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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
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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.
The following is a list of representative matters in which Matt has assisted.
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
Innovative Recycling Group, a technology-driven circular economy solutions provider, in its $25 million secured convertible bridge loan
Sterling Investment Holdings, a portfolio company of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners, in the sale of three wholly-owned subsidiaries, Sterling Energy Investments LLC, Grasslands Energy Marketing LLC, and Centennial Water Pipelines LLC, to an affiliate of Summit Midstream Partners
3 Bear Energy, a Blackstone Credit portfolio company, in the $624.7 million sale to Delek Logistics Partners, of its crude oil and gas gathering, processing and transportation assets and water disposal and recycling operations in the Delaware Basin in New Mexico
Enable Midstream in its $7.2 billion merger with Energy Transfer
Liberty Oilfield Services in its acquisition of Schlumberger’s onshore hydraulic fracturing business
Pioneer Energy Services in its $295 million sale to Patterson-UTI Energy
Taurus Industrial Group, a portfolio company of SCF Partners, in its acquisition of Amber LP, an electric and instrumentation services provider to the downstream and industrial sectors
Private Equity Firm in the transition of management of one upstream portfolio company to another firm portfolio company
A midstream oil & gas company in its $600 million offering of senior notes and its $200 million tack-on offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Hilcorp Energy I, L.P. in its $1 billion offering of senior notes
Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc. in its $117 million public offering of Class A common stock by a selling stockholder
Liberty Oilfield Services, Inc. in its $192 million public offering of Class A common stock by funds affiliated with Riverstone Holdings
Oasis Petroleum Inc. in its $400 million offering of senior notes as part of the committed financing package to fund the acquisition of select Williston Basin assets from QEP Energy Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Diamondback Energy, Inc.
Oasis Midstream Partners LP in its $89 million public offering of common units
Oasis Midstream Partners LP in its $450 million offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Hilcorp Energy I, L.P. in its $1.2 billion offering of senior notes
Assisted in the drafting and submission of comment letters on the SEC’s Proposed Rule on Climate-related Disclosures identifying key concerns of public and private companies, including with respect to GHG emissions reporting
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Deals & Cases
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 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
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