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Jing Tong
Jing Tong
Senior Associate — Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions
E: jingtong@velaw.com T: +1.713.758.3384
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Senior Associate — Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions

Jing Tong

Jing Tong
Houston
T: +1.713.758.3384
F: +1.713.615.5580

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

E: jingtong@velaw.com
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Jing Tong

Jing has significant experience representing clients in a variety of mergers and acquisitions involving companies across industries. He also represents companies with respect to initial public offerings, other equity offerings, public and private debt offerings, securities law compliance, and corporate governance matters.  As a member of Vinson & Elkin’s Shareholder Activism Practice, he has counseled both public companies and shareholders on board elections, merger contests, unsolicited bids, withhold the vote/vote “no” campaigns, and other shareholder activism proposals.

Experience Highlights

  • Noble Energy in its $13 billion sale to Chevron

  • RSP Permian in the $2.4 billion acquisition of Silver Hill Energy Partners and Silver Hill E&P II 

  • Western Refining Logistics in its $1.8 billion merger with Andeavor Logistics

  • TransCanada Corporation in the $915 million merger of Columbia Pipeline Partners and Columbia Pipeline Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of TransCanada

  • Belden Inc. in its €450 million offering of senior subordinated notes 

  • Fred’s Inc. in connection with the investment of Alden Global Capital  

  • Sandridge Energy in its proxy contest defense against Carl Icahn and in the defense of the unsolicited bid of Midstates Petroleum

  • RSP Permian in its $9.5 billion sale to Concho Resources, creating the largest unconventional shale producer in the Permian Basin

  • Western Refining in the $2.4 billion take private of Northern Tier Energy, an independent downstream energy company with refining, retail and logistics operations

  • Teekay Tankers in its acquisition of all of the remaining issued and outstanding share of Tanker Investments

  • Eagle Rock Energy Partners in its $614 million merger with Vanguard Natural Resources 

  • QR Energy in its $3 billion merger with Breitburn Energy Partners

  • Underwriters to ProPetro Holding Corp. in its $402 million initial public offering of common stock

  • Western Refining Logistics LP in its $193 million public offering of common units 

  • Spark Energy, Inc. in its $31 million public offering of common stock by a selling stockholder 

  • An oilfield services company focused on water solutions in its $130 million Rule 144A offering of Class A-1 common stock 

  • RSP Permian, Inc. in its $450 million offering of senior notes

  • Underwriters to Weatherford International plc in its $540 million offering of senior notes

  • Concho Resources Inc. in its $600 million offering of senior notes

  • Belden Inc. in its €200 million offering of senior subordinated notes 

  • Underwriters to Nabors Industries, Inc. in its $600 million investment grade offering of senior notes 

  • Synalloy in the defense of the proxy fight by Privet Fund Management and UPG LLC

  • Comscore, Inc. in defense of the shareholder activism campaign of Starboard Value LP

  • Nutrisystem, Inc. in defense of the shareholder activism campaign of Legion Partners Asset Management, LLC

  • Fiesta Restaurant Group in its proxy contest defense against JCP, BLR Capital and Lake Trail 

  • Rubicon Technology in its proxy contest defense against Paragon Technologies 

  • VAALCO Energy in its proxy contest defense against Group 42 and BLR Capital Partners

  • Surge Components in its proxy contest defense against Michael D. Tofias and Bradley P. Rexroad 

  • Matrix Service Company in its proxy contest defense against Engine Capital Management, LLC

Credentials

  • The University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors, 2014
  • Baylor University, Ph.D., Philosophy, 2011
  • Wuhan University, B.A., Philosophy, 2006
  • Texas
  • Mandarin Chinese (fluent)

News & Insights

Deals & Cases
Continental Resources Announces Definitive Agreement to Be Acquired by the Hamm Family
October 17, 2022
Deals & Cases
ProFrac Holding Corp. Closes Initial Public Offering
May 17, 2022
Deals & Cases
Tidewater to Acquire Swire Pacific Offshore
March 9, 2022
Deals & Cases
Sinclair Oil Corporation to Combine Refining and Logistics Assets and Related Operations with HollyFrontier Corporation and Holly Energy Partners, L.P.
August 3, 2021