Elena Sauber
Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, Texas 75201
Elena’s practice focuses on energy transactions, private equity investments and divestitures, and mergers and acquisitions. She has worked on a wide array of transactions in the energy sector, including upstream and midstream joint ventures and upstream and midstream acquisitions and divestitures. Elena has also worked with clients in other industries, including manufacturing, retail, software, financial and real estate.
Experience Highlights
Tap Rock Resources in the $2.45 billion ($1.5 billion in cash and $950 million in stock) sale of the equity of entities holding oil and gas assets in the Delaware Basin to Civitas Resources
Lario Oil & Gas Company in the $1.5 billion sale of Midland basin oil and gas assets to Diamondback Energy
Investors in Diversified Energy Company PLC and Oaktree Capital Management’s joint ESG-aligned $460 million asset-backed securitization of certain co-owned producing natural gas and oil assets
Ares and Citadel on behalf of their portfolio company Bastion Energy Topco in a $1 billion acquisition financing of a portfolio of non-operated oil and gas leases, mineral interests and overriding royalty interests, including a syndicated, reserved-based revolving credit facility
Pioneer Natural Resources in the $3.25 billion sale of its Delaware basin assets to Continental Resources
Pioneer Natural Resources in the sale of its Eagle Ford shale and remaining South Texas assets to Ensign Natural Resources
Oil and gas company in the purchase of non-operated oil and gas leases, mineral interests and overriding royalty interests across several basins for a purchase price in excess of $1 billion
Pioneer Natural Resources in its $132 million sale of 2,900 net acres in the Sinor Nest field to an undisclosed third party
Caelus Natural Resources Alaska in its sale of the Oooguruk oil field to Eni
Northwoods Energy, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, in the $500 million acquisition of SM Energy’s Powder River Basin assets
Varde Partners in its sale of oil and gas interests in South Texas to Magnolia Oil & Gas
Northwoods Management Company in connection with its acquisition by OneRock Energy Holdings
Brazos Private Equity Partners on the $40 million sale of its portfolio company SSH Corporation and its subsidiaries by way of reverse triangular merger to Incline Equity Partners
Riverstone Credit Partners as administrative agent and lender on behalf of a syndicate of lenders under a $410 million term loan facility in the restructuring of MTE Holdings and its subsequent chapter 11 cases and related litigation; engagement evolved to representation in connection with acquisition of debtor’s assets by lender affiliate pursuant to a chapter 11 plan
Basalt in the acquisition by its portfolio company, Black Bear Transmission, of a portfolio of Natural Gas Transmission assets from Third Coast Midstream
Caelus Natural Resources Alaska in its sale of the Oooguruk oil field to Eni
Basalt Infrastructure Partners in its acquisition of a natural gas transmission business from Third Coast Midstream
Contanda Steel, a portfolio company of EQT Partners, in the acquisition of all assets and operations of Inbesa America, private steel terminal
Synagro Technologies, a portfolio company of EQT Partners, in the acquisition of Nursery Products, owner of a composting facility in Southern California
Vision Source, a Brazos Private Equity Partners portfolio company, in the sale of the company, North America’s largest service network of independent optometrists, to Essilor, a manufacturer of optical lenses
Private equity firm in the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of a company that sells and services residential mortgage loans
Maple Energy Holdings in the $210 million sale of its Delaware Basin assets to Vital Energy
Tampnet in its acquisition of a 1,200 km subsea fiber optic cable system in the Gulf of Mexico from BP
Azure Midstream Partners in the $189 million Section 363 sale of its East Texas and Northern Louisiana midstream business and assets to BTA Gathering and certain preferential right midstream assets to BP America Production Company
Resource Energy in its $24 million acquisition of oil and gas assets from Crescent Point Energy
Double Eagle Energy in the $200 million sale of its non-operated working interests in the SCOOP and STACK resource plays in southern and central Oklahoma to American Energy – NonOp
Sumitomo Forestry America in its acquisition of three key businesses from Crescent Communities, a residential and commercial real estate company
KJ Energy in the acquisition of certain oil and gas producing assets in East Texas and North Louisiana
Morrison Supply Company in the acquisition of the assets of Kiva Kitchen & Bath and BAS Appliance Gallery, affiliated entities engaged in the distribution of household appliances, fixtures and related accessories
A holding company, established under the laws of The British Virgin Islands, in a transaction to sell a U.S. helicopter manufacturer to a Chinese investment company
A global inspection service provider in a transaction to acquire a Vancouver-based mineral testing business
A global inspection service provider in a transaction to acquire an Oregon-based audit and inventory management business
Credentials
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2009 (John M. Olin Scholar in Law and Economics; Senior Editor, Virginia Journal of International Law; Senior Executive Editor, Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law)
- Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO), Diploma in Civil Law, 2006
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Dallas), 2023–2025
- New York
- Texas
- Russian
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