Jonathan R. Sapp

Jonathan Sapp is a senior associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, where he currently practices in the firm’s Corporate Department. His practice focuses on corporate and securities transactions, including public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, and capital markets transactions.

Mr. Sapp graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2016. While in law school, he served as Executive Technical Editor of the Harvard Civil Rights-Civil Liberties Law Review. He received his B.S. summa cum laude from Texas Christian University in 2013.

Representative Transactions

Strategic M&A

• Diversified Energy in its pending $1.275 billion acquisition of Maverick Natural Resources, a portfolio company of EIG Global Energy Partners
• Pioneer Natural Resources in its $65 billion merger with a subsidiary of ExxonMobil
• Coterra Energy in its $3.95 billion acquisition of Franklin Mountain Energy and Avant Natural Resources
• AT&T in its joint venture with BlackRock to form a leading fiber telecommunications provider
• Algonquin Power & Utilities in its $2.5 billion sale of its renewables business to LS Power
• SilverBow Resources in its $2.1 billion sale to Crescent Energy
• Daikin Industries and its subsidiary Goodman Manufacturing in over 15 public and private M&A transactions, including its joint venture with Copeland, a portfolio company of Blackstone, and the acquisition of CCOM Group, Inc.
• energyRe in its $1.2 billion investment from Glentra Capital and Elia Group
• Patterson-UTI in its $5.4 billion merger of equals with NexTier and the sale of its well service rig business to Clearwell Dynamics
• D.R. Horton in its $291 million tender offer acquisition of Vilder Water Resources
• Atlas Corp. in its $11 billion take-private transaction by a management and stockholder consortium
• Foundation Building Materials in its $1.4 billion sale to American Securities
• Primoris in its $470 million acquisition of PLH Group
• Berkshire Residential Investments in its joint venture involving commercial mortgage-backed securities
• Pine Gate Renewables in several M&A transactions, including its $650 million investment from Generate Capital and Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan
• USD Partners in the sale of its Casper, Wyoming rail terminal to Midstream Energy Partners
• Forterra in its $2.74 billion sale to Quikrete
• The management team of Ladish Valves in its sale to Oaktree Capital
• Berkshire Residential Investments in its joint venture involving commercial mortgage-backed securities
• P10 in its acquisition of Western Technology Investment
• IRIS CRM in its sale to NMI, a portfolio company of Francisco Partners
• Blueknight Energy Partners in several transactions, including its take-private transaction by Ergon and the sale of its terminal business to Enbridge

Private Equity

• Juniper Capital in its sale of its upstream Rocky Mountain portfolio companies to Amplify Energy
• Freeman Spogli in its platform acquisition of WhiteWater Express
• Fortress Investment Group in its investment in Stellar Blu Solutions
• Centerbridge Partners in its sale of its majority interest in IPC to Strategic Value Partners
• Paceline Equity Partners in several co-investment transactions in connection with platform acquisitions
• ATL Partners in its acquisition of Valence Surface Technologies
• Pharos Capital in its platform acquisition of Vantage Outsourcing
• CenterOak Partners in multiple M&A transactions, including its platform acquisition of Shamrock Environmental

Publications

• Joint Ventures Demystified—A Practitioner’s Guide to Structuring Successful Partnerships, Texas Law Book

Speaking Engagements

• Impact of Upcoming Election on Corporate Law, SMU 2024 Corporate Counsel Symposium

Mr. Sapp is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas.

Capabilities

• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Capital Markets
• Cleantech
• Emerging Companies / Venture Capital
• Energy and Infrastructure
• Media, Entertainment, and Technology
• Oil and Gas
• Power and Renewables
• Private Equity
• Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance

Credentials

Education:

• Harvard University - 2016 Juris Doctor
• Texas Christian University - 2013 Bachelor of Science

Admissions:

• Texas Bar