Thomas G. Zentner III
Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002
Thomas is the Managing Partner of the Austin office and has an extensive corporate practice, advising on capital markets transactions, including initial public offerings and other equity and debt offerings, and merger and acquisition transactions.
Thomas has developed a robust practice representing private equity backed companies seeking an exit either through the public markets or through complex sale transactions. Additionally, Thomas has considerable experience in assisting public companies in connection with capital markets and merger and acquisition transactions. He has particular experience with clients engaged in the energy and energy transition industries, including oil and gas exploration and production, midstream, oilfield service and renewables companies.
Experience Highlights
Atlas Energy Solutions Inc. in its $324 million initial public offering of Class A common stock
Underwriters to Bounty Minerals, Inc. in its initial public offering of common stock (In Registration)
Brigham Minerals, Inc. in its $261 million initial public offering of Class A common stock and its $4.8 billion business combination with Sitio Royalties (In Process)
Range Resources Corporation in its $500 million offering of senior notes
Targa Resources Corp. in its $1.25 billion public offering of investment grade senior notes
Initial purchasers in the $400 million offering of senior notes by Civitas Resources, Inc.
Tap Rock Resources, LLC in its $500 million offering of senior notes
Howard Midstream Energy Partners, LLC in its $400 million offering of senior notes
Black Mountain Acquisition Corp., a SPAC, in its $276 million initial public offering of units
Underwriters to Vine Energy Inc. in its $346 million initial public offering of Class A common stock
Brigham Minerals, Inc. in its $41 million public offering of common stock by a selling stockholder
Oasis Midstream Partners LP in its $147 million initial public offering of common units; its $275 million offering of convertible senior notes; and its $46 million public offering of common units
Underwriters to CNX Midstream Partners LP in its $137 million public offering of common units by a selling unitholder
Targa Resources Corp. in its $360 million initial public offering of common stock and its $1 billion private placement of Series A preferred stock
Newfield Exploration Company in its $808 million public offering of common stock
FMSA Holdings Inc. in its $400 million initial public offering of common stock by a selling stockholder
Underwriters to Jones Energy, Inc. in its $188 million initial public offering of common stock
Oasis Petroleum Inc. in its $676 million initial public offering of common stock and its $471 million public offering of common stock
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in its $2.1 billion public offering of common stock
Targa Resources Corp. in its $1.25 billion public offering of investment grade senior notes
Range Resources Corporation in its $600 million offering of senior notes and its $750 million offering of senior notes
Underwriters to Hilcorp Energy I, L.P. in its $1.2 billion offering of senior notes and its $1 billion offering of senior notes
Underwriters to EnLink Midstream, LLC in its $500 million offering of senior notes; its $700 million offering of senior notes; and its additional $500 million offering of senior notes
Underwriters to CNX Resources Corporation in its $500 million offering of senior notes; its $300 million offering of senior notes; its $200 million offering of senior notes; and its $500 million offering of senior notes and concurrent tender offer
Targa Resources Partners LP in its $1 billion offering of senior notes
Harvest Midstream I, L.P. in its $600 million offering of senior notes
RSP Permian, Inc. in its $200 million offering of senior notes
Newfield Exploration Company in its $816 million investment grade offering of senior notes
CrownRock, L.P. in its $350 million offering of senior notes
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in its $3 billion offering of senior notes
Brigham Resources in the $2.55 billion cash and stock sale of all of its leasehold interests and related assets to Diamondback Energy
Targa Resources Corp. in connection with its entry into a definitive agreement to acquire Lucid Energy, a company that natural gas gathering, treating and processing services in the Delaware Basin, from Riverstone Holdings and Goldman Sachs Asset Management for $3.55 billion
KKR in the $5.7 billion merger between Independence Energy and Contango to form Crescent Energy Company
Targa Resources Corp. in its $6.7 billion acquisition of Targa Resources Partners in an all stock-for-unit transaction
Devon Energy Corp. in the $220 million drop down of the Victoria Express Pipeline System and related assets to EnLink Midstream Partners in exchange for cash and equity
Targa Resources Partners and Targa Resources Corp. in the $7.7 billion acquisition of Atlas Pipeline Partners and Atlas Energy
Devon Energy Corporation in the $8.84 billion contribution of substantially all of its U.S. midstream business to Crosstex Energy and Crosstex Energy to form a consolidated midstream business controlled by Devon
Routinely advises multiple publicly traded corporations on 1933 Act and 1934 Act compliance, listing exchange requirements, corporate governance, and board of directors matters
Credentials
- University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors, 2008
- University of Texas, B.B.A., Business Honors/Finance with honors, 2005
- Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023 and 2024
- Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2015−2018
- Legal 500 U.S., Debt Offerings, 2018; Energy: Transactions – Oil & Gas, 2019; Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings, 2024
- Member: Houston Bar Association; Houston Young Lawyers Association
- Texas
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- “Raising Capital in Traditional and New Markets,” 2018 CFO University, April 13, 2018 (panelist)
- “Alternative Sources of Capital Raising in a Distressed Market,” V&E Houston’s Office, January 13, 2016 (speaker)
- “Retail Preferred Offerings Expand Outside of the Traditional E&P MLP Space,” V&E MLP Update E-communication, October 12, 2015 (co-author)