Gerry Spedale is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher.  He has a broad corporate practice, advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets transactions and corporate governance. He has extensive experience advising public companies, private companies, investment banks and private equity groups. His over 20 years of experience covers a broad range of industries, with a focus on the energy industry, including upstream, midstream, downstream, oilfield services and utilities.

Mr. Spedale has been widely recognized, including by Chambers Global and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Nationwide and in Texas, The Legal 500 U.S. (2013), The Best Lawyers in America® (2012-2023), Texas Super Lawyer – Rising Star (2004-2008), and as a Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyer (2023).

Representative Matters*

• Capital markets transactions of all types, including initial public offerings, follow-on and secondary offerings, 144A private placements of high yield debt securities, registered offerings of debt securities, tender offers, exchange offers, PIPEs and private investments for corporations, SPACs, MLPs, royalty trusts, private equity sponsors and underwriters
• Representation of private equity sponsor in $800 million recapitalization and preferred investment in its midstream portfolio company
• Representation of private equity sponsor and portfolio companies in multiple sales of gathering and processing assets
• Representation of the conflicts committee of an NYSE-listed midstream MLP in connection with its acquisition of assets, IDR Simplification and conversion to an Up-C corporate structure
• Representation of an NYSE-listed international oil and gas exploration and production company in connection with its joint venture with an NYSE-listed integrated oil and gas company to develop 97,000 net acres of Midland Basin properties in the Permian Basin
• Representation of the conflicts committee of an NYSE-listed MLP in connection with its acquisition by its NYSE-listed general partner in a stock and cash simplification transaction
• Representation of an NYSE-listed global independent oil and natural gas exploration and production company in connection with its Gulf of Mexico joint venture with a national oil company
• Representation of an NYSE-listed midstream MLP in connection with its $442 million acquisition of a crude oil and condensate gathering and transportation company in the Anadarko Basin’s Scoop and Merge plays
• Representation of private equity fund in connection with its $2.66 billion sale of Eagle Ford and Austin Chalk oil and gas assets to an energy-focused special purpose acquisition entity
• Represented NASDAQ-listed designer and manufacturer of photovoltaic cells and solar panels in the formation and initial public offering of a joint venture with a NASDAQ-listed provider of comprehensive photovoltaic solar systems
• Representation of an NYSE-listed utility in connection with its formation of an $11 billion midstream joint venture with a private equity fund and another NYSE-listed utility
• Representation of an NYSE-listed utility in connection with a holding company reorganization, including the spin-off of a segment
• Representation of an NYSE-listed drilling company in connection with its $2.16 billion acquisition of a privately held independent drilling company
• Representation of an NYSE-listed drilling company in connection with a redomestication transaction
• Representation of an NYSE-listed independent refiner in connection with its $1.9 billion refinery sale
• Representation of an NYSE-listed independent refiner in connection with its $895 million refinery acquisition
• Representation of an NYSE-listed independent refiner in connection with its $900 million refinery sale
• Representation of a privately held downstream company in connection with its sale of its interests in a refinery
• Representation of a privately held downstream company in connection with its purchase of the general partner of a midstream MLP
• Representation of private equity fund in connection with various acquisitions of energy-related businesses
• Representation of a NYSE-listed independent exploration and production company in connection with its $3.5 billion acquisition of Eagle Ford shale assets
• Representation of a US subsidiary of a multinational conglomerate in connection with various joint ventures and acquisitions of energy-related businesses

Education

Mr. Spedale earned his Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 1993 from Tulane University Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif.  He graduated cum laude in 1990 from Louisiana State University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.

* Includes matters handled prior to joining Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP