Lande Alexandra Spottswood

Partner

Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets

“I take great satisfaction in partnering with sophisticated clients to help them solve problems in creative ways that maybe others who don’t understand the client or their interests as well would never have proposed.”

Lande Spottswood

Overview

Described as “incredibly intelligent” and “impressive” by interviewees in Chambers USA (2019), Lande Spottswood is an accomplished corporate lawyer who focuses her practice on large and complex strategic transactions, often in the energy, infrastructure and industrial sectors. Her clients include Fortune 500 companies and some of the world’s largest private capital firms. Over the course of her career, she has advised on more than $500 billion of M&A transactions, including more than 50 public company change of control transactions. Lande has served as a member of the firm’s management committee since 2022.

Read More

Experience

  • Sunoco LP in its $7.3 billion acquisition of NuStar Energy L.P.

  • Reata Pharmaceuticals in its $7.3 billion acquisition by Biogen Inc.

  • Earthstone Energy, a growth-oriented, independent energy company, in the $4.5 billion sale of the company to Permian Resources Corporation

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

  • Energy Transfer LP in the $3.25 billion acquisition of WTG Midstream Holdings from affiliates of Stonepeak, the Davis Estate and Diamondback Energy, Inc.

  • Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in its $3.3 billion acquisition of a controlling interest in Tallgrass Energy and subsequent agreement to purchase all outstanding publicly-held shares

  • Baytex Energy Corp. (TSX:BTE) in its $2.5 billion acquisition of Ranger Oil Corporation, a pure play Eagle Ford company

  • MoneyGram International, Inc. in its $1.8 billion acquisition by Madison Dearborn Partners

  • Talos Energy in its $1.1 billion acquisition of EnVen Energy Corporation, a private operator in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico

  • Tallgrass Energy in its acquisition of Phillips 66’s 25% interest in the Rockies Express Pipeline for an enterprise value of approximately $1.275 billion

  • Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in its $1.1 billion purchase of equity in Tallgrass Energy from affiliates of Enagas, S.A.

  • Energy Transfer Partners in its $60 billion merger with Energy Transfer Equity in a unit-for-unit exchange

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

  • TPG Growth and The Rise Fund in the acquisition of CLEAResult, the country’s leading provider of efficiency solutions for utility companies, from General Atlantic

  • Sunoco in the $3.3 billion sale of approximately 1,100 gas station/convenient stores located in 15 states to 7-Eleven

  • Moneygram International in its $1.2 billion sale to Hong Kong-based Ant Financial, one of the world’s leading digital financial services providers

  • Nexeo Solutions, a chemicals and plastics distributor and TPG Capital portfolio company, in its $1.575 billion merger with WL Ross Holdings Corp.

  • The Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of El Paso Pipeline Partners in the $76 billion acquisition by Kinder Morgan Inc. of El Paso Pipeline Partners, Kinder Morgan Pipeline Partners and Kinder Morgan Management

Expand All

Credentials

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D. magna cum laude, 2008
  • Harvard College, A.B., Biochemical Sciences cum laude with honors, foreign language citation in Spanish, 2005

Admissions

  • Texas

Expand All

Recognitions

  • Listed Among Top Texas Lawyers, American Lawyer, 2025
  • Law360, Rising Star, 2019
  • Chambers USA, Corporate/M&A (Texas), 2019−2026; “Up and Coming” in Corporate/M&A (Texas), 2017 and 2018; “Associates to Watch” in Corporate/M&A (Texas), 2015 and 2016
  • Legal 500 U.S., Debt Offerings, 2018; Private Equity Buyouts, 2020; M&A/Corporate & Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts, 2022 and 2024; M&A/Corporate & Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1 Billion-Plus), 2018–2020, 2023 and 2024, and 2026; Energy: Transactions: Oil & Gas, 2024 and 2025
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America, Lawdragon, 2022, 2024, and 2026
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Lawyers in America, Lawdragon, 2020–2022
  • American Lawyer’s  Texas Legal Awards, “Dealmaker of the Year”, 2024
  • Texas Lawyer, “Lawyer On the Rise,” 2018
  • Houston Business Journal, Women Who Mean Business – Women to Watch, 2018
  • Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2016 and 2017
  • IFLR1000, 2020–2023
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Houston), 2022–2027
Insights

Client Alerts

The Evolving Role of ESG in M&A: Balancing Risks and Opportunities

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations are playing an increasingly important role in M&A transactions.

September 27, 2023

September 27, 2023 • 1-minute read

News & Achievements