Overview

Matt’s principal areas of practice are mergers and acquisitions, private equity and securities law. Matt works with a variety of public and private businesses and financial sponsors in connection with strategic transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and dispositions, as well as private equity investments, securities offerings and general corporate matters.

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Experience Highlights

  • 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

  • Oasis Petroleum and its affiliate companies in the $1.8 billion merger of Oasis Midstream Partners LP with Crestwood Equity Partners LP

  • The Sinclair Companies in the combination of Sinclair Oil’s refining, renewable diesel and logistics assets with those of HollyFrontier Corporation and Holly Energy Partners, L.P.

  • Oasis Petroleum Inc. in a $6 billion merger of equals with Whiting Petroleum Corporation creating Chord Energy in 2022

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Credentials

Education

  • South Texas College of Law Houston, J.D. magna cum laude, 2019 (Editor-in-Chief, South Texas Law Review)
  • The University of Texas at Austin, B.A., Government with a minor in Business Administration, 2013

Admissions

  • Texas

Recognitions

  • Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2025
News & Achievements

Deals & Cases

Vinson & Elkins Advises Lotus Infrastructure Partners and MB Energy on $1.3 Billion Sale of Gulf Coast Ammonia

Vinson & Elkins advised Lotus Infrastructure Partners, LLC, and MB Energy Holding GmbH & Co. KG in their entry into …

July 2, 2026

July 2, 2026 • 1-minute read

Deals & Cases

ARM Energy and PIMCO Announce $2.3 Billion Investment in Mustang Express Pipeline

Vinson & Elkins represented ARM Energy Holdings, LLC, an energy marketing, and infrastructure development firm, in a joint venture with PIMCO for the construction of an approximately $2.3 billion, 236-mile-long natural gas pipeline with a transportation capacity of at least 2.5 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day to service expansions trains to be constructed at Port Arthur LNG.

October 9, 2025

October 9, 2025 • 1-minute read

Deals & Cases

Outrigger Energy II Completes Sale of Its Williston Basin Midstream System

Vinson & Elkins advised Outrigger Energy II LLC in connection with an agreement for the sale of its subsidiary OE2 North Holdings LLC, including its natural gas gathering and processing assets in the Williston Basin of North Dakota, to Hiland Partners Holdings LLC, a subsidiary of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (NYSE: KMI) for approximately $640 million in cash, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.

February 19, 2025

February 19, 2025 • 1-minute read

Deals & Cases

Lennar To Acquire Rausch Coleman Homes

Vinson & Elkins advised Rausch Coleman Companies, LLC (“RCH”), a residential real estate developer and home construction company, in its entry into a definitive agreement to be acquired by a subsidiary of Lennar Corporation (NYSE: LEN) for approximately $900 million in cash, net of certain purchase price adjustments.

February 12, 2025

February 12, 2025 • 1-minute read

Deals & Cases

Vinson & Elkins Advises J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as Underwriters’ Counsel for Hilcorp’s $1 Billion Senior Notes Offering

Vinson & Elkins represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC as underwriters’ counsel in connection with Hilcorp Energy I., L.P.’s and Hilcorp Finance Company’s $1 billion offering of senior notes aggregate principal amount of 7.250% senior notes due 2035.

October 3, 2024

October 3, 2024 • 1-minute read