Overview

Zac’s principal areas of practice include private equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate representation. Zac works with private equity investors, their portfolio companies, and a variety of other public and private companies in connection with equity investments, mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, leveraged buyouts, joint ventures and other strategic investments. Zac has worked with clients in a wide range of industries and sectors, including the energy transition, upstream and midstream energy, consumer products, education, industrials, technology and infrastructure

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Experience

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

  • Harvest Midstream Company of a definitive agreement with an affiliate of Phillips 66 Company pursuant to which Harvest has agreed to acquire 100% of Phillips 66’s membership interests in Phillips 66 Partners Terminal LLC and Paradigm Pipeline LLC, which own certain crude oil and natural gas transportation and storage assets in North Dakota, for approximately $140 million

  • KKR in the $5.7 billion merger between Independence Energy and Contango to form Crescent Energy Company

  • Targa Resources in its $1.05 billion acquisition of Blackstone Energy Partners’ 25% interest in the Grand Prix NGL Pipeline resulting in Targa owning 100% of Grand Prix

  • Targa Resources in the $857 million sale of its wholly-owned subsidiary that holds a 25% equity interest in the Gulf Coast Express Pipeline

  • OIC, L.P. in its investment of up to $75 million in Nexus W2V, LLC, a platform company of Nexus PMG LLC, a leading company in the low-carbon waste-to-value sector, to fund the development of an anaerobic digester to a renewable natural gas project in LaPorte, IN and other waste-to-value projects

  • Tallgrass in a joint venture with Equinor to develop large-scale, low carbon hydrogen and ammonia projects in North America

  • Harvest Midstream in its acquisition from Ares Management of Paradigm Midstream, which owns certain crude oil, water and natural gas gathering, storage and transportation assets located in North Dakota and South Texas

  • The management team of Swordfish Energy Holdings in a $100 million line of equity investment by Pearl Energy Investments

  • Cresta Fund Management and its portfolio company, Sentinel Midstream, in the equity and convertible note financing of its Enercoast II joint venture with ExxonMobil Pipeline Company

  • Caprock Midstream, a portfolio company of Energy Spectrum Capital, in its acquisition of midstream assets from affiliates of a private oil and gas company

  • SCF Partners in its investment partnership with T.D. Williamson, a global leader in intervention and isolation, inspection, and pigging products and services

  • SCF Partners in its $600 million private equity fund specializing in oilfield services investments

  • Blackstone in its acquisition of Sabre Industries from The Jordan Company

  • TPG Pace Tech Opportunities, in its $1.7 billion business combination with Nerdy Inc., a direct-to-consumer platform for live online learning

  • Global Infrastructure Partners, a part of BlackRock, in its joint venture with ACS Group, a Spanish construction company, to develop and operate a global data center platform

  • SCF Partners on behalf of its portfolio company, Frontier Tubular Solutions, in a $30 million asset-based revolving term loan in connection with the acquisition financing of a tubular goods manufacturing company to the oilfield services industry

  • SCF Partners and its portfolio company, T.D. Williamson Holdings, LLC in a $120 million preferred equity investment from affiliates of Apollo Global Management

  • Lithium extraction technology company in the development of a commercial scale lithium project in Utah

  • Jonah Energy, a leading oil and gas exploration and development company, in a joint venture with Burk Royalty to acquire High Plains Natural Resources LLC, which owns assets located in the Northwestern Shelf of the Permian Basin, spanning both Texas and New Mexico, and produce primarily from the San Andres formation

  • Jonah Energy, a leading oil and gas exploration and development company, in a joint venture with a private oil and gas company to acquire certain oil and gas assets in the Hugoton basin

  • Cresta Fund Management and Sentinel Midstream in the completion of a new investment vehicle for Sentinel Midstream, a liquids pipeline platform across the Gulf Coast

  • Crescent Energy Company in the $83 million sale of non-operated Permian Basin assets to a private buyer

  • Energy Spectrum Partners VIII, LP in a line of equity investment in Renegade Infrastructure LLC, an independent energy company focused on the development and acquisition of midstream energy infrastructure for oil and gas producers operating in various basins across North America

Credentials

Education

  • South Texas College of Law Houston, J.D. summa cum laude, 2019 (Articles Editor, South Texas Law Review)
  • Texas Tech University, B.B.A., Finance, 2016

Admissions

  • Texas

Recognitions

  • Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2023-2025
News & Achievements

Deals & Cases

TPG to Acquire Majority Stake in Sabre Industries from Blackstone Energy Transition Partners

Vinson & Elkins represented Blackstone Inc. in its entry into an agreement to sell a majority stake in Sabre Industries, …

February 6, 2026

February 6, 2026 • 1-minute read

Deals & Cases

Cresta Closes a New Investment Vehicle to Support the Growth of Sentinel Midstream’s Enercoast Platform

Vinson & Elkins represented Cresta Fund Management and Sentinel Midstream, a crude oil pipeline platform across the Gulf Coast, in the completion of a new investment vehicle for Sentinel Midstream.

September 3, 2025

September 3, 2025 • 1-minute read

Deals & Cases

T.D. Williamson Announces Strategic Investment from Apollo Funds

Vinson & Elkins advised SCF Partners (“SCF”), an energy investment firm, and its portfolio company, T.D. Williamson Holdings, LLC (“TDW”), a global leader in pipeline infrastructure technology and services, in connection with a strategic investment by funds managed by Apollo Global Management (NYSE: APO).

June 10, 2025

June 10, 2025 • 1-minute read

Deals & Cases

Renegade Infrastructure LLC Closes Inaugural Equity Commitment From Energy Spectrum Capital

Vinson & Elkins advised Energy Spectrum Partners VIII, LP in a line of equity investment in Renegade Infrastructure LLC, an independent energy company focused on the development and/or acquisition of midstream energy infrastructure for oil and gas producers operating in various basins across North America.

February 3, 2025

February 3, 2025 • 1-minute read

Awards & Rankings

Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) Names 34 Vinson & Elkins Attorneys to 2024 Texas Super Lawyers List; 16 to Rising Stars

Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters) Names 34 Vinson & Elkins Attorneys to 2024 Texas Super Lawyers List; 16 to Rising Stars

September 19, 2024

September 19, 2024 • 1-minute read

Super Lawyers 2024 - Texas