Michael Telle

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002
 I’m personally invested in my clients and in the projects I take on. I feel a sense of duty and loyalty to my clients to provide quality legal work and a high level of service from our firm.
I’m personally invested in my clients and in the projects I take on. I feel a sense of duty and loyalty to my clients to provide quality legal work and a high level of service from our firm. 
 
 I’m personally invested in my clients and in the projects I take on. I feel a sense of duty and loyalty to my clients to provide quality legal work and a high level of service from our firm.
I’m personally invested in my clients and in the projects I take on. I feel a sense of duty and loyalty to my clients to provide quality legal work and a high level of service from our firm. 
 Mike Telle is a seasoned corporate lawyer who focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and other transactions for a variety of clients in the energy sector.
One of the best known public company attorneys in the energy space, Mike brings more than twenty years of experience as well as a collaborative and commercial approach to his practice.
In addition, he counsels clients on private merger & acquisition transactions, joint ventures and private capital raising transactions.
Mike has received multiple accolades including repeated recognition from Legal 500 U.S. and Chambers USA. Sources quoted by Chambers called Mike “a seasoned veteran in the capital markets space” and “one of our most trusted advisers” (2024).
Mike started his career as an associate at V&E, left to join another law firm, and returned to V&E in 2014.
Experience Highlights
- LandBridge Company LLC in its $247 million initial public offering of common stock 
- Harold G. Hamm in taking Continental Resources private at a $27 billion valuation 
- Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE) in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Ranger Oil Corporation, a pure play Eagle Ford company 
- ProFrac Holdings in its $407.5 million acquisition of FTS International, creating one of the largest completions-focused service companies in the U.S. oil and gas industry 
- ProFrac Holding Corp. in its $288 million initial public offering of common stock 
- Goodrich Petroleum Corporation in its $480 million sale to Paloma Partners, an EnCap affiliate, in an all cash tender offer 
- WildHorse Resource Development Corporation in its $447 million initial public offering of common stock 
- Continental Resources, Inc. in multiple offerings of senior notes 
- Tidewater Inc. in the $190 million acquisition of Swire Pacific Offshore, creating the industry’s largest fleet of offshore support vessels 
- Harold G. Hamm in taking Continental Resources private at a $27 billion valuation 
- Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE) in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Ranger Oil Corporation, a pure play Eagle Ford company 
- Frank’s International in its merger with Expro Group 
- Goodrich Petroleum Corporation in its $480 million sale to Paloma Partners, an EnCap affiliate, in an all cash tender offer 
- ProFrac Holdings in its $407.5 million acquisition of FTS International, creating one of the largest completions-focused service companies in the U.S. oil and gas industry 
- Paragon Offshore Limited in the $232.5 million sale to Borr Drilling Limited in an all cash tender offer 
- Tidewater Inc. in the $190 million acquisition of Swire Pacific Offshore, creating the industry’s largest fleet of offshore support vessels 
- Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. in its $1.0 billion acquisition of American Petroleum Tankers LLC and State Class Tankers LLC 
- Sunoco Logistics Partners, L.P. in the formation of Permian Express Partners, a strategic joint venture with ExxonMobil to combine certain of their key crude oil logistics assets 
- Lufkin Industries Inc. in its $3.3 billion acquisition by General Electric Company 
- Chesapeake Energy Corporation in the $2.0 billion disposition of its interest in Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. 
- W-H Energy Services, Inc. in its $3.1 billion acquisition by Smith International, Inc. 
- Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Enbridge Energy Partners in multiple related-party finance and M&A transactions 
- Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. in its $13.0 billion cash and stock merger with GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P. 
- Alinda Capital Partners in its acquisition of a 50% interest in the general partner of Martin Midstream Partners L.P. 
- LandBridge Company LLC in its $247 million initial public offering of common stock 
- ProFrac Holding Corp. in its $288 million initial public offering of common stock 
- WildHorse Resource Development Corporation in its $447 million initial public offering of common stock 
- Mach Resources LLC in its $190 million initial public offering of Mach Natural Resources LP 
- PermRock Royalty Trust in its $106 million initial public offering of trust units 
- Underwriters to EQT GP Holdings, LP in its $714 million initial public offering of common units 
- Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. in its $351 million initial public offering of common units 
- W-H Energy Services Inc. in its $165 million initial public offering of common stock 
- Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust in its $380 million initial public offering of trust units 
- Underwriters to EQT Midstream Partners, LP in its $400 million public offering of common units 
- Initial purchasers in the $500 million offering of senior notes by Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP and dealer manager in its concurrent tender offers 
- Continental Resources, Inc. in multiple offerings of senior notes 
- Baytex Energy Corp. in its $800 million offering of senior notes 
- Underwriters to Transocean Limited and its subsidiaries in multiple offerings of senior notes 
- Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc. in its $550 million offering of senior notes 
- Oil States International, Inc. in its $200 million offering of convertible senior notes and its $135 million offering of convertible senior notes 
- Spectra Energy Partners, LP in its $800 million offering of senior notes by its subsidiary, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP 
- Underwriters to Southwestern Energy Company in multiple offerings of senior notes 
- Underwriters to Nabors Industries, Inc. in multiple offerings of senior notes 
- Underwriters to NGL Energy Partners LP in multiple offerings of senior notes 
- Underwriters to Waste Management, Inc. in its $500 million offering of investment grade senior notes 
Credentials
- South Texas College of Law, J.D. summa cum laude, 1994
- Texas Tech University, M.S. summa cum laude, 1991
- Texas Tech University, B.B.A., Economics cum laude, 1990
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), Corporate Law (Houston), 2016−2026
- Legal 500 U.S., Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, 2015, 2024 and 2025; Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2015, 2021, and 2025; Energy: Transactions, 2015; Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Large Deals ($1–5 billion), 2014
- Chambers USA, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Texas), 2013–2019, 2021–2025; Corporate/M&A (Texas), 2011–2015 and 2019; Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) (Texas), 2010–2011; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States)(Nationwide), 2019–2025
- Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Debt and Equity (Central USA), 2020–2025
- Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023–2025
- Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2008–2017
- IFLR1000, 2020–2023
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