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David T. Bumgardner
David T. Bumgardner
Senior Associate — Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity
Senior Associate — Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity

David T. Bumgardner

David T. Bumgardner
Houston

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

David T. Bumgardner

Experience Highlights

  • Crestwood Equity Partners in the $7.1 billion sale of the company to Energy Transfer in an all equity transaction (In Process)

  • IFM Investors in the formation of a joint venture with DigitalBridge to acquire Switch, Inc. in a $11 billion take-private transaction

  • Avangard Innovative in the sale of its U.S. operations to Waste Management and the subsequent joint venture with Waste Management to form Natura PCR, a company that monetizes recyclables and refurbishes them for reuse

  • FloWorks International, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, in its sale to Wynnchurch Capital

  • Harold Hamm in the take private of Continental Resources, Inc.

  • Gravity Oilfield Services, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group, in the sale of Tech Management, its production chemicals platform, to Coastal Chemical Co., a Brenntag Company

  • FloWorks Holdings, LLC, a Clearlake Capital Group portfolio company, in its acquisition of Transom SemiTorr Holdings Corp., a specialty fluid handling systems and components distributor

  • Goodrich Petroleum Corporation in its $480 million sale to Paloma Partners, an EnCap affiliate, in an all cash tender offer

  • DigitalBridge in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Vertical Bridge Holdings, the largest private owner and operator of wireless communications infrastructure in the U.S.

  • DoublePoint Energy in its $6.4 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE: PXD) (2022 Finalist in D CEO’s $1 Billion + Deal of the Year Awards)

  • Parsley Energy in its $4.5 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company

  • Noble Energy in its $13 billion sale to Chevron

  • TC Energy in a $1.68 billion unit-for-unit simplification transaction between TC Energy and TC PipeLines, LP

  • RSP Permian in its $9.5 billion sale to Concho Resources, creating the largest unconventional shale producer in the Permian Basin

  • Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, together with affiliates of Enagas, GIC, NPS and USS, in the acquisition of all Class A Shares of Tallgrass Energy

  • Rice Energy in its $6.7 billion merger with EQT Corporation, creating the largest independent producer of natural gas in the United States

  • Gravity Oilfield Services, a Clearlake Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of On Point Oilfield Holdings, a White Deer Energy portfolio company, creating the largest commercial produced water disposal company by injection volumes in the Midland Basin

  • EnCap Investments in its $500 million line of equity commitment to Silverado Oil & Gas, a newly-formed company focused on the exploration and exploitation of oil and gas properties in various onshore U.S. basins

  • Quantum Energy Partners in the acquisition of Premium Oilfield Technologies, designer, manufacturer and distributor of consumable products used in oil and gas drilling and completion activities

  • Ashtead Technology Offshore, a Buckthorn Partners LLP portfolio company, in its acquisition of Aqua-Tech Solutions

  • Gravity Oilfield Services in the sale of its assets related to its Fishing & Rental Division to Graco Oilfield Services

  • Plains GP Holdings in its $328 million public offering of Class A shares

  • Plains All American Pipeline, L.P. in its $750 million ATM program 

  • Underwriters to NGL Energy Partners in its $450 million offering of senior notes

  • Underwriters to NGL Energy Partners in its $45 million public offering of class C fixed-to-floating rate cumulative redeemable perpetual preferred units

  • Underwriters to Transocean Sentry Limited in its $525 million offering of senior notes

  • Underwriters to Transocean Poseidon Limited in its $550 million offering of senior secured notes

  • Underwriters to Transocean Inc. in its $750 million offering of senior notes

Credentials

  • University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors, 2016
  • Texas A&M University, B.A., History, magna cum laude, 2013
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Houston): Mergers and Acquisitions Law, Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, 2024
  • Texas