
Alan Beck

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

Alan has extensive experience representing clients in a variety of transactional and corporate governance matters. His corporate finance practice includes representing public and private companies, investment banks, and private equity firms in connection with IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and registered and private offerings of debt and equity securities.
Alan advises public companies regarding securities law and stock exchange compliance, and corporate governance matters. He represents master limited partnerships (MLPs) and has significant experience across energy-related sectors, including clients engaged in upstream, midstream, downstream, oilfield service and power-related activities and technologies.
Experience Highlights
Underwriters to Vine Energy Inc. in its $346 million initial public offering of common stock
First Reserve Sustainable Growth Corp., a SPAC, in its $222 million initial public offering of units
Underwriters to Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in $345 million its initial public offering
Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in its $3.3 billion acquisition of a controlling interest in Tallgrass Energy and subsequent acquisition of all outstanding publicly-held shares and associated co-investment arrangements
Roan Resources in its $1 billion sale to Citizen Energy Operating, LLC, an affiliate of Warburg Pincus
EIG Management Company in the $590 million private purchase of NuStar Energy L.P. Series D cumulative convertible preferred units
A large international energy company in the sale of approximately $2.5 billion of midstream infrastructure assets to affiliates of an energy-focused private equity firm
Carlyle Group in connection with its investment in preferred units of Altus Midstream
Andeavor in the formation of Gray Oak Pipeline, a joint venture between Phillips 66, Diamondback Energy and Andeavor, involving a new crude oil pipeline spanning from West Texas to the Gulf Coast, as well as an associated Gulf Coast export terminal
A large international energy company in connection with its investment in a natural gas electrical system that generates no atmospheric emissions and captures all carbon dioxide
Represents various issuers in offerings of equity, hybrid and debt securities
Underwriters to The Music Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC, in its $230 million initial public offering of units
Plains GP Holdings, L.P. in its $2.9 billion initial public offering of common units
Underwriters to Vine Oil & Gas LP in its multiple offerings of senior notes
Venator Materials PLC in its $522 million initial public offering of ordinary shares by a selling shareholder and separation from Huntsman Corporation
Underwriters to ProPetro Holding Corp. in its $402 million initial public offering of common stock
Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P. in its $513 million initial public offering of common units
Western Gas Equity Partners, LP in its $435 million initial public offering of common units
Select Energy Services, Inc. in its $122 million initial public offering of common stock
Underwriters to Smart Sand, Inc. in its $148 million initial public offering of common stock
Underwriters to Cheniere Energy Partners LP Holdings, LLC in its $720 million initial public offering of common units
Underwriters to PennTex Midstream Partners, LP in its $238 million initial public offering of common units
Underwriters to Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation in its $1 billion public offering of common stock
NEP Group, Inc. in its initial public offering of common stock (withdrawn)
Oasis Petroleum Inc. in its $183 million public offering of common stock
EIG Management Company in the $590 million private purchase of NuStar Energy L.P. Series D cumulative convertible preferred units
Carlyle Group in connection with its investment in preferred units of Altus Midstream
Lucid Energy Group, an EnCap Flatrock portfolio company, in connection with a $250 million preferred equity commitment from Magnetar Capital
Plains All American Partners LP in its $1.6 billion private placement of Series A convertible preferred units
MPLX LP in its $1 billion private placement of Series A convertible preferred units
Western Gas Partners, LP in its $702 million private placement of Series A convertible preferred units
Rice Energy in the formation of Strike Force Midstream, a midstream joint venture with Gulfport Energy
Rice Energy, Inc. in the $375 million private placement of Rice Midstream Holdings LLC preferred units to EIG Global Energy Partners
MarkWest Energy Partners in its $950 million joint venture with The Energy & Minerals Group for the construction and operation of midstream infrastructure in the Utica Shale, and subsequent increase of EMG’s funding commitment to the joint venture
MarkWest in its joint venture with Gulfport Energy Corporation to provide gathering, processing, fractionation, and marketing services in the liquids-rich corridor of the Utica Shale region
The Energy & Minerals Group in its $425 million equity commitment to American Energy Marcellus Holdings, an oil and gas company focused on the Marcellus shale
Plains GP Holdings, L.P. in its $7.2 billion simplification transaction between Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. and Plains AAP, L.P.
Western Refining in the $2.4 billion take private of Northern Tier Energy, an independent downstream energy company with refining, retail and logistics operations
Oiltanking Holdings Americas in the $4.41 billion acquisition by Enterprise Products Partners of the general partner of Oiltanking Partners, and all of the common and subordinated units of Oiltanking Partners held by Oiltanking Holding Americas and a wholly owned subsidiary
Western Refining in the $360 million contribution of substantially all of its southwest wholesale business to Western Refining Logistics
Plains All American Pipeline in its $744 million merger with PAA Natural Gas Storage through a unit-for-unit exchange
Credentials
- University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1997 (Texas Law Review; Order of the Coif)
- University College of London, visiting student, 1996
- Rice University, B.A., 1994 (Phi Beta Kappa)
- Judicial clerk to The Honorable Nathan L. Hecht, Texas Supreme Court, 1997–1998
- Chambers USA, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Texas), 2018, 2019, and 2021; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States) (Nationwide), 2019−2021
- Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central USA), 2020–2022
- Legal 500 U.S., Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2011 and 2016; Debt Offerings, 2016, 2017, and 2020; Finance: Capital Markets – Debt, 2020 and 2021
- Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2005−2012
- IFLR1000, 2020 and 2021
- Member: Houston Bar Association
- Texas
- Rankings & AwardsFebruary 17, 2022
- Deals & CasesNovember 15, 2021
- Deals & CasesNovember 2, 2021
- Deals & CasesSeptember 7, 2021
- IFLR1000 2021 Recognizes Vinson & Elkins in 21 Practice Categories, Recommends 52 Individual LawyersRankings & AwardsAugust 25, 2021
- Deals & CasesAugust 3, 2021
- Deals & CasesJuly 13, 2021
- Deals & CasesApril 7, 2021
- Deals & CasesMarch 22, 2021
- Deals & CasesMarch 9, 2021
- Rankings & AwardsFebruary 18, 2021
- Deals & CasesFebruary 5, 2021
- Rankings & AwardsOctober 2, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsJune 16, 2020
- Deals & CasesJune 12, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsApril 23, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsFebruary 13, 2020
- V&E+November 15, 2019