
Robert Hughes


Robert focuses his practice on private equity and mergers and acquisitions. He advises private equity firms, their portfolio companies and a variety of public and private companies in connection with acquisitions, financings, joint ventures, exit transactions and general corporate matters.
Experience Highlights
Renewable and Sustainable Energy Fund of The Carlyle Group in the formation of a joint venture with Alchemy Renewable Energy, LLC (ARE), a renewable energy developer and tax equity arranger, together with the acquisition of certain operating and development-stage solar projects from ARE
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
Quantum Energy Partners and Post Oak Energy Capital in the $3.6 billion sale of Oryx Midstream to Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners
TPG Growth in the $1.2 billion sale of Discovery Midstream to KKR and Williams
Covey Park Energy in its $2.2 billion sale to Comstock Resources
AltaGas in the $6.4 billion acquisition of WGL Holdings, owner of a regulated natural gas utility, a midstream franchise and non-regulated contracted power and energy marketing businesses throughout the United States
Vantage Energy in its $2.7 billion sale to Rice Energy
TPG Pace Energy Holdings, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company and affiliate of TPG, in the $2.66 billion acquisition of oil and gas assets from EnerVest
Centennial Resource Production in the approximately $1.39 billion sale of the company, a Natural Gas Partners portfolio company, to Silver Run Acquisition Corporation
Jagged Peak Energy Inc. in its $474 million initial public offering of common stock
WildHorse Resource Development in its $435 million private placement of Series A perpetual convertible preferred stock to The Carlyle Group
Covey Park Energy LLC in its $225 million private placement of Series A preferred units to fund in part Covey Park’s acquisition of properties in the Haynesville Shale from Chesapeake Energy Corporation
Credentials
- The University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors, 2013 (Member, Texas Law Review)
- The University of Texas, B.A., Government, 2009
- Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2020
- Texas
- Energy EvolutionDecember 10, 2020
- Deals & CasesJuly 20, 2020
- Rankings & AwardsMarch 6, 2020
- Deals & CasesJanuary 28, 2020
- Deals & CasesNovember 4, 2019
- Deals & CasesJune 11, 2019
- Deals & CasesJune 10, 2019
- Deals & CasesMay 1, 2019
- Deals & CasesApril 2, 2019
- Deals & CasesNovember 2, 2018
- Deals & CasesSeptember 5, 2018
- Deals & CasesJuly 30, 2018
- Deals & CasesJune 18, 2018
- Deals & CasesMarch 20, 2018
- Deals & CasesJanuary 25, 2017