John M. Grand
Trammell Crow Center
2001 Ross Avenue
Suite 3900
Dallas, Texas 75201
John co-heads V&E’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice group. His corporate practice focuses primarily on private equity investments and mergers and acquisitions. He is experienced in advising clients in making energy investments in the upstream and midstream sectors.
John represents some of the leading private equity and energy companies in the world, including Apollo Global Management, Pioneer Natural Resources, Oaktree Capital Management and TPG Capital. He has worked on a wide array of transactions in the energy sector, including upstream and midstream joint ventures, upstream and midstream acquisitions and divestitures, and investments in oil services and mining companies.
John has been recognized as a leading Energy: Oil and Gas (Transactional) attorney by Chambers USA in 2020 and 2021 and been selected to The Best Lawyers in America, Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Dallas) List in 2021 and 2022. John has also been selected to the Super Lawyers Texas Rising Stars List from 2012 to 2020, and was named by Legal 500 as a top lawyer in the Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas Category in 2020 and 2021 and as a top lawyer in the Project Finance Category in 2018 and 2019. John also served as Contributing Editor to the Chambers 2023 Energy: Oil & Gas Global Practice Guide, released on August 8, 2023.
Experience Highlights
Represented Validus Energy Holdings II LLC, in its acquisition of Citizen Energy Operating, LLC
Represented QB Energy, KODA Resources and Quantum Energy in a $1.8 billion acquisition of oil and gas assets in the Piceance and Uintah Basins from Caerus Oil & Gas
Represented FourPoint Resources, LLC, Quantum Capital Group and Kayne Anderson in their $2.0 billion dollar acquisition of oil and gas properties in the Uintah Basin from Ovintiv Inc.
CrownRock, a joint venture of CrownQuest Operating and Lime Rock Partners, in its $12 billion sale to Occidental (In Process)
PureWest Energy, a leading Rocky Mountain independent natural gas producer, in the completion of an all-cash merger with a newly formed entity sponsored by a private consortium of family offices and financial institutions, for a total consideration of $1.84 billion
Lario Oil & Gas Company in the $1.5 billion sale of Midland basin oil and gas assets to Diamondback Energy
Jonah Energy LLC in its $750 million upstream securitized financing transaction
Investors in Diversified Energy Company PLC and Oaktree Capital Management’s joint ESG-aligned $460 million asset-backed securitization of certain co-owned producing natural gas and oil assets
Pioneer Natural Resources in the $3.25 billion sale of its Delaware basin assets to Continental Resources
HighPeak Energy Partners, LP, an oil and gas exploration and production company, and its affiliates in a $900 million business combination with Pure Acquisition Corp.
Hartree Partners in its acquisition of a controlling interest in Sprague Resources from Axel Johnson and subsequent take-private of Sprague
Oaktree Capital Management in a $900 million pledge related to the launch of a partnership with FourPass Energy to acquire and operate large-scale, oil-weighted, producing oil and gas assets
Talos Energy Inc. in its $65 million acquisition of 16 selected assets from Castex Energy 2005
Chisholm Oil and Gas in its strategic combination with Gastar Exploration to create a leading STACK E&P company
Varde Partners in its sale of oil and gas interests in South Texas to Magnolia Oil & Gas
Pioneer Natural Resources in its $132 million sale of 2,900 net acres in the Sinor Nest field to an undisclosed third party
TPG Growth in the $1.2 billion sale of Discovery Midstream to KKR and Williams
Jonah Energy in its $580 million acquisition of natural gas and oil producing properties in the Jonah and Pinedale fields and surrounding area from LINN Energy
Oaktree Capital Management in its $600 million initial equity commitment and additional $300 million runway commitment to Charger Shale Oil Company, an oil and gas partnership focused in the Permian Basin
Pioneer Natural Resources in the $2.15 billion sale of EFS Midstream, an Eagle Ford Shale midstream company jointly owned with Reliance Holding USA, Inc., to Enterprise Products Partners
Double Eagle Energy in the $200 million sale of its non-operated working interests in the SCOOP and STACK resource plays in southern and central Oklahoma to American Energy – NonOp
