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James J. Fox
James J. Fox
Vice Chair
Vice Chair

James J. Fox

James J. Fox
New York

The Grace Building
1114 Avenue of the Americas
32nd Floor
New York, New York 10036

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James J. Fox

Experience Highlights

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with the sale by New Fortress Energy (“NFE”) of 11 LNG infrastructure vessels to a newly formed venture owned approximately 80% by Apollo-managed funds and 20% by NFE, in a transaction valued at approximately $2 billion

  • Riverstone Energy Limited (REL) and its subsidiaries in an agreement to invest in Aleph Midstream S.A., an independent Argentine oil and gas gathering and processing-focused midstream company, in line with REL’s previously-stated modified investment approach

  • Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp., a SPAC sponsored by an affiliate of Apollo Global Management, in its $1.75 billion business combination with Fisker Inc., a developer of eco-friendly electric vehicles

  • Apollo Global Management in a transaction whereby DL Energy acquired a 25% equity interest in CPV Fairview Energy Center from Apollo Infrastructure Funds

  • Salt Fork Resources, a portfolio company of Riverstone Holdings, in the sale of natural gas and oil properties to Ascent Resources and cash contribution by Riverstone to Ascent

  • Double Eagle Energy Holdings III in the formation of DoublePoint Energy with FourPoint Permian, and DoublePoint’s subsequent acquisition of assets from undisclosed sellers

  • Apollo Global Management in a strategic partnership with Johnson Controls that will provide sustainability and energy efficiency services to help customers address decarbonization and operating cost goals for their buildings

  • Riverstone Holdings in a $300 million equity commitment to Carrier Energy Partners, which is focused on the acquisition and exploitation of upstream oil and gas assets in North America through partnership with select operators, and in a $100 million equity commitment to Carrier Energy Partners II

  • 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)

  • Riverstone Holdings in a $300 million commitment to Eagle Energy Exploration, which invests in oil and gas assets and related properties in the Mid-Continent region of the United States

  • Sanjel Corporation, an oilfield services company headquartered in Canada, in connection with a chapter 15 case and the sale of substantially all of the debtor’s U.S. assets

  • Apollo Global Management in an agreement with Arthur Kill Terminal for the exclusive right to invest in the Arthur Kill Terminal project, a major offshore wind energy staging and assembly port under development in Staten Island, New York

  • Riverstone Holdings in a $205 million equity commitment to Ridgebury Tankers, a newly-formed company focused on the acquisition and operation of vessels in the tanker sector

  • Trican Well Service in its definitive agreement with Keane Group, a privately-held, U.S. based well completion services company, for the sale of Trican’s United States pressure pumping fracking business 

  • Apollo Global Management in the formation of a joint venture with Altius Minerals Corporation’s subsidiary, Altius Renewable Royalties (“Altius”), to accelerate the growth of Great Bay Renewables, the US-based operating subsidiary of Altius and a leading provider of renewable energy development capital in North America

  • Riverstone Holdings in its $650 million sale of producing properties and acreage in the Mississippian Lime formation by its portfolio company, Eagle Energy Production, to Midstates Petroleum

  • Harbinger Group in its $118.75 million acquisition of EXCO Resources’ interests in Compass Production Partners and Compass Production GP, operators of conventional oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin, as well as East Texas and North Louisiana

  • Pegasus Optimization Managers in a definitive agreement whereby EQT Infrastructure portfolio company Kodiak Gas Services acquired Pegasus

  • Riverstone Holdings in the $500 million line of equity commitment to Meritage Midstream Services II, a newly-formed company focused on the acquisition, development, ownership and operation of midstream systems for natural gas, condensates, crude oil and water in the US and Canada

  • Double Eagle Energy Permian in its $2.8 billion sale of certain undeveloped acreage and producing oil and gas properties in the core of the Midland Basin to Parsley Energy

  • Apollo Global Management in connection with a new $250 million term loan facility for NGL Energy Partners to refinance its existing $250 million bridge term loan facility and to finance a portion of the acquisition of Mesquite Disposals Unlimited

  • Apollo Global Management and Riverstone Holdings in the $7.15 billion acquisition, among a consortium of investors, of El Paso Corp.’s upstream assets

  • Niska Gas Storage Partners LLC in its $75 million ATM program

  • Chisholm Oil and Gas in its strategic combination with Gastar Exploration to create a leading STACK E&P company

  • Quintana Shipping Ltd. in its initial public offering of common stock

  • Northwoods Energy, a portfolio company of Apollo Global Management, in the $500 million acquisition of SM Energy’s Powder River Basin assets

  • Underwriters to Pattern Energy Group Inc. in its $382 million initial public offering of common stock

  • Apollo Global Management in the acquisition of an approximately $1 billion portfolio from GE Capital’s Energy Financial Services unit

  • PetroLogistics LP in its $595 million initial public offering of common units

  • Apollo Global Management in the formation of, and investment in, Double Eagle Energy Holdings III, an oil and gas exploration and production company focused on the Permian Basin, which has secured equity commitments of more than $1 billion

  • Frontier Drilling in the $2.16 billion merger of the independent drilling company with Noble Corporation, an offshore drilling contractor

  • Apollo Global Management in the formation of a strategic partnership with Chisholm Oil and Gas to invest in oil and gas properties in Oklahoma, and Chisholm’s initial acquisition of STACK assets

  • Quintana Shipping in the $365 million sale of 14 modern dry bulk vessels to Golden Ocean Group

  • Double Eagle Energy Permian, a portfolio company of Apollo Natural Resources Partners Funds I and II, in a $450 million investment in the company of equity and delayed draw unsecured debt capital by Magnetar Capital

  • Apollo Global Management in an equity commitment of $175 million to Pegasus Optimization Partners, a newly-formed company that will offer custom gas compression services to onshore North American operators

  • Apollo Global Management in the capitalization of Resource Energy, an upstream oil and gas production company principally focused on the revitalization of existing wellbores

  • Apollo Global Management in the formation of Jupiter Resources, and Jupiter’s subsequent C$2 billion acquisition of Encana’s Bighorn assets in the Alberta Deep Basin

  • Double Eagle Energy Holdings ll, a portfolio company of Apollo Natural Resources Partners Funds I and II, in its merger with Veritas Energy, creating one of the largest pure play exploration and production companies focused on the Permian’s Midland Basin

  • Apollo Global Management in an equity commitment to Apex Energy, a newly-formed company focused on operating upstream oil and gas interests in the Appalachian Basin, with a primary focus on the Marcellus Shale

  • Apollo Global Management in an equity commitment to Double Eagle Development, a newly-formed company focused on non-operating upstream oil and gas interests in Oklahoma

  • Apollo Global in the $620 million acquisition by its portfolio company, Talos Energy, of Gulf of Mexico oil and gas assets from Helix Energy Solutions Group

  • Athlon Energy, an Apollo Global portfolio company, in the $250 million acquisition of West Texas oil and gas properties

Credentials

  • Brooklyn Law School, J.D., 2000
  • Villanova University, B.A., 1997
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, 2022 and 2023
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023
  • Legal 500 U.S., M&A/Corporate & Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts, 2012–2015, 2017–2022; M&A/Corporate & Commercial: M&A – Large Deals ($1 Billion-Plus), 2018–2022
  • Legal 500 Latin America, Corporate and M&A, 2017
  • IFLR1000, 2020–2022
  • New York