Gerry Spedale is a partner in the Houston office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. He has a broad corporate practice, advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital markets transactions and corporate governance. He has extensive experience advising public companies, private companies, investment banks and private equity groups. His over 30 years of experience covers a broad range of industries, with a focus on the energy industry, including upstream, midstream, downstream, oilfield services and utilities.
Mr. Spedale has been widely recognized, including by Chambers Global and Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in Capital Markets: Debt & Equity: Nationwide and in Texas, The Legal 500 U.S. (2013), The Best Lawyers in America® (2012-2025), Texas Super Lawyer – Rising Star (2004-2008), and as a Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyer (2023).
- His recent and ongoing experience includes advising:
- The Conflicts Committee of Delek Logistics on the purchase of a joint venture interest in the Wink to Webster Pipeline
- Calumet Specialty Products Partners, L.P. in connection with its conversion from a master limited partnership to a C-Corporation
- Dril-Quip, Inc., a developer, manufacturer, and provider of highly engineered equipment, service and innovative technologies for use in the energy industry, on its merger with Innovex Downhole Solutions, Inc.
- Oaktree Capital Management L.P. in connection with its joint $460 million ESG-aligned asset backed securitization transaction with Diversified Energy Company
- SilverBow Resources, Inc. in its acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Sundance Energy, an operator of onshore oil and gas exploration properties, for a purchase price of $354 million paid through a mix of cash and SilverBow stock
- Oxy Low Carbon Ventures on (i) its purchase of Series G-1 preferred stock in Newlight Technologies, a leader in decarbonization technology, and (ii) its equity investment in Cemvita Factory, a company focused on transforming CO2 into value-added products
- TLG Acquisition One Corp., a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, in its merger with Electriq Power, a provider of intelligent energy storage and management for homes and small businesses
- Chief E&D Holdings, LP and Tug Hill, Inc. in the $2.65 billion acquisition by Chesapeake Energy Corporation of Chief E&D Holdings and associated interests held by affiliates of Tug Hill
- USD Partners LP in the sale of its Casper rail terminal to South 49 Holdings Ltd., a member of the Midstream Energy Partners group of companies
Mr. Spedale earned his Juris Doctor magna cum laude in 1993 from Tulane University Law School, where he was elected to the Order of the Coif. He graduated cum laude in 1990 from Louisiana State University, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science.
Capabilities
- Capital Markets
- Energy and Infrastructure
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Oil and Gas
- Power and Renewables
- Private Equity
- Securities Regulation and Corporate Governance
Credentials
Education:
- Tulane University - 1993 Juris Doctor
- Louisiana State University - 1990 Bachelor of Arts
Admissions:
- Texas Bar