Harbinger Group in its $118.75 million acquisition of EXCO Resources’ interests in Compass Production Partners and Compass Production GP, operators of conventional oil and natural gas properties in the Permian Basin, as well as East Texas and North Louisiana
Trilantic Capital Partners in its partnership with Ward Petroleum Corporation to form a new oil and gas exploration and production company, Ward Energy Partners
TPG Capital in its $1.8 billion acquisition of natural gas properties in Wyoming’s Jonah field from Encana Corporation
BG Group and EXCO Resources in the $910 million sale of TGGT Holdings, a joint venture between the two companies that owns and operates natural gas gathering, transportation and treating assets, to Azure Midstream
Iracore International in the sale of the company, a Lime Rock Partners portfolio company and developer, manufacturer, and applicator of elastomeric products for pipelines and other equipment used in demanding industrial applications
Pioneer Natural Resources in its $1.7 billion joint venture with Sinochem to develop 207,000 acres in the Permian Basin
Lime Rock Partners in its $100 million line of equity commitment to Endurance Resources Holdings, an exploration and production company focused on the Bone Spring oil play in New Mexico
Denbury Resources in its $1.6 billion sale of Bakken assets to ExxonMobil and its wholly owned subsidiary XTO Energy
Riverstone Holdings in its $200 million acquisition of Kerogen Exploration and BlackShale Resources, both focused on unconventional oil and liquids exploration and production in the United States and Canada, by newly formed portfolio company, Kerogen Exploration Holdings
Pioneer Natural Resources in its $297 million acquisition of Carmeuse Industrial Sands, a U.S. subsidiary of Carmeuse Holding
Pioneer Natural Resources in its $1.3 billion joint venture with Reliance Industries for the development of acreage in the Eagle Ford Shale
Credentials
- Louisiana State University Law Center, J.D., B.C.L., 2006 (Order of the Coif; Louisiana Law Review)
- Centenary College, B.A., Political Science summa cum laude and with honors, 2002
- Chambers Global, Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)(USA), 2022–2024
- Chambers USA, Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)(Nationwide), 2020–2024
- D Magazine, “The Best Lawyers in Dallas,” 2020
- Legal 500 U.S., M&A/Corporate & Commercial: Private Equity Buyouts, 2016, 2022-2024; Project Finance, 2018 and 2019; Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas, 2020, 2021, and 2023; Finance: Capital Markets Debt Offerings, 2023; Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2023; M&A/Corporate & Commercial: M&A: Large Deals ($1 Billion-Plus), 2023 and 2024
- Selected to the Texas Super Lawyers list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2022–2024
- Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2012−2020
- Who’s Who Legal (Law Business Research Ltd.); Energy, 2015 and 2020; Energy: Oil & Gas, 2022; Energy: Oil & Gas, “Thought Leader (USA),” 2024
- The Best Lawyers in America©(BL Rankings, LLC), Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Dallas), 2021–2025
- IFLR1000, 2020–2023
- Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023 and 2024
- Contributing Editor: “Chambers 2023 Energy: Oil & Gas Global Practice Guide”
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Previously Published by Chambers 2023 Energy: Oil & Gas Global Practice Guide
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- Rankings & AwardsJuly 14, 2023
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- InsightMay 30, 2023
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- Event RecapSeptember 14, 2022
- IFLR1000 2022 Recognizes Vinson & Elkins in 21 Practice Categories, Recommends 49 Individual LawyersRankings & AwardsAugust 25, 2022
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- Deals & CasesJune 7, 2021
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- “Companies Take Advantage of ABSs to Finance Acquisitions,” Hart Energy, October 17, 2024 (quoted)
- “Upstream Transactional Update: DrillCos Under Review and Producer Midstream Gathering JVs,” V&E Houston Office, November 8, 2017 (speaker)
- “Thoughts for Officers and Directors of E&P Companies and MLPs in 2016,” V&E website, January 19, 2016 (co-author)