Jesse P. Myers is a partner in Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s Houston office. Mr. Myers focuses his practice on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions and capital markets matters. He regularly represents buyers and sellers in public and private mergers and acquisitions and issuers and underwriters in public and private securities offerings. Mr. Myers has experience advising clients on:
- Public and private company acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures and strategic transactions
- Private equity transactions, including leveraged buyouts and portfolio company investments
- Capital markets matters, including initial public offerings and other securities offerings
- General corporate and securities matters
Before joining Gibson Dunn, Mr. Myers was a partner at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. Previously, he was a partner at Latham & Watkins LLP.
Mr. Myers graduated from the University of Tennessee College of Law, summa cum laude, in 2007 where he was elected to the Order of the Coif and served as research editor for the Tennessee Law Review. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Tennessee, magna cum laude, in 2003.
Mr. Myers’ experience includes:*
Representative Experience
M&A and Private Equity
- Rumble Inc., a video sharing platform, in its pending $2.1 billion business combination with CF Acquisition Corp. VI
- Genesis Park Acquisition Corp. in its $615 million business combination with Redwire, a space infrastructure company
- Oak Street Real Estate Capital, a real estate asset manager, in its $1.6 billion acquisition by Blue Owl Capital.
- Post Oak Energy Capital, LP in its PIPE investment made as part of Earthstone Energy’s approximately $860 million acquisition of Bighorn Permian Resources’ oil and gas assets.
- CM Group, a provider of email and multichannel marketing products, in its merger with Cheetah Digital
- The Sterling Group in the formation of its PET recycling platform and acquisition of recycling facilities
- Aeva, a perception platform company, in its $1.7 billion business combination with InterPrivate Acquisition Corp.
- Partners Group in its acquisition of Resilient Infrastructure Group, a water infrastructure platform
- Affiliates of Riverstone Holdings in the recapitalization of Enviva Holdings, LP
- TechnipFMC, a global oilfield services company, in the spin-off of its engineering and construction segment
- AIMPERA Capital Partners in the formation of its cold storage platform
- Multiple management teams in their negotiations with private equity fund sponsors to form new platforms and portfolio companies
- ArcLight Capital Partners in the $550 million sale of common and preferred equity in portfolio company Limetree Bay Ventures, LLC (LBV) in connection with the restart of LBV’s terminal and refinery in the US Virgin Islands
- Five Point Energy LLC, a leading private equity firm focused exclusively on the midstream energy sector, and WaterBridge Resources LLC, in the sale of a minority equity stake in WaterBridge to affiliates of GIC, Singapore's sovereign wealth fund, at a purchase price that implied a WaterBridge enterprise value of approximately $2.8 billion
- Pembina Pipeline in its acquisition of Kinder Morgan Canada, a company that transports petroleum products, and the US portion of the Cochin Pipeline from Kinder Morgan for approximately $1.5 billion
- Energy Transfer Partners, LP in its joint venture with Satellite Petrochemical USA Corp. for the development of an ethane export facility
- Energy Transfer Partners, LP in its sale of an interest in the Rover pipeline to Blackstone funds for $1.57 billion
- Morgan Stanley Infrastructure in its $1.75 billion acquisition of Brazos Midstream
- Quantum Energy Partners in its formation of 547 Energy, which will focus on the acquisition and development of clean energy projects and/or companies
- Quantum Energy Partners in its $500 million initial investment in PetroLogistics II, LLC, which will focus on acquiring, developing, and operating petrochemical manufacturing, processing, and logistics assets in North America
- Quantum Energy Partners in its $500 million initial investment in Trillium Energy Partners, which will focus on the acquisition and development of midstream solutions across the US
- Quantum Energy Partners in its formation and investment in ConnectGen LLC, a renewable energy company, and its acquisition of non-transmission development assets from Clean Line Energy Partners LLC
- Teton Range, LLC with respect to Centerbridge Partners' investment in Teton’s preferred equity
- Safe Harbor Marinas, one of the largest owners and operators of marinas in the world and a portfolio company of American Infrastructure Funds, in the investment by Koch Real Estate Investments in Safe Harbor’s marina business
- Safe Harbor Marinas in its acquisition of 25 marina properties from Brewer Yacht Yard Group
- AIM Granite Holdings LLC in its sale of Granite Communities, an owner of manufactured housing communities, to Apollo
- American Infrastructure Funds in the sale of Tunnel Hill Partners, a waste handling company, to Macquarie
- Kayne Anderson Acquisition Corp. in its joint venture with Apache Corporation to form a $3.5 billion pure-play Permian Basin midstream company
- Agave Energy, a Delaware Basin midstream company, in its sale to Lucid Energy Group
- Sanchez Production Partners LP in its $345 million acquisition of midstream assets from Sanchez Energy Corporation
- Linn Energy Company in its $4.3 billion acquisition of Berry Petroleum Company
- Calumet Specialty Products Partners, LP in its $330 million joint venture with WBI Energy Inc. to develop a diesel topping plant
- Energy Transfer Equity, LP in the $1.03 billion sale of its local natural gas distribution companies to The Laclede Group
- Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. in its $2.15 billion acquisition of the Midcoast gas gathering and processing business from Enbridge Energy Partners, LP
- Enbridge Energy Company, Inc. in its $1.0 billion sale of interests in the US portion of the Alberta Clipper Pipeline to Enbridge Energy Partners, LP
- Enbridge Inc. in its $1.59 billion sale of interests in the Southern Lights Pipeline and Alliance Pipeline to Enbridge Income Fund
- Enbridge, Inc. in its acquisition of all of the outstanding common units held by the public in a $120 million take-private transaction
- Enbridge Energy Partners, LP in its $870 million joint venture with Anadarko Petroleum Corporation and Enterprise Products Partners LP to develop and construct a 580-mile NGL pipeline
Capital Markets
- Underwriters in the $149.5 million initial public offering of Viper Energy Partners, LP
- Underwriters in the $125 million initial public offering of North Atlantic Drilling Ltd
- Underwriters in the $258.7 million initial public offering of Dynagas LNG Partners, LP
- Underwriters in the $256.5 million initial public offering of Suncoke Energy Partners, LP
- Pacific Coast Oil Trust in its $370 million initial public offering
- Marlin Midstream Partners, LP in its $137.5 million initial public offering
- Underwriters in multiple offerings of common units by Viper Energy Partners, LP
- Initial purchasers in multiple offerings of senior notes by Suncoke Energy Partners, L.P.
- Initial purchasers in the $800 million offering of senior notes by Six Flags Entertainment Corporation
- Underwriters in the $169.4 million offering of common units of CVR Refining, LP
- Underwriters in the $75 million offering of cumulative redeemable preferred units of Dynagas LNG Partners, LP
- Underwriters in the $146 million offering of common stock of Matador Resources Company
- Initial purchasers in the $175 million offering of senior notes of Matador Resources Company
*Includes representations prior to Mr. Myers’ association with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP.
Capabilities
Credentials
Education:
- University of Tennessee - 2007 Juris Doctor
- University of Tennessee - 2003 Bachelor of Science
Admissions:
- Texas Bar