Overview

Sang’s principal areas of practice include mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments and other strategic transactions. He advises private equity firms, their portfolio companies and public and private businesses in connection with a broad range of strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, preferred and structured equity investments, joint ventures and other general corporate matters. His work spans a number of industries, including energy, technology, renewables and consumer products.

Experience

  • CrownRock, a joint venture of CrownQuest Operating and Lime Rock Partners, in its $12 billion sale to Occidental

  • Reata Pharmaceuticals Inc., a publicly traded, clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, in its $7.3 billion acquisition by Biogen Inc.

  • Global Atlantic Financial Company in the approximately $1 billion sale of its interests in SP Solar Holdings I, LP, a partnership comprised of 26 solar photovoltaic and storage projects

  • Desert Peak Minerals in an agreement to combine with Falcon Minerals Corporation in a $1.9 billion transaction

  • Stonepeak Partners in connection with its investment in Maas Energy Works, a leading renewable natural gas developer in the United States

  • Daktronics, Inc. and its Strategy and Financing Review Committee in securing $100 million in additional capital

  • Goldman Sachs, alongside Cleanhill Partners, in its strategic acquisition of a majority interest of EPC Power, a leading North American supplier of high-performance, utility-scale, smart inverters

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Credentials

Education

  • University of Chicago Law School, J.D. with honors, 2016
  • Duke University, B.A. magna cum laude, 2013

Admissions

  • New York
  • Texas

Recognitions

  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” (Dallas): Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law, 2026 and 2027
News & Achievements

Deals & Cases

Vinson & Elkins Represents EPC Power on $4.4 Billion Sale to Flex

Vinson & Elkins LLP represented EPC Power Corp. and its controlling shareholders, Goldman Sachs Alternatives and Cleanhill Partners, in its …

September 4, 2026

September 4, 2026 • 1-minute read

Deals & Cases

Vinson & Elkins Advises Industrial Development Funding and Oaktree on $1.7 Billion Investment in AI Infrastructure Build-Out

Vinson & Elkins advised Industrial Development Funding (“IDF”) and its affiliates in connection with a $1.7 billion project investment supporting …

August 6, 2026

August 6, 2026 • 2-minute read

Deals & Cases

Vinson & Elkins Advises Blackbeard Holdings in $2.2 Billion Combination

Vinson & Elkins advised Blackbeard Holdings, LLC (“Blackbeard”), a portfolio company of NGP Energy Capital Management, in its entry into …

July 29, 2026

July 29, 2026 • 2-minute read

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

Vinson & Elkins Advises L3Harris on Partnership with US Department of War

Vinson & Elkins is representing L3Harris Technologies (NYSE: LHX) in connection with its announced first-of-its-kind proposed partnership with the US …

January 13, 2026

January 13, 2026 • 1-minute read