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Jackson A. O'Maley
Jackson A. O'Maley
Partner — Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions
Partner — Capital Markets and Mergers & Acquisitions

Jackson A. O'Maley

Jackson A. O'Maley
Houston

Texas Tower
845 Texas Avenue
Suite 4700
Houston, Texas 77002

Jackson A. O'Maley

Experience Highlights

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

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

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

  • Endeavor Energy Resources in its $26 billion merger with Diamondback Energy

  • Jagged Peak Energy Inc. in its $474 million initial public offering of common stock

  • Lithium Americas in its joint venture with General Motors, which will deliver $625 million of cash and letters of credit along with a $2.26 billion commitment from the DOE to advance their Thacker Pass Construction Project in Nevada, the largest known lithium deposit in the U.S.

  • Ranger Energy Services, Inc. in its $85 million initial public offering of common stock 

  • Talos Energy in its acquisition of EnVen Energy Corporation, a private operator in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico, for $1.1 billion

  • Tug Hill and XcL Midstream in the $5.2 billion sale of Tug Hill’s upstream and XcL Midstream’s gathering and processing assets to EQT Corporation

  • DoublePoint Energy in its $6.4 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE: PXD) (2022 Finalist in D CEO’s $1 Billion + Deal of the Year Awards)

  • Parsley Energy in its $4.5 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company

  • TPG in its $2.66 billion acquisition of assets from EnerVest in a SPAC business combination

  • Nabors Energy Transition Corporation in its business combination with Vast Pty Ltd, a renewable energy company specializing in concentrated solar power energy systems that generate zero-carbon, utility-scale electricity and industrial heat

  • Underwriters to Aethon United in its $750 million offering of senior notes

  • Nabors Energy Transition Corporation in its business combination with Vast Pty Ltd, a renewable energy company specializing in concentrated solar power energy systems that generate zero-carbon, utility-scale electricity and industrial heat

  • HighPeak Energy, Inc. in its $25 million public offering of common stock

  • Apollo Global Management and Quantum Energy Partners in their $950 million secondary offering of common stock of Pioneer Natural Resources

  • Parsley Energy, Inc. in its $256 million public offering of common stock; its $449 million public offering of common stock; its $886 million public offering of common stock and its $1.3 billion public offering of common stock

  • Concho Resources Inc. in its $755 million public offering of common stock and its $819 million public offering of common stock

  • Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in its issuance of $460 million of Tangible Equity Units and its $2.1 billion public offering of common stock

  • Western Gas Partners, LP in its $702 million private placement of Series A convertible preferred units 

  • Independence Energy Finance LLC in its $500 million offering of senior notes

  • Crescent Energy Finance LLC, an indirect subsidiary of Crescent Energy Company, in its $200 million offering of senior notes

  • Colgate Energy Partners III, LLC in its $300 million offering of senior notes; its $500 million offering of senior notes and its $200 million offering of senior notes

  • Rockcliff Energy Management II LLC in its $700 million offering of senior notes

  • Double Eagle III Midco 1 LLC in its $650 million offering of senior notes

  • Underwriters to Aethon United in its $750 million offering of senior notes

  • Parsley Energy, Inc. in its $200 million offering of senior notes; its $450 million offering of senior notes; its $400 million offering of senior notes and its $700 million offering of senior notes

  • Jagged Peak Energy Inc. in its $500 million offering of senior notes

  • Western Gas Partners, LP in its $200 million investment grade offering of senior notes

  • N&W Global Vending S.p.A. in its €300 million offering of senior notes and its concurrent €100 million private placement of second lien notes

  • Underwriters to Weatherford International plc in its $1.3 billion offering of exchangeable senior notes and its $250 million offering of senior notes

  • Underwriters to Helmerich & Payne, Inc. in its $500 million offering of senior notes 

  • Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in its $3 billion offering of senior notes

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

  • Talos Energy in its acquisition of EnVen Energy Corporation, a private operator in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico, for $1.1 billion

  • Goldman Sachs Renewable Power in its separation from Goldman Sachs Asset Management to form MN8 Energy, an independent renewable energy company and second largest U.S. independent solar and storage energy producer by capacity

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

  • Tug Hill and XcL Midstream in the $5.2 billion sale of Tug Hill’s upstream and XcL Midstream’s gathering and processing assets to EQT Corporation

  • DoublePoint Energy in its $6.4 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE: PXD) (2022 Finalist in D CEO’s $1 Billion + Deal of the Year Awards)

  • Parsley Energy in its $4.5 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company

  • Wishbone Energy Partners in the $300 million sale (via $270 million cash and $30 million common stock) of its North Central Basin Platform assets located primarily in Texas and New Mexico to Ring Energy

  • Talos Energy in multiple acquisitions of U.S. Gulf of Mexico producing assets, exploration prospects and acreage from affiliates of ILX Holdings, Castex Energy and Venari Resources for $640 million

  • 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.

  • Routinely advises publicly traded companies on 1933 Act and 1934 Act compliance, listing exchange requirements, corporate governance, and board of directors matters

Credentials

  • The University of Texas School of Law, J.D. with honors (Texas Law Review; Order of the Coif), 2014
  • The University of Texas at Austin, B.B.A., Finance with honors, 2011
  • Chambers USA, “Up and Coming” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Central United States) (Nationwide), 2024; “Up and Coming” in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity (Texas), 2024
  • The Best Lawyers in America© (BL Rankings, LLC), “Ones to Watch,” Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Houston), 2023 and 2024
  • Legal 500 U.S., Finance: Capital Markets: Debt Offerings, 2023; Finance: Capital Markets: High-Yield Debt Offerings, 2023; Finance: Capital Markets: Equity Offerings, 2024
  • Texas