
Michael Telle

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002





Mike Telle is a seasoned corporate lawyer who focuses on mergers and acquisitions, capital markets and other transactions for a variety of clients in the energy sector.
One of the best known capital markets attorneys in the energy space, Mike brings more than twenty years of experience as well as a collaborative and commercial approach to his practice.
In addition, he counsels clients on public and private merger & acquisition transactions, joint ventures and private capital raising transactions.
Mike has received multiple accolades including repeated recognition from Legal 500 US and Chambers USA. Sources quoted by Chambers called Mike “a very capable lawyer” who “cuts through what does not need to be discussed to focus on the important stuff.” (2021).
Mike started his career as an associate at V&E, left to join another law firm, and returned to V&E in 2014 because he felt V&E provided him with such an outstanding platform for his practice.
Experience Highlights
ProFrac Holding Corp. in its $288 million initial public offering of common stock
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation in its $480 million sale to Paloma Partners, an EnCap affiliate, in an all cash tender offer
WildHorse Resource Development Corporation in its $447 million initial public offering of common stock
Continental Resources, Inc. in its $1.5 billion offering of senior notes and its $1.6 billion offering of senior notes
ProFrac Holdings in its $407.5 million acquisition of FTS International, creating one of the largest completions-focused service companies in the U.S. oil and gas industry
Tidewater Inc. in the $190 million acquisition of Swire Pacific Offshore, creating the industry’s largest fleet of offshore support vessels
Underwriters to Southwestern Energy Company in its $1.5 billion public offering of senior notes
Harold G. Hamm in his acquisition of the remaining shares of Continental Resources, taking the company private
ProFrac Holding Corp. in its $288 million initial public offering of common stock
PermRock Royalty Trust in its $106 million initial public offering of trust units
WildHorse Resource Development Corporation in its $447 million initial public offering of common stock
Underwriters to EQT GP Holdings, LP in its $714 million initial public offering of common units
Enbridge Energy Management, L.L.C. in its $351 million initial public offering of common units
W-H Energy Services Inc. in its $165 million initial public offering of common stock
Chesapeake Granite Wash Trust in its $380 million initial public offering of trust units
Oil States International, Inc. in its $152 million public offering of common stock by a selling securityholder
Underwriters to Transocean Limited in its $400 million ATM program and sales agent in its $435 million ATM
Underwriters to Southwestern Energy Company in its $1.5 billion public offering of senior notes
Underwriters to EQT Midstream Partners, LP in its $400 million public offering of common units
Harold G. Hamm in his acquisition of the remaining shares of Continental Resources, taking the company private
Frank’s International in its merger with Expro Group
Goodrich Petroleum Corporation in its $480 million sale to Paloma Partners, an EnCap affiliate, in an all cash tender offer
ProFrac Holdings in its $407.5 million acquisition of FTS International, creating one of the largest completions-focused service companies in the U.S. oil and gas industry
Paragon Offshore Limited in the $232.5 million sale of the company to Borr Drilling Limited
Tidewater Inc. in the $190 million acquisition of Swire Pacific Offshore, creating the industry’s largest fleet of offshore support vessels
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners, L.P. in its $1.0 billion acquisition of American Petroleum Tankers LLC and State Class Tankers LLC
Sunoco Logistics Partners, L.P. in the formation of Permian Express Partners, a strategic joint venture with ExxonMobil to combine certain of their key crude oil logistics assets
Lufkin Industries Inc. in its $3.3 billion acquisition by General Electric Company
Chesapeake Energy Corporation in the $2.0 billion disposition of its interest in Chesapeake Midstream Partners, L.P.
W-H Energy Services, Inc. in its $3.1 billion acquisition by Smith International, Inc.
Flywheel Bakken (formerly Valorem Energy) in the $285 million acquisition of LINN Energy, Inc.’s Williston Basin interests
Gravity Oilfield Services, a Clearlake Capital portfolio company, in its acquisition of On Point Oilfield Holdings, a White Deer Energy portfolio company, creating the largest commercial produced water disposal company by injection volumes in the Midland Basin
Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Enbridge Energy Partners in the $170.2 million acquisition of all of the publicly held common units of Midcoast Energy Partners by Enbridge Energy Company
Enterprise Products Partners, L.P. in its $13.0 billion cash and stock merger with GulfTerra Energy Partners, L.P.
