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Jimmy Chalk
Jimmy Chalk
Associate — Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets
E: jchalk@velaw.com T: +1.713.758.3234
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Associate — Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets

Jimmy Chalk

Jimmy Chalk
Houston
T: +1.713.758.3234
F: +1.713.615.5270

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

Austin
T: +1.512.542.8476
F: +1.713.615.5270

200 West 6th Street
Suite 2500
Austin, Texas 78701

E: jchalk@velaw.com
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Jimmy Chalk

Jimmy advises private equity firms, other financial sponsors, portfolio companies and public and private businesses in connection with strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, growth equity investments and preferred equity and convertible debt financings. Jimmy’s work spans a variety of industries and geographies, with a particular focus on the energy and infrastructure sectors, including traditional hydrocarbon and energy transition segments, in the U.S. and Latin America.

The following is a list of representative matters in which Jimmy has assisted.

Experience Highlights

  • Funds managed by Apollo in the $2 billion sale by New Fortress Energy Inc. of 11 LNG infrastructure vessels to a newly formed venture owned approximately 80% by Apollo funds and 20% by NFE

  • Brigham Minerals in its $4.8 billion business combination with Sitio Royalties

  • FloWorks Holdings, LLC, a Clearlake Capital Group portfolio company, in its acquisition of Transom SemiTorr Holdings Corp., a specialty fluid handling systems and components distributor

  • A subsidiary of Macquarie Group in its acquisition of certain pipeline assets in Central Mexico owned by Enagas Internacional, S.L.

  • Goldman Sachs in its Series C preferred stock financing of Contabilizei, a company that serves as a financial back-office platform for small businesses throughout Brazil

  • Streamline Innovations, the leader in green solutions for treating hydrogen sulfide and other toxic emissions, in its $41 million Series C fundraise

  • Riverstone Holdings in connection with its participation in the $400 million Series C funding round of Group14 Technologies, which plans to break ground on its second commercial-scale Battery Active Materials factory in the U.S. to stay ahead of demand from markets reliant on high-performing batteries

  • Avangard Innovative in the sale of its U.S. operations to Waste Management and the subsequent joint venture with Waste Management to form Natura PCR, a company that monetizes recyclables and refurbishes them for reuse

  • Group 1 Automotive in its acquisition of LHM ATO, the owner of the Larry H. Miller Toyota Albuquerque dealership

  • Select Energy Services in its $45 million acquisition of Nuverra Environmental Solutions

  • Group 1 Automotive in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Prime Automotive Group

  • Bloomfire, a provider of knowledge engagement software, in a significant growth equity investment by Primus Capital

  • Rubicon Oilfield International, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus, in its sale to Innovex Downhole Solutions

  • ARA Partners in a strategic investment in Divert, which offers technology-enabled resource recovery solutions for food retailers

  • RLH Equity Partners in its investment in Astound Commerce, a global provider of digital commerce solutions

  • Tinicum in its acquisition of Watlow®, a designer and manufacturer of complete thermal systems

  • Hygo Energy Transition in its $5 billion merger with New Fortress Energy

  • The Zebra, the leading insurance comparison site, in its $150 million Series D preferred stock financing led by global venture fund Hedosop

  • Venture capital fund in its lead investment in the Series Seed financing of a care management software platform for pharmacists

  • ZenBusiness PBC in its $55 million Series B financing led by Cathay Innovations, with new investors Great Point Ventures, Omega Venture Partners and Breyer Capital also participating in the transaction

  • KKR in the formation of Independence Energy LLC, a unique and scaled new energy platform

Credentials

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2018
  • New York University, B.F.A., 2009
  • Judicial clerk to The Honorable Justice Debra Lehrmann, Supreme Court of Texas, 2018–2019
  • Multimedia journalist in Latin America, 2011–2015
  • Texas
  • Portuguese (fluent)
  • Spanish (conversational)

News & Insights

Deals & Cases
Waste Management to Acquire Controlling Interest in Avangard Innovative's U.S. Business
September 13, 2022
Deals & Cases
Sitio Royalties and Brigham Minerals to Combine in $4.8 Billion All-Stock Merger
September 6, 2022
Deals & Cases
NFE and Apollo Funds Agree to Form a New Joint Venture for LNG Maritime Infrastructure
July 5, 2022
Deals & Cases
Streamline Innovations Raises Growth Capital to Fund Expansion and Meet Rising Demand for Emissions Solutions
June 16, 2022