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Vinson & Elkins Advises Western Midstream Partners in $2.0 Billion Acquisition of Aris Water Solutions

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Vinson & Elkins advised Western Midstream Partners, LP in its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Aris Water Solutions, Inc., an environmental infrastructure and solutions company, in a transaction valued at approximately $2.0 billion.

The Vinson & Elkins team was led by partners Lande Spottswood and Alex Robertson, with assistance from associates Leah Powers, Nick Priebe, Maggie Sternberg, Joshua Payne, and Will Sladic. Other key team members included partner Jackson O’Maley, counsel Alex Lewis, senior associate John Sager, and associate Taylor Santori; partners Ryan Carney, Lina Dimachkieh, and Gary Huffman, counsel Curt Wimberly and associates Maddie Brown and James Sutherland; counsel Megan Menniti and associates Jake Silver, Caroline Oakley, and Mary Smith; partner David D’Alessandro, counsels Melissa Spohn and Regina Ibarra and associate Reagan McGinnis; partners Hill Wellford and Evan Miller; partners Jeff Crough, senior associate Mitchell Austin, and associate Avery Westerlund; partner Jennifer Cornejo and associates Alexis Boyd and Alyssa Sieja; partner Sean Becker, senior associate Peter Goetschel, and associate Julia Burns; partner Mark Holmes; partner Winston Skinner and associate Carrigan English; partner Sarah Mitchell; and counsel Shaun Rogers.

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