Alinda Capital Partners in its acquisition of a 50% interest in the general partner of Martin Midstream Partners L.P.
Initial purchasers in the $500 million offering of senior notes by Tallgrass Energy Partners, LP and dealer manager in its concurrent tender offers
Continental Resources, Inc. in its $1.5 billion offering of senior notes and its $1.6 billion offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Transocean Sentry Limited in its $525 million offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Transocean Poseidon Limited in its $550 million offering of senior secured notes
Underwriters to Transocean Inc. in its $750 million offering of senior notes and dealer manager in the $750 million exchange offer completed by Transocean Inc. and Transocean Ltd.
Oil States International, Inc. in its $200 million offering of convertible senior notes and its $135 million offering of convertible senior notes
Spectra Energy Partners, LP in its $800 million offering of senior notes by its subsidiary, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP
Underwriters to Southwestern Energy Company in its $1.5 billion public offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Nabors Industries, Inc. in its $575 million investment grade offering of exchangeable senior notes; its $800 million offering of senior notes; its $175 million debt exchange and initial purchasers in its $1 billion offering of senior notes and in its $700 million offering of senior notes
Underwriters to NGL Energy Partners LP in its $700 million offering of senior notes; its $500 million offering of senior notes and its $450 million offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Waste Management, Inc. in its $500 million offering of investment grade senior notes
Credentials
- South Texas College of Law, J.D. summa cum laude, 1994
- Texas Tech University, M.S. summa cum laude, 1991
- Texas Tech University, B.B.A., Economics cum laude, 1990
- The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), Corporate Law (Houston), 2016−2023
- Legal 500 U.S., Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, 2015; Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2015 and 2021; Energy: Transactions, 2015; Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) Large Deals ($1–5 billion), 2014
- Chambers USA, Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Texas), 2013–2019, 2021, and 2022; Corporate/M&A (Texas), 2011–2015 and 2019; Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) (Texas), 2010–2011; Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States)(Nationwide), 2019–2022
- Chambers Global, Capital Markets: Debt and Equity (Central USA), 2020–2023
- Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023
- Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2008–2017
- IFLR1000, 2020–2022
- Texas
- InsightMay 8, 2023
V&E SEC Update
- Deals & CasesApril 19, 2023
- Rankings & AwardsMarch 17, 2023
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- Rankings & AwardsFebruary 16, 2023
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- Deals & CasesJanuary 19, 2023
- Deals & CasesJanuary 13, 2023
- Deals & CasesOctober 17, 2022
- InsightOctober 11, 2022
V&E SEC Update
- IFLR1000 2022 Recognizes Vinson & Elkins in 21 Practice Categories, Recommends 49 Individual LawyersRankings & AwardsAugust 25, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsAugust 18, 2022
- Deals & CasesJune 16, 2022
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- Rankings & AwardsJune 1, 2022
- Deals & CasesMay 17, 2022
- Proposed SEC Climate Disclosures: An Overview of the Proposed Rule and What Companies Need to Do NowInsightApril 11, 2022
- InsightMarch 23, 2022
- Deals & CasesMarch 9, 2022
- Rankings & AwardsFebruary 17, 2022
- Deals & CasesNovember 22, 2021
- Deals & CasesNovember 22, 2021
- Deals & CasesOctober 25, 2021
- Deals & CasesOctober 22, 2021
- Deals & CasesOctober 12, 2021
- Rankings & AwardsSeptember 22, 2021
- IFLR1000 2021 Recognizes Vinson & Elkins in 21 Practice Categories, Recommends 52 Individual LawyersRankings & AwardsAugust 25, 2021
- Deals & CasesAugust 17, 2021
- Deals & CasesMarch 11, 2021
- Rankings & AwardsFebruary 18, 2021
- Deals & CasesJanuary 25, 2021
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V&E SEC Update