
David B. Lassetter

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

David’s principal areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, private equity and securities law. David works with a variety of public and private businesses and financial sponsors in connection with strategic transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, as well as private equity investments, securities offerings and general corporate matters.
Experience Highlights
EnCap Investments as lead investor in the $1.7 billion line of equity investments in Double Eagle Energy Holdings IV, LLC and Tumbleweed Royalty IV, LLC
Oasis Petroleum Inc. in a $6 billion merger of equals with Whiting Petroleum Corporation creating Chord Energy
BCP Raptor Holdco, a Blackstone and I Squared Capital portfolio company and the parent company of EagleClaw Midstream, in its $9 billion business combination with Altus Midstream to form Kinetik Holdings
Oasis Petroleum and its affiliate companies in the $1.8 billion merger of Oasis Midstream Partners LP with Crestwood Equity Partners LP
Bonanza Creek Energy in its business combination with Extraction Oil & Gas to form Civitas Resources and Civitas’ subsequent acquisition of Crestone Peak Resources, creating a $4.5 billion combined company
Pioneer Energy Services in its $295 million sale to Patterson-UTI Energy
Energy Transfer Partners in its $60 billion merger with Energy Transfer Equity in a unit-for-unit exchange
Frank’s International in its merger with Expro Group
Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of NGP Energy Capital Management, in its $2.4 billion business combination with ChargePoint, a leading electric vehicle charging network
Oasis Petroleum in the simplification of Oasis Midstream Partners and drop-down of Bobcat DevCo and Beartooth DevCo
First Reserve in its $135 million acquisition of TriMas Corporation’s Lamons business, a provider of industrial sealing and fastener solutions
FleetPride, a TPG portfolio company and the industry’s largest distributor of heavy duty truck and trailer parts, in its sale to American Securities
EnCap Investments in a $500 million line of equity commitment to Santa Elena Holdings, a newly-formed E&P and minerals company
PermRock Royalty Trust in its $106 million initial public offering of trust units
Oasis Midstream Partners LP in its $89 million public offering of common units
Oasis Petroleum Inc. in its $306 million public offering of common stock
Underwriters to EQT Midstream Partners, LP in its $2.5 billion investment grade offering of senior notes
Oasis Midstream Partners LP in its $46 million public offering of common units
Oasis Petroleum Inc. in its $400 million offering of senior notes
Spectra Energy Partners, LP in its $800 million offering of senior notes by its subsidiary, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
USA Compression Partners, LP in its $725 million offering of senior notes
USA Compression Partners, LP in its $500 million private placement of Series A perpetual preferred units
Routinely advises publicly traded companies on 1933 Act and 1934 Act compliance, listing exchange requirements, corporate governance, and board of directors matters
Credentials
- Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 2017 (Lead Articles Editor, SMU Law Review; Phi Delta Phi)
- The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., Economics and Government, 2014
- Texas
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