
Houston M. Morgan

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

Houston’s principal areas of practice include private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate representation. Houston works with private equity investors, their portfolio companies, and a variety of other public and private companies in connection with equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, leveraged buyouts and other strategic investments across the energy industry.
The following is a list of representative matters in which Houston has assisted.
Experience Highlights
EnCap Investments as lead investor in the $1.7 billion line of equity investments in Double Eagle Energy Holdings IV, LLC and Tumbleweed Royalty IV, LLC, companies primarily focused on investing in oil and gas properties and royalty and mineral investments across the Permian Basin
KKR in the $5.7 billion merger between Independence Energy and Contango to form Crescent Energy Company
Noble Energy in its $13 billion sale to Chevron
TPG Pace Tech Opportunities, a SPAC, in its $1.7 billion business combination with Nerdy Inc., a direct-to-consumer platform for live online learning
Tinicum in its acquisition of Watlow®, a designer and manufacturer of complete thermal systems
EnCap Investments L.P. as lead investor in the $280 million private placement of Series A convertible preferred stock of Earthstone Energy, Inc. and the $51 million sale of Earthstone’s Class A common stock to Post Oak Energy Capital
Independent Pipeline Operator in its equity investment in a hydrogen fuel and hydrogen infrastructure supplier
Crestview Advisors, L.L.C., as lead investor in the $21 million private placement of Series B redeemable convertible preferred stock of U.S. Well Services, Inc.
EnCap Investments in a $350 million line of equity commitment to Grenadier Energy III, an upstream E&P company
EnCap Investments in its $300 million equity commitment to Sabalo Energy II
Underwriters to Vine Energy Holdings LLC in its $950 million offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Vine Energy Inc. in its $346 million initial public offering of Class A common stock
Credentials
- South Texas College of Law, J.D. summa cum laude, 2018 (South Texas Law Review)
- University of Alabama, Entrepreneurship, Marketing, and Branding, 2012
- Texas
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