Overview

Jackson is a nationally recognized corporate attorney with a principal focus on capital markets and public company representation. Described by his clients as “phenomenal, sharp, good on his feet and commercial” (Chambers USA, 2025), he regularly advises on initial public offerings and other public and private offerings of equity and debt securities, as well as mergers, acquisitions and other strategic transactions. Jackson has particular experience with clients in the energy, infrastructure, natural resources and power industries.

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Experience

  • Underwriters to Fervo Energy Company in its $2.2 billion initial public offering of Class A common stock

  • Underwriters to CoVolt Power, Inc. in its initial public offering of Class A common stock (in registration)

  • MN8 Energy, Inc. in its initial public offering of common stock (registration withdrawn)

  • 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 

  • Solaris Energy Infrastructure, Inc. in its $1.6 billion public convertible senior notes offerings and concurrent short sales of common stock to facilitate investment hedging of certain holders’ investments in the notes

  • Crescent Energy in its $2.1 billion acquisition of SilverBow Resources

  • KKR in the $5.7 billion merger between Independence Energy and Contango to form Crescent Energy Company

  • Endeavor Energy Resources in its $26 billion merger with Diamondback Energy

  • Lithium Americas Corp. in its $250 million strategic investment from Orion Resource Partners LP to fund the development and construction of Phase 1 of the Thacker Pass Project in Nevada

  • 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)

  • TPG in its $2.66 billion acquisition of assets from EnerVest in a SPAC business combination

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Credentials

Education

  • 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

Admissions

  • Texas

Recognitions

  • Houston Business Journal, “40 Under 40,” 2026
  • Chambers Global, “Up and Coming” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States) (USA), 2025
  • Chambers USA, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Texas), 2025 and 2026; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States)(Nationwide), 2025 and 2026; “Up and Coming” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States)(Nationwide), 2024; “Up and Coming” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Texas), 2024
  • 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, 2026; Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2024–2026; Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings, 2023
Insights

Client Alerts

Key SEC Updates to Five Day Debt Tender and Exchange Offers

Overview The Division of Corporation Finance of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued an exemptive order on June …

July 1, 2026

July 1, 2026 • 1-minute read

Client Alerts

A Capital Idea: The SEC Proposes Amendments to Expand Access to Registered Offerings

Public companies may soon find they have more flexibility when it comes to capital formation. On May 19, 2026, the …

May 28, 2026

May 28, 2026 • 8-minute read

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Client Alerts

Time for Spring Cleaning: The SEC Proposes Amendments to Declutter Public Company Filer Categories

With summer just around the corner, the SEC made one final attempt at spring cleaning by proposing sweeping reforms to …

May 21, 2026

May 21, 2026 • 7-minute read

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Events

Vinson & Elkins Sponsoring and Speaking at the 23rd Annual EIC Conference

Vinson & Elkins is a platinum sponsor of the Energy Infrastructure Council’s (EIC) 23rd Annual Energy Infrastructure CEO & Investor …

May 18, 2026

May 18, 2026 • 1-minute read

Event Recaps

Third Annual Navigating the Annual Meeting and Reporting Season Program

In this program, we focused on SEC developments affecting, and practical aspects of preparing for, public companies’ annual meetings and annual reports.

November 16, 2023

November 16, 2023 • 1-minute read

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