Debbie P.
Yee

A partner in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group, Debbie P. Yee primarily advises public and private companies in the energy industry on strategic acquisitions and divestitures, as well as on capital raising transactions and corporate governance matters.

Debbie has been recognized as a Texas Rising Star by Super Lawyers since 2016. She has also been honored as a Dealmaker of the Year by Texas Lawyer’s Texas Legal Awards, one of the 500 Leading Dealmakers in America by Lawdragon, Up and Coming by Chambers Global and Chambers USA, a Law360 Energy Rising Star and as Dealmaker of the Week by The Am Law Daily. Debbie is also a frequent speaker and writer on developments in M&A and the energy industry.

Debbie’s representations have included:

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Andeavor Logistics, LP in its $1.8 billion acquisition of Western Refining Logistics
• Blackstone on the $1.9 billion all-stock merger of Desert Peak Minerals and Falcon Minerals Corporation
• Blackstone Infrastructure in the $11.5 billion take-private of TXNM Energy and $400 million PIPE
• Bluescape Clean Fuels in its definitive business combination agreement with CENAQ Energy Corp.
• Bristow Group Inc. on its all-stock business combination with Era Group
• Bruin E&P Partners and its subsidiaries in connection with their prepackaged Chapter 11 cases
• Buckeye Partners in its $1.15 billion acquisition of 50% stake in VTTI
• Callon Petroleum Company in its $4.5 billion all-stock sale to APA Corporation
• Centennial Resource Development Inc. in its $855 million acquisition of the leasehold interests and related upstream assets in Reeves County of Silverback Exploration
• Colgate Energy Partners III in its $3.9 billion merger of equals with Centennial Resource Development to create the largest pure-play E&P in the Delaware Basin
• Diamondback Energy in its:
  • $4.45 billion drop down sale of certain mineral and royalty interests to Viper Energy
  • acquisition of certain subsidiaries of Double Eagle IV Midco in exchange for 6.9 million shares of Diamondback common stock and $3 billion cash
• Diamond Offshore Drilling in its $1.6 billion sale to Noble Corporation
• DNOW in its $1.5 billion all-stock acquisition of MRC Global
• Enagás in a co-investment in the $3.3 billion acquisition of the GP interest and 44% LP interest in Tallgrass
• Energy Transfer in its:
  • $24.9 billion acquisition of Energy Transfer Partners
  • $9.2 billion acquisition of Southern Union Company
  • $7.1 billion acquisition of Crestwood Equity Partners
  • $5.1 billion acquisition of Sem Group
• Energy Transfer Partners in its:
  • $20 billion acquisition by Sunoco Logistics Partners
  • $18 billion acquisition of Regency Energy Partners
• Ensco in its $860 million acquisition of Atwood Oceanics
• HealthCor Catalio Acquisition Corp. in its $580 million combination with Hyperfine and Liminal Sciences
• Helmerich & Payne in its $1.9725 billion all-cash acquisition of KCA Deutag International Limited
• Iconic Sports in its investment in London-based group Eagle Football, which acquired a significant controlling stake in Olympique Lyonnais Groupe SA
• Ivanhoe Capital Acquisition Corp. in its $3.6 billion combination with SES Holdings
• Marathon Oil Corporation in its $22.5 billion all-stock sale to ConocoPhillips
• Maverick Natural Resources in its $1.275 billion acquisition by Diversified Energy
• Noble Corporation in its:
  • $3.4 billion all-stock merger of equals with Maersk Drilling
  • acquisition of Pacific Drilling Co. in an all-stock transaction
• ONEOK in its:
  • $18.8 billion acquisition of Magellan Midstream Partners
  • acquisition of the outstanding publicly held common units of EnLink Midstream for $4.3 billion in ONEOK common stock
  • $3.3 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners’ entire interest in EnLink Midstream
  • $2.6 billion acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners’ equity interests in Medallion Midstream
• Penn Virginia Corp. in:
  • its $370 million merger with Lonestar Resources US
  • Juniper Capital Advisors’s $188 million strategic investment in the company, including $150 million of cash and certain oil and gas assets, in exchange for 59 percent of Penn Virginia’s equity
• Peridot Acquisition Corp. in its $1.67 billion combination agreement with Li-Cycle Corp
• Permian Resources Corporation in its $4.5 billion all-stock acquisition of Earthstone Energy
• Plains Exploration & Production Company in its:
  • $9 billion acquisition by Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. of Plains Exploration & Production Company and McMoRan Exploration Company
  • $450 million sale of a 20% interest in Plains Offshore Operations
• Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. on its approximately $4.3 billion combination with Core Scientific Holding Co. and Blockcap
• Special Committee of ProFrac Holding Corp.’s Board of Directors in the all-stock acquisition of U.S. Well Services
• Questar Corporation in the $5 billion spin-off to its shareholders of QEP Resources
• Ranger Oil Corporation in its $2.5 billion acquisition by Baytex Energy Corp.
• Riverstone Holdings / Silver Run Acquisition Corporation in its $1.575 billion acquisition of an 89% stake in Centennial Resource Production
• Silver Run Acquisition Corporation II in its $3.8 billion acquisition of Alta Mesa Holdings and Kingfisher Midstream
• Suburban Propane Partners in its $1.8 billion acquisition of Inergy Propane
• Special Committee of the Board of Directors of TerraForm Power in Terraform Power’s $1.58 billion sale to Brookfield Renewable Partners
• TPG Rise Climate Transition Infrastructure in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Altus Power
• Vector Acquisition Corporation on its $4.1 billion definitive merger agreement with Rocket Lab USA, Inc.
• Whiting Petroleum Corp. in its $6 billion merger of equals with Oasis Petroleum Inc.
• WPX Energy, Inc. in its $12 billion all-stock merger of equals with Devon Energy Corporation

Capital Markets

• Accelerate Acquisition Corp. in its $400 million initial public offering
• Authentic Equity Acquisition Corp. in its $230 million initial public offering
• Centennial Resource Development in its $254 million debt-for-debt exchange and in a $340 million PIPE offering
• Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. in its upsized $400 million initial public offering
• Corner Growth Acquisition Corp. 2 in its $185 million initial public offering
• Lead Edge Growth Opportunities in its $300 million initial public offering
• MSD Acquisition Corp. in its $575 million initial public offering
• Orion Biotech Opportunities Corp. in its $200 million initial public offering
• Peridot Acquisition Corp. in its $300 million initial public offering
• Peridot Acquisition Corp. II in its upsized $360 million initial public offering
• Pontem Corporation in its $690 million initial public offering
• Portage Fintech Acquisition Corp. in its $240 million initial public offering
• Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition Corp. on its upsized $300 million initial public offering
• Power & Digital Infrastructure Acquisition II Corp. on its $250 million initial public offering
• Shelter Acquisition Corporation I in its $200 million initial public offering
• Vector Acquisition Corporation in its $300 million initial public offering
• Vector Acquisition Corporation II with its upsized $450 million initial public offering