
Douglas E. McWilliams


Doug has an extensive corporate practice, advising on capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and other equity and debt offerings, and merger and acquisition transactions.
Doug has been consistently ranked as one of the top 10 lawyers in the country in representing issuers in connection with their IPOs. As a result, Doug has developed a robust practice representing private equity backed companies seeking an exit either through the public markets or through complex sale transactions. Additionally, Doug has considerable experience in assisting public companies in connection with capital markets and merger and acquisition transactions. He has particular experience with clients engaged in the energy industry, including oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, oilfield service, oilfield equipment manufacturing and supply and seismic companies.
Doug is head of V&E’s Equity Capital Markets Group.
Experience Highlights
Parsley Energy in its $4.5 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company
Noble Energy in its $13 billion sale to Chevron
Switchback Energy Acquisition, Switchback II Corporation, Sentinel Energy Acquisition, Vantage Energy Acquisition and the underwriters of Silver Run Acquisition, each special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), in their initial public offerings
Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of NGP Capital Management, in its $2.4 billion business combination with ChargePoint, a leading electric vehicle charging network (pending)
Brigham Minerals, Inc. in its $261 million initial public offering of Class A common stock
Berry Petroleum Corporation in its $183 million initial public offering of common stock
Brigham Minerals, Inc. in its $261 million initial public offering of Class A common stock
Berry Petroleum Corporation in its $183 million initial public offering of common stock
Ranger Energy Services, Inc. in its $85 million initial public offering of common stock
Underwriters to ProPetro Holding Corp. in its $402 million initial public offering of common stock
Ramaco Resources, Inc. in its $81 million initial public offering of common stock
Jagged Peak Energy Inc. in its $474 million initial public offering of common stock
WildHorse Resource Development Corporation in its $447 million initial public offering of common stock
Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. in its $728 million initial public offering of common stock
Parsley Energy in its $4.5 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company
Switchback Energy Acquisition Corporation, a special purpose acquisition company sponsored by an affiliate of NGP Capital Management, in its $2.4 billion business combination with ChargePoint, a leading electric vehicle charging network (pending)
Noble Energy in its $13 billion sale to Chevron
Jagged Peak Energy in its $2.27 billion merger with Parsley Energy
Felix Energy in its $2.5 billion sale to WPX Energy
WildHorse Resource Development in its $4 billion sale to Chesapeake Energy
RSP Permian in its $9.5 billion sale to Concho Resources, creating the largest unconventional shale producer in the Permian Basin
Deep Gulf Energy Companies, a deepwater oil and gas exploration and development business operating in the Gulf of Mexico and a portfolio company of First Reserve, in its $1.225 billion sale to Kosmos Energy
TPG in its $2.66 billion acquisition of assets from EnerVest in a SPAC business combination
Hiland Partners in the $3 billion sale of the company to Kinder Morgan
Extraction Oil & Gas, Inc. in its $400 million offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Tapstone Energy Inc. in its $300 million offering of senior notes
Covey Park Energy LLC in its $450 million offering of senior notes
Parsley Energy, Inc. in its $450 million offering of senior notes
WildHorse Resource Development Corporation in its $350 million offering of senior notes
RSP Permian, Inc. in its $450 million offering of senior notes
Parlsey Energy, Inc. in its $650 million offering of senior notes
Extraction Oil & Gas Holdings, LLC in its $550 million offering of senior notes
RSP Permian, Inc. in its $200 million offering of senior notes
Rice Energy, Inc. in its $400 million offering of senior notes
Credentials
- Harvard Law School, J.D. magna cum laude, 1995
- University of Texas, B.B.A., Finance with highest honors, 1992
- Legal 500 U.S., Energy Transactions, 2017; Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2012-2015 and 2018; Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, 2013, 2014, 2019; US Taxes: Non-Contentious, 2019
- Chambers USA, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Texas), 2015−2019, “Up and Coming”, 2014; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Central United States (Nationwide), 2019 and 2020
- Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States), 2020
- Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2004 and 2007–2020
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), Corporate Law, 2007–2015 and 2017–2021
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Lawyer of the Year” in Corporate Law (Houston), 2020
- Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2004
- H Texas Magazine, one of the “Lawyers on the Fast Track,” 2004
- IFLR1000, 2020
- Texas
- Deals & CasesJanuary 4, 2021
- Deals & CasesDecember 1, 2020
- Deals & CasesNovember 10, 2020
- Deals & CasesOctober 20, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsOctober 19, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsOctober 2, 2020
- Deals & CasesSeptember 28, 2020
- Deals & CasesSeptember 24, 2020
- Deals & CasesSeptember 22, 2020
- Deals & CasesSeptember 15, 2020
- Event RecapSeptember 10, 2020
- Deals & CasesAugust 21, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 20, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 17, 2020
- Deals & CasesJuly 20, 2020
- Deals & CasesJune 12, 2020
- Deals & CasesMay 1, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsApril 23, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsFebruary 13, 2020
- Deals & CasesFebruary 11, 2020
- Special Purpose Acquisition CompaniesJanuary 1, 2020
- Deals & CasesDecember 16, 2019
- Deals & CasesDecember 16, 2019
- Deals & CasesDecember 9, 2019
- Rankings & AwardsDecember 5, 2019
- Deals & CasesNovember 12, 2019
- Rankings & AwardsSeptember 11, 2019
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 15, 2019
- Deals & CasesJuly 30, 2019
- Deals & CasesJune 10, 2019
- Rankings & AwardsMay 30, 2019
- Rankings & AwardsApril 25, 2019
- Deals & CasesApril 18, 2019
- Deals & CasesMarch 21, 2019
- Deals & CasesMarch 14, 2019
- Deals & CasesOctober 30, 2018
- Deals & CasesOctober 9, 2018
- Rankings & AwardsSeptember 6, 2018
- Deals & CasesAugust 6, 2018
- Deals & CasesJuly 30, 2018
- Rankings & AwardsMay 9, 2018
- Deals & CasesMarch 28, 2018
- Deals & CasesMarch 20, 2018
- Press ReleaseFebruary 8, 2018
- InsightNovember 15, 2016
V&E SEC Update E-communication
- Event RecapNovember 9, 2016
- “Energy IPOs Market Update and Readiness Considerations,” 2017 Oil & Gas Institute presented by the Texas Society of Certified Public Accountants, July 17, 2017 (speaker)
- “Preparing for an IPO: Market Update, Process and Timeline,” V&E’s Houston Office, November 9, 2016 (speaker)
- “Thoughts for Officers and Directors of E&P Companies and MLPs in 2016,” V&E website, January 19, 2016 (co-author)