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Sameer V. Mohan

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Sameer V. Mohan currently serves as deputy leader of the firm’s global corporate and business transactions practice, while concurrently serving as office leader of the Houston and Dallas corporate and business transactions practice. Sameer maintains a broad-based domestic and cross-border corporate and transactional practice across various industries including energy, life sciences and healthcare, manufacturing, technology, and sports. He represents public and private companies, including private equity funds and their portfolio companies, in complex transactions involving major infrastructure projects and joint ventures, with a primary focus on strategic mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures.

  • Finning International Inc. as U.S. counsel in the sale of the company’s mobile on-site refueling business, operating through subsidiaries 4Refuel Holdings Limited, Midnight Holding, Inc., and their respective affiliates, to affiliates of H.I.G. Capital for up to $400 million
  • MPLX LP, a subsidiary of Marathon Petroleum Corporation, in its acquisition of an equity interest in Blackcomb and Traverse Pipeline Holdings LLC, an $850 million midstream joint venture between Whistler Pipeline LLC and an affiliate of Targa Resources Corp., regarding the construction, ownership, and operation of an approximately 365 mile, 42-inch natural gas pipeline to be known as the Blackcomb Pipeline
  • MPLX LP in the strategic combination of the Whistler Pipeline, a joint venture of MPLX, WhiteWater Midstream, and I Squared, with Enbridge Inc.’s Rio Bravo Pipeline project for a newly formed joint venture, WPC Parent LLC
  • MPLX LP in its $650 million acquisition from Summit Midstream Partners LP of Summit’s approximately 36% interest in Ohio Gathering Company LLC, approximately 38% interest in Ohio Condensate Company LLC, and other wholly owned Utica Shale assets
  • BP Products North America in its joint acquisition with ArcLight Capital Partners LLC of all the outstanding shares of Thorntons Inc., a gasoline and convenience store chain with more than 190 locations in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, and Tennessee
  • Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. (FEMSA), a Mexican multinational beverage and retail company headquartered, in its $350 million acquisition of approximately 250 retail gas stations and convenience stores located in New Mexico, Texas, and Arkansas from Delek US Holdings
  • TDE Group in its exclusive strategic alliance with Parker Wellbore aimed at revolutionizing the drilling process. The TDE /Parker partnership will perform pilot projects and commercialize TDE’s proprietary tde powerline™ downhole power and data highway and will provide tde powerline services globally
  • Texas Pipe & Supply Company Ltd. in an acquisition of a large Texas based master distributor of pipe, fittings and flanges for industrial applications
  • Tenaris S.A. in its acquisition of Republic Tube LLC’s pipe processing facility primarily for the energy industry in Houston, Texas, including land, buildings, and equipment
  • Dodson Global Inc. and its parent company Texas Pipe & Supply Ltd. in the acquisition of Industrial Valco Inc., master distributor of industrial pipes, valves, and fittings, serving the process piping industry in oil and gas, power, chemical, wastewater, and commercial construction
  • Trillium Flow Technologies, a portfolio company of private equity firm First Reserve, in its acquisition of Termomeccanica Pompe, a supplier of industrial pumps and after-sales services
  • Trillium Flow Technologies in its acquisition of Coulter Valve Service, a specialty valve field services provider
  • Endeavor Energy Resources in sale of its well servicing division to Key Energy Services
  • Endeavor Energy Resources in the sale of its wireline assets division to Pintail
  • MPLX LP in a joint venture with WhiteWater Midstream, West Texas Gas, and Cheniere Energy regarding the construction, ownership, and operation of a 21.5 mile, 42-inch natural gas pipeline to be known as the ADCC Pipeline
  • MPLX LP in the joint venture with WhiteWater, EnLink Midstream, LLC and Devon Energy Corp. for the construction of the Matterhorn Express Pipeline which has been designed to transport up to 2.5 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of natural gas through approximately 490 miles of 42-inch pipeline from Waha, Texas, to the Katy area near Houston, Texas
  • MPLX in a joint venture with WhiteWater Midstream LLC to acquire a 30% interest in a 323-mile natural gas liquids pipeline in Texas from EPIC Midstream LLC
  • The management team of SPL LLC, a leader in testing, inspection, and certification services for energy and environmental markets, in its sale to Sentinel Capital Partners
  • Pyrotek, a global engineering leader and innovator of performance-improving technical solutions, integrated systems design, and consulting services for customers in the aluminum industry, in the sale of its battery materials division to Anovion
  • Pon Holdings and its subsidiary, URUS Group, a global leader in delivering products and services for dairy and beef artificial insemination genetics, reproduction, and farm management data systems, as US counsel in the investment by CVC Capital Partners
