Sean Becker

Spartan Energy Acquisition Corp. in its $1.75 billion business combination with Fisker Inc., a developer of eco-friendly electric vehicles

The Lion Electric Company, a leading designer, manufacturer and distributor of all-electric medium and heavy-duty urban vehicles, in its $1.9 billion combination with Northern Genesis Acquisition Corp., a SPAC

Denbury Resources in its $1.7 billion acquisition of Penn Virginia (terminated)

Oncor Electric Delivery Company in its $2.2 billion acquisition of InfraREIT

Deep Gulf Energy Companies, a deepwater oil and gas exploration and development business operating in the Gulf of Mexico and a portfolio company of First Reserve, in its $1.225 billion sale to Kosmos Energy

Energy Transfer Partners in its $60 billion merger with Energy Transfer Equity in a unit-for-unit exchange

TPG Growth in the $1.2 billion sale of Discovery Midstream to KKR and Williams

Omega Protein in its $500 million sale to Cooke, a global seafood company based in Canada

Select Energy Services, an affiliate of Crestview Partners, in its $1.3 billion merger with Rockwater Energy Solutions

Maxar Technologies in its $3.6 billion merger with DigitalGlobe, creating a leading provider of satellites, earth imagery, geospatial data solutions and analytics

Sunoco Logistics Partners LP in its $20 billion merger with Energy Transfer Partners in a unit-for-unit transaction

Riverstone Holdings in the $3.75 billion acquisition by its portfolio company, Fieldwood Energy LLC, of Apache Corp.’s assets in the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico

C&J Energy Services in its $2.86 billion merger with Nabors’ completion and production business to create a leading diversified completion and production services provider

TPG Capital in its $1.8 billion acquisition of natural gas properties in Wyoming’s Jonah field from Encana Corporation

Eagle Rock Energy Partners in the $1.325 billion contribution of its midstream business to Regency Energy Partners

Huntsman Corporation in its $1.1 billion acquisition of the performance additives and titanium dioxide businesses of Rockwood Holdings

St. Luke’s Episcopal Health System in its $1 billion transfer to the Catholic Health Initiatives

Riverstone Holdings in its $400 million acquisition of three coal-fired generating plants located in Maryland from a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation

The Carlyle Group in the acquisition of the North American power generation assets of Cogentrix Energy, including five coal and solar power projects and a development pipeline of gas and renewable projects, from The Goldman Sachs Group

(Tex. Dist.) — Defeated application for temporary restraining order against our clients, an executive and the start-up company with which he was affiliated, and obtained the prompt dismissal of the underlying breach of contract lawsuit after successfully challenging the enforceability of the non-competition clauses at issue

(S.D. Tex.); (5th Cir.)  — Obtained dismissal and Fifth Circuit affirmation of putative class action ERISA claim on grounds of Railway Labor Act preemption

(N.J. Super.) — Obtained summary judgment in case of first impression in New Jersey state court litigation that addressed the interpretation and reach of a state “mini-WARN” law

(S.D. Tex.) — Obtained summary judgment on all aspects of Americans with Disabilities Act discrimination, retaliation, and harassment claim brought by a staffing services employee against a national manufacturer

(S.D. Tex); (E.D. Tex.); (Cal. Super.) — Represented a national company in its successful defenses of putative class action or collective action wage and hour claims

Obtained summary judgment on all aspects of age discrimination, promissory estoppel, and misrepresentation claims in arbitration brought by a former employee of an international well services company

Negotiated clients’ collective bargaining agreements with employee unions

Successfully defended a large hospital system against allegations of unfair labor practices investigated by NLRB

Advised a client with regard to legal issues related to the successful defense of representation petition