Jonathan R. Sapp

Jonathan Sapp is a senior associate in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. His practice focuses on public and private mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, divestitures, carve-outs, joint ventures and preferred equity investments. Jonathan has extensive experience advising major public companies, private equity firms and their portfolio companies in complex M&A transactions across a broad range of industries with a particular focus on the energy, infrastructure and manufacturing sectors.

Jonathan graduated cum laude from Harvard Law School in 2016. He received his B.S. summa cum laude from Texas Christian University in 2013.

Jonathan is an active member of the Dallas legal community and a founding member of the Harvard Law School Alumni Association of Dallas–Fort Worth, where he currently serves on the board of directors.

Representative Transactions

• Diversified Energy in its $1.275 billion acquisition of Maverick Natural Resources, a portfolio company of EIG Global Energy Partners
• Juniper Capital in the sale of its upstream Rocky Mountain portfolio companies to Amplify Energy
• Pioneer Natural Resources in its $65 billion merger with a subsidiary of ExxonMobil
• Audax Management Company in several M&A transactions, including its acquisition of Aerospheres
• Coterra Energy in its $3.95 billion acquisition of Franklin Mountain Energy and Avant Natural Resources
• Centerbridge Partners in the sale of its majority interest in IPC to Strategic Value Partners
• Lone Star Funds in several transactions, including its sale of Meridian Brick
• Fortress Investment Group in its investment in Stellar Blu Solutions
• AT&T in its joint venture with BlackRock to form a leading fiber telecommunications provider
• Freeman Spogli in its platform acquisition of WhiteWater Express
• 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
• CenterOak Partners in multiple M&A transactions, including its platform acquisition of Shamrock Environmental
• 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 publicly-traded 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
• ATL Partners in its acquisition of Valence Surface Technologies
• D.R. Horton in its $291 million tender offer acquisition of Vilder Water Resources
• Pharos Capital in its platform acquisition of Vantage Outsourcing
• 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, an alternative asset manager
• 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
• Paceline Equity Partners in several co-investment transactions in connection with platform acquisitions

Recent Publications / Speaking Engagements

• Joint Ventures Demystified—A Practitioner’s Guide to Structuring Successful Partnerships, Texas Law Book
• Impact of Upcoming Election on Corporate Law, SMU Corporate Counsel Symposium

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