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Vinson & Elkins advised funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. in the acquisition of Maverick Water Group, …
August 3, 2026
August 3, 2026 • 1-minute read
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Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE) in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Ranger Oil Corporation, a pure play Eagle Ford company
E-3 Tech, LLC in its acquisition of BCPS FMS Holding, Inc. d/b/a Sylvan Inc., a leading-edge industrial services contractor serving Fortune 100 and government clients throughout North America
Enbridge (US) Inc. in its $1.2 billion acquisition of seven operating U.S. landfill gas-to-renewable natural gas facilities in Texas and Arkansas from Morrow Renewables
Total Operations and Production Services, a leading provider of contract gas compression services for the Permian Basin, in its acquisition by Archrock in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at $983 million
Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. in connection with a preferred equity commitment to Origis USA (a portfolio company of Antin Infrastructure Partners)
Flogistix Holdings, LLC, a White Deer Energy portfolio company, in its formation of Flowco, Inc. in combination with GEC Estis Holdings LLC and Flowco Production Solutions, L.L.C., each a portfolio company of Global Energy Capital
A BlackRock Diversified Infrastructure fund and a Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners fund in their $1.14 billion joint acquisition of the Portland Natural Gas Transmission System from TC Energy Corporation and its partner Northern New England Investment Company, Inc., a subsidiary of Énergir L.P.
Enbridge Inc. in a joint venture with WhiteWater/I Squared Capital and MPLX LP to develop, construct, own, and operate natural gas pipeline and storage assets connecting Permian Basin natural gas supply to growing LNG and U.S. Gulf Coast demand (pending)
EQT Corporation in the $1.8 billion acquisition of upstream and midstream oil and gas assets in Pennsylvania from Olympus Energy (pending)
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Vinson & Elkins advised funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc. in the acquisition of Maverick Water Group, …
August 3, 2026
August 3, 2026 • 1-minute read
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Vinson & Elkins Advises Blackbeard Holdings in $2.2 Billion Combination
Vinson & Elkins advised Blackbeard Holdings, LLC (“Blackbeard”), a portfolio company of NGP Energy Capital Management, in its entry into …
July 29, 2026
July 29, 2026 • 2-minute read
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Vinson & Elkins Represents Tidewater in Sale to FTAI Infrastructure
Vinson & Elkins represented AP Shale Logistics ManagementCo LLC, doing business as Tidewater Logistics, a barge and rail transloading company with …
June 29, 2026
June 29, 2026 • 1-minute read
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The Legal 500 US 2026 recommended Vinson & Elkins as a leading law firm in 47 practice categories. In total, …
June 10, 2026
June 10, 2026 • 3-minute read
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Vinson & Elkins announced today that it achieved 20 Band 1 rankings in Chambers USA 2026: Nationwide: Energy Transition; Energy: …
June 4, 2026
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