
Jackson A. O'Maley

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

Jackson’s principal areas of practice are corporate finance and securities law, including initial public offerings, other public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities, and general corporate representation, including periodic reporting compliance and corporate governance matters.
His capital markets experience includes representation of issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of debt and equity securities, including initial public offerings. He also works with private equity investors and a variety of other public and private companies in connection with mergers, acquisitions and reorganization transactions. Jackson has particular experience with clients in the energy industry, including oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, oilfield services and renewables companies.
Experience Highlights
MN8 Energy, Inc. in its initial public offering of common stock (In Registration)
KKR in the $5.7 billion merger between Independence Energy and Contango to form Crescent Energy Company
Jagged Peak Energy Inc. in its $474 million initial public offering of common stock
Ranger Energy Services, Inc. in its $85 million initial public offering of common stock
Talos Energy in its acquisition of EnVen Energy Corporation, a private operator in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico, for $1.1 billion
Tug Hill and XcL Midstream in the $5.2 billion sale of Tug Hill’s upstream and XcL Midstream’s gathering and processing assets to EQT Corporation (pending)
DoublePoint Energy in its $6.4 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE: PXD) (2022 Finalist in D CEO’s $1 Billion + Deal of the Year Awards)
Parsley Energy in its $4.5 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company
TPG in its $2.66 billion acquisition of assets from EnerVest in a SPAC business combination
Nabors Energy Transition Corporation in its business combination with Vast Pty Ltd, a renewable energy company specializing in concentrated solar power energy systems that generate zero-carbon, utility-scale electricity and industrial heat
Underwriters to Aethon United in its $750 million offering of senior notes
Nabors Energy Transition Corporation in its business combination with Vast Pty Ltd, a renewable energy company specializing in concentrated solar power energy systems that generate zero-carbon, utility-scale electricity and industrial heat
HighPeak Energy, Inc. in its $25 million public offering of common stock
Apollo Global Management and Quantum Energy Partners in their $950 million secondary offering of common stock of Pioneer Natural Resources
Parsley Energy, Inc. in its $256 million public offering of common stock; its $449 million public offering of common stock; its $886 million public offering of common stock and its $1.3 billion public offering of common stock
Concho Resources Inc. in its $755 million public offering of common stock and its $819 million public offering of common stock
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in its issuance of $460 million of Tangible Equity Units and its $2.1 billion public offering of common stock
Western Gas Partners, LP in its $702 million private placement of Series A convertible preferred units
Independence Energy Finance LLC in its $500 million offering of senior notes
Crescent Energy Finance LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Crescent Energy Company, in its $200 million offering of senior notes
Colgate Energy Partners III, LLC in its $300 million offering of senior notes; its $500 million offering of senior notes and its $200 million offering of senior notes
Rockcliff Energy Management II LLC in its $700 million offering of senior notes
Double Eagle III Midco 1 LLC in its $650 million offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Aethon United in its $750 million offering of senior notes
Parsley Energy, Inc. in its $200 million offering of senior notes; its $450 million offering of senior notes; its $400 million offering of senior notes and its $700 million offering of senior notes
Jagged Peak Energy Inc. in its $500 million offering of senior notes
Western Gas Partners, LP in its $200 million investment grade offering of senior notes
N&W Global Vending S.p.A. in its €300 million offering of senior notes and its concurrent €100 million private placement of second lien notes
Underwriters to Weatherford International plc in its $1.3 billion offering of exchangeable senior notes and its $250 million offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Helmerich & Payne, Inc. in its $500 million offering of senior notes
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in its $3 billion offering of senior notes
Talos Energy in its acquisition of EnVen Energy Corporation, a private operator in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico, for $1.1 billion
Goldman Sachs Renewable Power in its separation from Goldman Sachs Asset Management to form MN8 Energy, an independent renewable energy company and second largest U.S. independent solar and storage energy producer by capacity
KKR in the $5.7 billion merger between Independence Energy and Contango to form Crescent Energy Company
Tug Hill and XcL Midstream in the $5.2 billion sale of Tug Hill’s upstream and XcL Midstream’s gathering and processing assets to EQT Corporation (pending)
DoublePoint Energy in its $6.4 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE: PXD) (2022 Finalist in D CEO’s $1 Billion + Deal of the Year Awards)
Parsley Energy in its $4.5 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company
Wishbone Energy Partners in the $300 million sale (via $270 million cash and $30 million common stock) of its North Central Basin Platform assets located primarily in Texas and New Mexico to Ring Energy
Talos Energy in multiple acquisitions of U.S. Gulf of Mexico producing assets, exploration prospects and acreage from affiliates of ILX Holdings, Castex Energy and Venari Resources for $640 million
HighPeak Energy Partners, LP, an oil and gas exploration and production company, and its affiliates in a $900 million business combination with Pure Acquisition Corp., a SPAC
Routinely advises publicly traded companies on 1933 Act and 1934 Act compliance, listing exchange requirements, corporate governance, and board of directors matters
Credentials
- The University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors (Texas Law Review; Order of the Coif), 2014
- The University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A., Finance with honors, 2011
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Houston), 2023 and 2024
- Legal 500 U.S., Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, 2023; Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings, 2023
- Texas
- CLE EventNovember 16, 2023Vinson & Elkins - Houston Office
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