JEREMY PETTIT’s practice focuses primarily on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other energy transactions, as well as private equity investments. His clients include private equity funds and their portfolio companies, as well as public companies and other private companies. He advises his clients on a wide variety of transactions in the energy industry, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and investments in the upstream, midstream, renewables/low-carbon, and services sectors. Jeremy has also represented clients in other highly regulated industries, including transportation and infrastructure, real estate, and medical devices.

Senior Managing Associate
Jeremy B. Pettit
- Energy
- M&A
- Private Equity
Experience
- Representative Matters
- Memberships and Activities
- Tailwater Capital LLC and Copperbeck Energy Partners LLC (“Copperbeck”) – sale of Saconix LLC, an industry-leading distribution and logistics partner and subsidiary of Copperbeck, to Sumitomo Corporation of Americas;
- Ensign Natural Resources LLC – US$3 billion sale of its Eagle Ford Shale oil and gas assets to Marathon Oil Company (NYSE: MRO);
- Tailwater Capital LLC – acquisition by a Tailwater-led consortium of Verdad Resources Holdings LLC, an independent oil and gas exploration and development company with oil and gas assets in Colorado and Wyoming;
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Teal Natural Resources – sale of Eagle Ford assets to SilverBow Resources Operating, Inc. for a mix of cash and public stock;
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BP America Production Company – material dispositions of upstream oil and gas producing properties across multiple basins in the lower-48;
- Laredo Petroleum Inc. (NYSE: LPI) – acquisition of approximately 20,000 net acres in Glasscock County, Texas from Pioneer Natural Resources Company for a mix of cash and public stock consideration;
- Cresta Fund Management and Silverpeak Energy Partners – in an agreement with San Joaquin Renewables (SJR) to invest up to US$165 million to develop and construct a biomass-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) project in California;
- Presidio Investment Holdings LLC, a portfolio company of Morgan Stanley Energy Partners – largest single securitization to date by value of oil and gas proved developed producing assets and the first such issuance to a syndicate of note purchasers;
- Oscar W. Larson Company, a portfolio company of Trive Capital – acquisition of WildcoPES, a leading East Coast provider of sales, maintenance, inspection, testing, and construction management services to energy suppliers, independent retailers, and contractors;
- Precisely Software Incorporated, a portfolio company of Clearlake Capital Group and TA Associates – joint acquisition of Infogix, Inc., a multinational data controls and analytics software company;
- Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. – acquisition of Precisely Software Incorporated, a global leader in data integrity that provides accuracy, consistency, and context in data for 12,000 customers in more than 100 countries, together with TA Associates;
- Morgan Stanley Energy Partners and its portfolio company Presidio Investment Holdings – Section 363 acquisition of substantially all of the oil and natural gas-producing properties in the Western Anadarko Basin of Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas from Templar Energy;
- Affiliates of Trive Capital Management LLC – stock acquisition of The Oscar W. Larson Company and related entities;
- Denbury Resources Inc. (NYSE: DNR) – sale of working interests to and drilling joint venture with Navitas Petroleum (TLV: NVPT.L) involving properties in four Southeast Texas oil fields;
- Fortive Corporation (NYSE: FTV) – acquisition of Censis Technologies Inc., a SaaS-based provider of inventory management in the surgical field, from The Riverside Company;
- Morgan Stanley Energy Partners and its portfolio company, Presidio Investment Holdings LLC – acquisition of oil and natural gas-producing properties in the Western Anadarko Basin of Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas from Apache Corporation;
- Fortive Corporation (NYSE: FTV) – US$2.7 billion carve-out acquisition of the Advanced Sterilization Products business from Ethicon, Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson & Johnson;
- Denham Capital Management – sale of majority interest in midstream portfolio company WhiteWater Midstream LLC to funds associated with First Infrastructure Capital;
- Tug Hill – acquisition of certain properties in the Appalachian basin;
- Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Fund II, L.P. – formation of a joint venture with CSL Capital Management to acquire the domestic and international laboratory services business of Weatherford International PLC for US$205 million;
- Ares Management LLC – debt and equity investment in Vista Proppants and Logistics, a frac sand company operating in the Permian Basin, Eagle Ford Shale, and the SCOOP/STACK;
- Energy-focused private equity fund – formation and investment into a platform company and initial acquisition of midcontinent assets located in Arkansas;
- Private equity fund – formation and initial investment into a platform company in connection with US$200 million acquisition of upstream assets in the Washakie;
- Private equity funds – acquisitions and divestitures of upstream oil and gas assets in the Powder River Basin.
Prior to joining Sidley, Jeremy’s experience included:
- Public and private equity investments in alternative energy, upstream and midstream entities throughout the continental U.S., including:
- Private equity-backed oil and gas company in its acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets in the SCOOP/STACK play in Oklahoma;
- Public company independent E&P company in its divestiture of interests in a joint venture with assets located in the Eagle Ford;
- Private equity-backed oil and gas company in its purchase of Bakken oil and gas assets in a Section 363 bankruptcy sale process;
- Represented an investor group including Goldman Sachs, Global Atlantic Financial and GSO in its US$200 million investment in Altus Power America Management LLC, a leading solar power project developer;
- Represented Lynden Energy Corp (TSX Venture: LVL) in its acquisition by Earthstone Energy Inc. in an all-stock transaction;
- Formation and investment in real estate and energy-focused joint ventures;
- Corporate governance and commercial contracts work for private equity-backed rail infrastructure developer; and
- Public and private offerings of equity (preferred and common) and debt (high yield and investment grade) securities.
Jeremy is a member of the American Bar Association; Texas Bar Association; Dallas Bar Association; and Project Management Institute.
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- Texas
Education
- University of Pennsylvania Law School, J.D. (cum laude)
- Brigham Young University, B.A.