Overview

Prior to re-joining V&E in 2023, David served as the General Counsel and COO of Accelerate Real Asset Management and its managed business lines, including Accelerate Resources – an aggregator of non-operated working interests and minerals in the Permian Basin.

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Experience

  • QB Energy, KODA Resources and Quantum Energy in a $1.8 billion acquisition of oil and gas assets in the Piceance and Uintah Basins from Caerus Oil & Gas

  • PureWest Energy, a leading Rocky Mountain independent natural gas producer, in the completion of an all-cash merger with a newly formed entity sponsored by a private consortium of family offices and financial institutions, for a total consideration of $1.84 billion

  • Upstream oil and gas company in a $950 million acquisition of Permian Basin oil and gas assets

  • Altamont Energy, LLC in its acquisition by XCL Resources Holdings, LLC, which received the first FTC “prior approval” for an oil and gas transaction

  • Accelerate Resources Holdings, LLC (“Accelerate Resources”) in the sale of all of its non-operated assets in the Permian Basin of Texas and New Mexico to Tailwater E&P LLC

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Credentials

Education

  • Southern Methodist University School of Law, J.D. cum laude, 2012
  • Texas A&M University, B.B.A., Finance, 2008

Admissions

  • Texas

Recognitions

  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), Corporate Law (Dallas), 2025–2027; Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Dallas), 2025–2027
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February 12, 2025 • V&E Corporate Governance Update

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