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By Natalie Posgate
(June 29) – A group of Vinson & Elkins and Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher lawyers said Wednesday that they advised Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Encino Energy in their equity commitment to form Encino Acquisition Partners, a joint venture between the two companies that will focus on U.S. oil and gas acquisition opportunities.
CPPIB has committed up to $1 billion in the new company, while Encino Energy has committed $25 million.
Dallas corporate associate Thomas Laughlin co-led the V&E deal team with New York partner Caroline Blitzer Phillips. They received assistance from Houston corporate partner Bryan Loocke and Dallas associates Abby Branigan and Alex Robertson.
The V&E team also included Dallas tax partner David Peck and associate Alex Farr; Houston labor & employment partner Sean Becker; and Houston executive compensation/benefits partner Stephen Jacobson and associate Kristy Fields.
In October 2015, V&E represented CPPIB when it agreed to acquire oil & gas assets from Encana in Colorado’s DJ Basin for $900 million.
Denver corporate partner Beau Stark led the Gibson Dunn deal team that advised Encino in the transaction. The team also included Dallas tax partner David Sinak and energy M&A partner Justin Stolte, who left his role as an executive at Apache this spring to join Gibson Dunn’s new Houston office.
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