Gillian A. Hobson
Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002
Gillian’s primary area of practice is corporate finance and securities. She has represented both issuers and underwriters in public and private debt and equity securities offerings, including offerings of limited partner interests of publicly traded partnerships, also known as MLPs.
In addition to representing both public and private companies in complex mergers and acquisitions, asset and stock dispositions, and venture capital financings, Gillian regularly counsels clients on general corporate matters, including compliance with periodic reporting requirements. She also has significant experience with proxy disclosure issues, corporate governance, executive compensation, and Section 16 reporting obligations.
Gillian is a member of the firm’s Management Committee.
Experience Highlights
Group 1 Automotive in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Prime Automotive Group
Crestwood Equity Partners LP in its (i) $600 million acquisition of Sendero Midstream Partners, LP and (ii) $320 million acquisition of First Reserve’s 50% equity interest in Crestwood Permian Basin Holdings LLC
ARM Energy Holdings, a premier infrastructure and energy marketing services firm, in its acquisition of Monument Pipeline from NextEra Energy Partners
Alon USA in the $464 million acquisition by Delek US Holdings of the outstanding shares of Alon common stock
TransCanada Corporation in the $915 million merger of Columbia Pipeline Partners and Columbia Pipeline Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransCanada
TC PipeLines in its $765 million acquisition of a 49.3% interest in Iroquois Gas Transmission System and the remaining 11.8% interest in Portland Natural Gas Transmission System from TransCanada
Columbia Pipeline Partners LP in its $1.2 billion initial public offering of common units
Underwriters to Shell Midstream Partners, L.P. in its $1.1 billion initial public offering of common units
Inergy, L.P. and Inergy Midstream, L.P. in an $8 billion multistep combination transaction with Crestwood Midstream Partners LP and Crestwood Holdings LLC
Crestwood Midstream Partners in its $750 million acquisition of Arrow Midstream Holdings, a privately-held midstream company in the Bakken shale play
Alon USA Partners, LP in its $184 million initial public offering of common units
Inergy Midstream, L.P. in its $313 million initial public offering of common units
Oiltanking Partners, L.P. in its $247 million initial public offering of common units
Group 1 Automotive in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Prime Automotive Group
Crestwood Equity Partners LP in its (i) $600 million acquisition of Sendero Midstream Partners, LP and (ii) $320 million acquisition of First Reserve’s 50% equity interest in Crestwood Permian Basin Holdings LLC
ARM Energy Holdings, a premier infrastructure and energy marketing services firm, in its acquisition of Monument Pipeline from NextEra Energy Partners
Spectra Energy Corp. in its $11+ billion agreement with Spectra Energy Partners to drop down Spectra Energy’s remaining U.S. transmission, storage, and liquids assets to Spectra Energy Partners
Continental Airlines in its $3.2 billion all-stock merger with United Airlines
Energy Transfer Equity in its $900 million acquisition of the general partner of Regency Energy Partners and the sale of its interests in the Midcontinent Express Pipeline to Regency Energy Partners
Penn Virginia Corporation in the $400 million acquisition and related financing of producing properties and undeveloped leasehold interests in the Eagle Ford Shale play from Magnum Hunter Resources Corporation
Credentials
- University of Houston Law Center, J.D., 1998
- Harvard University, B.A., 1993
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), Corporate Law (Houston), 2023
- Legal 500 U.S., Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2017; Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, 2022
- Selected to the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America, Lawdragon, 2022
- Selected to the Who’s Who in Energy list, Houston Business Journal, 2015
- Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2013−2018
- Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2007−2011
- MCAA Rainmakers Award, D&B Magazine, 2018
- Selected to the BTI Client Service All-Stars list, BH Media Group, Inc., 2014
- IFLR1000, 2020–2022
- Board of Directors and Executive Committee Member: Houston Ballet
- Board of Directors and Governance Committee Member: The Houston Zoo
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- Event RecapNovember 17, 2022
- Deals & CasesSeptember 16, 2022
- IFLR1000 2022 Recognizes Vinson & Elkins in 21 Practice Categories, Recommends 49 Individual LawyersRankings & AwardsAugust 25, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 18, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsJune 16, 2022
- Deals & CasesMay 25, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsMay 10, 2022
- Deals & CasesApril 4, 2022
- Deals & CasesOctober 26, 2021
- Deals & CasesSeptember 13, 2021
- IFLR1000 2021 Recognizes Vinson & Elkins in 21 Practice Categories, Recommends 52 Individual LawyersRankings & AwardsAugust 25, 2021
- Deals & CasesJune 9, 2021
- Deals & CasesMay 24, 2021
- Rankings & AwardsMay 12, 2021
- InsightApril 14, 2021
Published by Houston Law Review
- Deals & CasesMarch 25, 2021
- Deals & CasesDecember 15, 2020
- Press ReleaseNovember 18, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsOctober 2, 2020
- Deals & CasesSeptember 28, 2020
- Deals & CasesAugust 17, 2020
- InsightMay 28, 2020
- Deals & CasesFebruary 4, 2020
- Press ReleaseAugust 15, 2018
- “The Millennial Majority and the Triple Bottom Line,” 2019 Creating Pathways to Diversity Conference, October 15, 2019 (moderator)
- “2018 Governance Outlook,” The National Association of Corporate Directors: The Strategic-Asset GC, February 12, 2018 (moderator)
- “Tenth SEC Division of Corporation Finance Staff Legal Bulletin on Rule 14a-8 Creates New Paths to Omit Shareholder Proposals,” V&E SEC Update E-communication, November 6, 2017 (co-author)
- “Public Company Perspectives on Governance and Communication,” 2017 Kayo Women’s Energy Investment Conference, June 12, 2017 (moderator)
- “Making Sense of Governance Standards,” The National Association of Corporate Directors’ Summit: The Strategic-Asset GC, June 1, 2017 (panelist)
- “Alternative Sources of Capital Raising in a Distressed Market,” V&E Houston’s Office, January 13, 2016 (speaker)