  • Pon Holdings BV and its subsidiary URUS Group LP in connection with URUS’s $170 million acquisition of Trans Ova Genetics, an industry-leading animal reproductive technologies company, from its parent company Precigen Inc.
  • Pon North America in the sale of a majority stake in The Hiller Companies Inc., a company that specializes in fire detection and suppression systems for commercial and industrial, marine and offshore, and government and military clients and its subsidiaries, to Littlejohn Capital
  • NBA player James Harden and his company 13 Endeavors LLC in connection with a new majority ownership of the Houston Dynamo Football Club, a Major League Soccer franchise, along with the previous acquisition of his interest in the club along with the Houston Dash, a Women’s Major League Soccer franchise and leasing rights to BBVA Compass Stadium
  • Sonrava Health and Western Dental Services Inc. in connection with the acquisition of Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners which operates under the regional and local brands of DentalWorks, Perfect Teeth, and Mid-Atlantic Dental Partners
  • Pon North America and its subsidiary, Setpoint Integrated Solutions, in the acquisition of Valsource International, a company that specializes in comprehensive control valve and pipeline repair services for maintenance, emergency and scheduled outage requirements
  • The Hiller Cos., a subsidiary of Pon North America, in its recent acquisitions of A&D Fire Sprinklers, Inc., American Fire Technologies, Systems Management Group, and Carolina Fire Control, Inc.
  • HMT LLC, a portfolio company of Tailwind Capital, in the acquisition of Dunham Engineering Inc. and Allentech Inc., respectively
  • Centennial Hospice in its sale to Traditions Health, a portfolio company of Dorilton Capital Advisors
  • Gastro Care Partners Management, a portfolio company of Varsity Healthcare Partners, in a new practice affiliation with Gastroenterology Associates of Wyoming
  • UK-based Megger Group Ltd., a portfolio company of TBG AG, a Swiss based conglomerate,in a carve-out acquisition of the Baker Instrument Co. division of SKF USA Inc.
  • Alpine Investors, a San Francisco-based private equity fund, in the formation and establishment of the Midwest Vision Partners platform and the corresponding investments in various vision care businesses in Ohio and Michigan
  • Western Dental Services Inc. a portfolio company of New Mountain Capital, in an acquisition of the dental service organization operations from various affiliates of The Guardian Life Insurance Co. of America
  • A publicly traded global industrial engineering and manufacturing company with respect to various strategic acquisitions in the United States
  • A Texas and Colorado-focused exploration and production company with respect to a $100 million investment from a private equity sponsor
  • The world’s largest oilfield services company with respect to multiple acquisition and investment transactions ranging from $150 million to $500 million with exploration and production companies
  • A major offshore midstream joint venture company in an interconnect and construction agreement for a multibillion dollar deepwater crude pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico with an operator of interconnect facilities on behalf of a consortium of oil producers
  • A major offshore midstream company in a joint venture with another major offshore pipeline company to construct a new natural gas pipeline in the Gulf of Mexico on behalf of a consortium of gas producers
  • A midstream company in the acquisition of a $200 million natural gas liquids (NGL) pipeline and gas conditioning plant in North Dakota
  • A private equity-sponsored energy midstream company in a construction and processing agreement with respect to an off-gas processing plant project with a major refiner in Louisiana
  • A publicly held exploration and production company in the divestiture of two major pipeline systems in Mississippi and Louisiana for approximately $250 million in a drop-down transaction to a master limited partnership venture
  • University of Houston Law Center, 1999, J.D.
  • The University of Texas at Austin, 1996, B.A.
  • Texas

Listed, The Best Lawyers in America, Corporate Law, Houston, TX (2024–2026)

Recommended, Industry focus: Energy transactions: oil and gas, The Legal 500 US (2020, 2021, 2023)

Recommended, Industry focus: Energy: renewable/alternative power, The Legal 500 US (2019)

Recommended, Industry focus: Energy: transactions: conventional power, The Legal 500 US (2019)

Recommended, M&A/corporate and commercial: Commercial deals and contracts, The Legal 500 US (2019)

Named, Modern Healthcare’s “Largest Healthcare Firm” (2016–2021)

Member, Law Firm of the Year, Energy/Projects: Power (including Renewables), Chambers USA (2018)

Rising Star, Energy, Law360 (2014)

Recognized, Texas, Super Lawyers (2014, 2015)

Rising Star, Texas, Super Lawyers (2004– 2007, 2009– 2013)

Recognized, On the Fast Track, H Texas Magazine (2006)

Board Member, West Texas District Export Council

Member, Brazil-Texas Chamber of Commerce

Editor, Houston Journal of International Law