Jimmy Chalk
Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002
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.
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.
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
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
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
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” Mergers and Acquisitions Law (Houston), 2025
- Texas
- Portuguese (fluent)
- Spanish (conversational)
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