Mike Bengtson

Mergers and Acquisitions: Energy

Representation of public and private energy companies in numerous acquisitions and dispositions of and joint ventures involving exploration and production, transportation and processing assets and companies, including:

Upstream

• $575 million disposition of shallow producing wells and related gathering systems with deep rights retention
• $150 million disposition of Eagle Ford properties in three separate transactions
• $60 million disposition of Permian properties
• $65 million disposition of Permian properties
• $800 million acquisition of Eagle Ford properties
• $85 million acquisition of Marcellus/Utica properties
• $65 million disposition of Arkoma properties
• $100 million disposition of Bakken properties
• $50 million disposition of Bakken properties
• $130 million acquisition of Marcellus/Utica properties
• $110 million acquisition of Permian properties
• $150 million acquisition of Marcellus/Utica properties
• $210 million tender offer acquisition of public company with Marcellus/Utica properties
• $320 million acquisition of Marcellus/Utica properties
• $170 million acquisition of Marcellus properties
• $110 million acquisition of Permian properties
• $135 million acquisition of STACK/SCOOP properties
• $30 million acquisition of Western Anadarko properties
• $400 million acquisition of Marcellus/Utica properties
• $80 million acquisition of Permian properties
• $325 million bankruptcy sale process of Marcellus/Utica properties
• $120 million sale of Mississippi lime properties
• $525 million acquisition of Permian properties
• $200 million acquisition of Anadarko properties
• $90 million acquisitions of Permian properties
• $400 million sale of conventional and unconventional Appalachian properties
• $1.45 billion sale of Bakken properties
• $250 million acquisition of Anadarko properties
• $500 million sale of Eagle Ford properties
• $280 million sale of Haynesville properties
• $13.3 billion divestiture of offshore and onshore E&P operations to multiple buyers
• $240 million Section 363 bankruptcy acquisition of an E&P company
• $700 million acquisition of foreign-owned domestic E&P business
• $250 million sale of independent E&P company
• $170 million sale of oil and gas divisions
• $160 million acquisition of Arkoma properties
• $770 million acquisition of the energy subsidiaries of a utility company
• $130 million sale of international production block
• $150 million acquisition of E&P properties
• $200 million merger of an operating division into an independent oil company

Midstream/Downstream

• $4.2 billion going private midstream transaction
• $1.5 billion acquisition of Marcellus and Utica gathering systems
• $175 million acquisition of interests in Marcellus gathering systems
• $750 million acquisition of interests in FERC regulated pipeline
• $275 million acquisition of Marcellus/Utica gathering systems
• $400 million sale of interest in interstate natural gas pipeline
• $1.4 billion sale of Rocky Mountain and Mid-Continent interstate oil pipeline system
• $1.1 billion acquisition of high and low pressure Marcellus natural gas gathering systems
• $1.1 billion acquisition of Marcellus gathering and transmission pipelines
• $350 million sale of interests in interstate natural gas pipeline
• $135 million sale of Appalachian gathering assets
• $540 million sale of FERC-regulated natural gas pipelines located in the Marcellus
• $170 million acquisition of natural gas pipelines and storage facilities in the Marcellus
• $1.4 billion sale of majority interest in oil storage terminal
• $390 million auction process sale of FERC-regulated natural gas pipeline
• $275 million negotiated sale of intrastate gas pipeline and storage facility
• $340 million auction process sale of a natural gas midstream business unit
• $275 million sale of a crude oil pipeline and storage company

Energy Projects and Joint Ventures

• $400 million joint development program (Drillco) covering Permian properties
• Representation of majority owner and joint venture involving design, construction and operation of 300-mile 2.0 bcf/d interstate natural gas pipeline, including sales of equity interests in the joint venture
• Representation of majority owner and joint venture involving design, construction and operation of 70-mile interstate natural gas pipeline
• Joint venture and sale transaction involving Eagle Ford shale properties
• Multi-year farmin and joint development program involving Arkoma Woodford shale properties
• Equalization of interests and joint development transaction involving gas reserves and gathering system
• Integrated tertiary oil recovery project, including long term supply and transportation arrangements
• Sale of equity interests in an integrated South American LNG project

Mergers and Acquisitions: Life Sciences and Technology

• $70 million private equity leveraged recap of a financial technology company
• $700 million negotiated sale of financial services company
• $80 million negotiated sale of a software company
• $55 million auction process sale of software company
• "Bio-bucks" licensing transaction involving development and commercialization rights
• Sale of specialty pharmaceutical company
• Stock for stock merger of two financial services companies
• Various sales and acquisitions of venture-backed technology companies

Securities Offerings

• Equity public offerings including IPOs, follow-on offerings and secondary offerings, including Jones Energy, EQT Midstream, ZS Pharma and NetSpend IPOs
• Private placements of equity and debt, including all stages of private equity and venture capital rounds