Overview

Walt’s principal areas of practice are corporate finance and securities law, including initial public offerings, other public offerings and private placements of equity and debt securities, and general corporate representation, including financial reporting compliance and corporate governance matters. Walt also regularly advises clients, including public and pre-IPO companies, private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, on securities matters relating to mergers, acquisitions, strategic transactions and financings. He has particular experience with clients in the energy industry, including oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, downstream, oilfield services, energy infrastructure and independent power producers.

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Experience

  • MN8 Energy, Inc. in its initial public offering of common stock (registration withdrawn)

  • MN8 Energy LLC in its $325 million private placement of convertible preferred stock

  • ProFrac Holding Corp. in its $288 million initial public offering of common stock

  • Vital Energy, Inc. in its $800 million offering of senior notes and concurrent tender offer

  • Energy Transfer LP in the $3.25 billion acquisition of WTG Midstream Holdings from affiliates of Stonepeak, the Davis Estate and Diamondback Energy, Inc.

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Credentials

Education

  • University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors, 2020 (Associate Editor, Texas Law Review)
  • Vanderbilt University, B.A. History cum laude, 2017

Admissions

  • Texas
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

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Vinson & Elkins Advises on Fervo Energy’s $2.2 Billion IPO

Vinson & Elkins represented J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, BofA Securities, RBC Capital Markets and Barclays as representatives of the underwriters …

May 15, 2026

May 15, 2026 • 1-minute read

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Vinson & Elkins Advises Harvest Midstream on $1 Billion Senior Notes Offering

Vinson & Elkins advised Harvest Midstream I, L.P. in connection with its offering of $1,000,000,000 aggregate principal amount of 6.750% …

May 8, 2026

May 8, 2026 • 1-minute read

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Diversified Energy Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering of Common Stock

Vinson & Elkins LLP advised Citigroup Global Markets Inc. in connection with an underwritten public offering of an aggregate of …

March 12, 2026

March 12, 2026 • 1-minute read

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Crescent Energy Announces Pricing of Upsized $600 Million Private Placement of 2.75% Convertible Senior Notes Due 2031

Vinson & Elkins served as issuer’s counsel in connection with the private placement of $690 million aggregate principal amount of …

March 6, 2026

March 6, 2026 • 1-minute read