
Griff Kimball

Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, Texas 75201

Griff advises public and private companies, private equity firms and other financial sponsors on a broad range of corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, financings, securities law, corporate governance, and general corporate matters.
The following is a list of representative matters in which Griff has assisted.
Experience Highlights
CrownRock, a joint venture of CrownQuest Operating and Lime Rock Partners, in its $12 billion sale to Occidental
Denbury Inc. in its $4.9 billion sale to ExxonMobil
Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc. in its $175 million acquisition by Bitfarms Ltd.
Southwest Airlines in defense of the special meeting proxy fight of Elliott Management
First Reserve in its acquisition of Palmdale Oil Company, a wholesale distributor of fuel, lubricants and other petroleum products in the Southeastern United States
First Reserve in its acquisition of AP4 Group, LLC, a global full-service provider of critical power plant and turbomachinery maintenance services
Global private equity firm in its acquisition of a multinational manufacturing company
Goldman Sachs in its $70 million follow-on preferred investment in Kymera International, a leading global specialty materials company
EZCORP, Inc. in its $200 million offering of convertible senior notes
Advised an international public energy company on their climate change and sustainability disclosures, compliance with expected regulatory and existing voluntary climate-related disclosure requirements
Advised on the sale of a private energy company with oil and gas assets in the Piceance Basin to institutional investors
CrownRock Holdings, L.P. in connection with CrownRock’s $1.72 billion underwritten secondary offering of 29,560,619 shares of common stock, par value $0.20 per share, of Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Berry Corporation in its entry into a definitive agreement with California Resources Corporation pursuant to which CRC will acquire Berry in an all-stock transaction valued at approximately $717 million, inclusive of Berry’s net debt
Advised investment firm affiliates in the sale of a portfolio company specializing in spill containment solutions across multiple industries to a strategic buyer
Credentials
- Brigham Young University, J. Reuben Clark Law School, J.D. summa cum laude, first in class, 2021 (Order of the Coif; Lead Articles Editor and Board Member, BYU Law Review)
- Texas Tech University, B.A., Music summa cum laude, 2018
- Judicial clerk to The Honorable Vice Chancellor Joseph R. Slights III and The Honorable Vice Chancellor Nathan A. Cook, Delaware Court of Chancery, 2021–2022
- Texas
- Portuguese (conversational)
- Deals & CasesSeptember 15, 2025
- Deals & CasesAugust 21, 2024
- Deals & CasesAugust 15, 2024
- Deals & CasesDecember 11, 2023
- Deals & CasesJuly 13, 2023
- Deals & CasesMay 19, 2023