore J. Belden
Theodore J. Belden
Senior Associate — Corporate
Senior Associate — Corporate

Theodore J. Belden

Theodore J. Belden
Dallas

Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, Texas 75201

Theodore J. Belden

Experience Highlights

  • True Blue Car Wash and Goldman Sachs, in its capacity as the lead investor in True Blue, in connection with the sale of True Blue to Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc.

  • Bonanza Creek Energy in its $376 million acquisition of HighPoint Resources Corporation

  • Tumbleweed Royalty IV, LLC, a royalty company backed by EnCap Investments, and Tumbleweed Royalty II, LLC, a royalty company backed by Quantum Capital Group, in the sale of 100% of their equity interests to Viper Energy Partners, LLC, a subsidiary of Viper Energy, Inc. for $461 million in cash and approximately 10.1 million units

  • Riata Capital Group in its strategic investment in Salon Republic, the leading operator of company-owned salon suites

  • Goldman Sachs Group in its lead investment in the Series A preferred stock financing of PLACE, a leading technology and business services platform for real estate agents

  • Large investment manager in connection with its role as the lead investor in a continuation vehicle sponsored by an energy-focused private equity fund with a portfolio of offshore oil & gas assets (ongoing)

  • Pennington Creek Capital, LLC, the investment branch of the Chickasaw Nation, in connection with the acquisition of RITR Holding Company LLC

  • Hartree Partners in its purchase of the limited partner interests of Sprague Resources from public unitholders

  • Caelus Natural Resources Alaska, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, in the sale of 100 percent of the Nuna discovery, located near the Oooguruk Field in Alaska, to ConocoPhillips Alaska

  • Goldman Sachs in its lead investment in the $32 million Series A preferred stock financing of Entera, developer of a real estate technology platform intended to support data-driven decisions and purchases related to residential real estate

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with Apollo Funds and Vitol agreeing to provide a structured debt and equity financing to WattEV, an industry leader in heavy-duty freight electrification providing end-to-end solutions to customers through the development of electric charging infrastructure and provisioning of electric vehicle trucks

  • Riverstone Holdings (i) as lead investor in the $80 million Series D funding and (ii) as an investor in a $30 million additional growth capital round of Infinitum Electric, creator of the sustainable, breakthrough air-core motor

  • Goldman Sachs in its lead investment in the $55 million Series D preferred stock financing of Distributed Creation Inc. (dba Splice), a cloud-based music creation and collaboration platform

  • Morita Ranches Minerals, LLC, backed by EnCap Investments L.P., in connection with Morita Minerals’ entry into an agreement whereby Viper Energy Partners, LLC

  • IPS Corporation in its acquisition of the assets of American Acrylic Adhesives, a manufacturer and supplier of adhesives and adhesives-related accessory products

  • Validus Energy Holdings II LLC, in its acquisition of Citizen Energy Operating, LLC

  • TCFII Core in the $186 million sale of its portfolio company, Core Appalachia, to Diversified Gas & Oil

  • The formation of Longview Infrastructure, a partnership between Stonepeak Partners, LLC and the management team with an aggregate commitment of up to $500 million

Credentials

  • The University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors, 2018 (Notes Editor, Texas Law Review; Staff Editor, Texas Journal of Oil, Gas, and Energy Law)
  • Southern Methodist University, B.B.A., Finance; B.A., English, 2013
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Dallas): Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, 2026; Securities/Capital Markets Law, 2026
  • Texas