Overview

Sarah’s practice focuses on the U.S. federal income tax aspects of domestic and cross-border transactions. She advises public and private companies and private equity funds and their portfolio companies on a wide range of transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, negotiating partnership agreements, capital markets transactions, and reorganizations.

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Experience

  • Funds managed by Apollo in the $2 billion sale by New Fortress Energy Inc. of 11 LNG infrastructure vessels to a newly formed venture owned approximately 80% by Apollo funds and 20% by NFE

  • ioneer Ltd. in the formation of a 50/50 joint venture with Sibanye Stillwater to develop the flagship Rhyolite Ridge Lithium-Boron Project located in Nevada and related development and financing matters, including the negotiation and finalization with DOE of a $996 million commitment for the project financing of the processing facilities

  • Crescent Energy in its $2.1 billion acquisition of SilverBow Resources

  • SUSI Partners AG in a joint venture with SMT Energy to develop, own and operate multiple battery energy storage systems in the United States, including 10 battery energy storage system in South Texas with a combined capacity of 100 MW

  • Three Cairns Group and Galvanize Climate Solutions in their investment in Zhero, a new green energy development company

  • Sixth Street Partners in the acquisition of a majority interest in Caliche Development Partners, which owns Golden Triangle Storage gas storage facilities located in Beaumont, TX, and the Central Valley Gas Storage facilities in Princeton, CA

  • Stronghold Digital Mining, Inc., an ESG-focused crypto asset mining company focused on bitcoin, in its $146 million initial public offering of Class A common stock utilizing an Up-C structure

Credentials

Education

  • Harvard Law School, J.D., 2020
  • Southwestern University, B.S. Chemistry and B.A. Political Science summa cum laude, 2017

Admissions

  • Texas

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News & Achievements

Deals & Cases

Vinson & Elkins Advises Noble Environmental Strategic Alternatives Committee on Apollo’s Acquisition of Noble Environmental

Vinson & Elkins advised the Strategic Alternatives Committee of the Board of Directors of Noble Environmental, Inc. (“Noble”), an industry …

May 12, 2026

May 12, 2026 • 1-minute read

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Vinson & Elkins Advised Precinmac in Acquisition of Precision Aerospace Holdings

Vinson & Elkins advised Precinmac LP in the acquisition of Precision Aerospace Holdings, LLC, a Dallas-based manufacturer specializing in precision …

April 8, 2026

April 8, 2026 • 1-minute read

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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

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Vinson & Elkins Advises Morita in the Sale of Mineral Interests to Viper

Vinson & Elkins advised Morita Ranches Minerals, LLC (“Morita Minerals”), a mineral and interests company focused on oil, gas and other hydrocarbons (“Assets”), backed by EnCap Investments L.P., and a wholly owned subsidiary of Morita Ranches Holdings, LLC, in connection with Morita Minerals’ entry into an agreement whereby Viper Energy Partners, LLC (“Viper”), a subsidiary of Viper Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: VNOM), would acquire such Assets. A copy of the press release is below.

January 31, 2025

January 31, 2025 • 1-minute read

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Caliche to Continue Expansion Backed by Sixth Street

Vinson & Elkins advised Sixth Street Partners, a leading global investment firm, in its investment in Caliche Development Partners (“Caliche”), a company focused on the acquisition, development, and operation of natural gas and industrial gas storage assets as well as carbon sequestration.

August 21, 2024

August 21, 2024 • 1-minute read