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Greg Henson is a Senior Associate in the Corporate, Securities & Finance practice in Houston. Greg advises private companies, private equity firms and family offices in connection with corporate and transactional matters, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, private securities offerings, structuring and negotiating investment funds, and general corporate matters.

Previously, Greg practiced corporate law at a Houston-based international law firm and as in-house counsel for a Houston-based international real estate investment manager and developer, focusing on real estate investment funds and joint ventures.

Representative Experience

Mergers and Acquisitions:

• Buckhorn Production, LLC (Buckhorn), a privately funded oil & gas production company, in its acquisition of substantially all assets of an independent energy and technology company.
• Rice Energy in its $6.7 billion public merger with EQT Corporation and the proxy contest defense against JANA Partners, creating the largest independent producer of natural gas in the United States. (Previously Assisted On)
• Patterson-UTI Energy in its $1.76 billion all-stock public merger with Seventy-Seven Energy.
• StoneMor Partners L.P., a leading owner and operator of cemeteries and funeral homes, in its conversion from a master limited partnership to a Delaware corporation, StoneMor Inc. (Previously Assisted On)
• First Reserve in its $135 million acquisition of TriMas Corporation’s Lamons business, a provider of industrial sealing and fastener solutions. (Previously Assisted On)
• FleetPride, a TPG portfolio company and the industry’s largest distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts, in its sale to American Securities. (Previously Assisted On)
• KLR Energy Acquisition Corp., a Delaware special purpose acquisition company, in the $445 million combination with Tema Oil and Gas Company to form Rosehill Resources. (Previously Assisted On)
• Hi-Crush Partners LP in the $96.25 million acquisition of its general partner. (Previously Assisted On)

Private Equity:

• A prominent family office on the initial formation and the $17.75 million private placement of equity securities for truck parking management business.
• A prominent family office on a minority investment in nationally prominent drum motor manufacturer including a $12 million preferred equity private offering.
• A prominent family office on the purchase of a truck parking management company in exchange for cash and equity securities with a combined value of $5 million.
• SW Group, LLC, a private equity firm, on the private placement offering of equity securities in connection with the purchase of $8.16 million self-storage company, All Around Storage.
• SW Group, LLC, a private equity firm, on the private placement offering of equity securities in connection with the purchase of self-storage company, A Storage Place.
• Warburg Pincus in the $500 million line of equity commitment to RimRock Oil & Gas, an E&P company focused on unconventional assets in the United States and Canada. (Previously Assisted On)
• Spur Energy Partners in the formation of a partnership with KKR to acquire oil and gas production development assets. (Previously Assisted On)
• EnCap in a line of equity investment in a newly formed company focused on the acquisition and development of oil and gas properties in the United States. (Previously Assisted On)
• EnCap in the reorganization of a fund and its portfolio companies for tax efficiency. (Previously Assisted On)

Private Equity Offerings:

• StoneMor Partners L.P. in its $58 million private placement of Series A preferred units. (Previously Assisted On)
• $56.8 million private placement to fund the development of a multi-family project in Milwaukee’s Historic Third Ward. (Previously Assisted On)
• $41 million private placement offering to fund development of a mixed-use project in downtown Minneapolis. (Previously Assisted On)
• $39.4 million private placement offering in a qualified opportunity zone fund to develop a multi-family project in Hyattsville, Maryland. (Previously Assisted On)

Investment Funds:

• Creation and administration of a flagship commingled open-ended U.S. core-plus real estate fund consisting of $1.5 billion in investor commitments. (Previously Assisted On)
• Creation and administration of a flagship closed-ended fund focused on tactical investments with over $640 million in investor commitments. (Previously Assisted On)
• Creation of a closed-ended fund taking a broad limited partner position in the client's investment portfolio consisting of $384 million in investor commitments. (Previously Assisted On)
• Creation of a closed-ended employee-equity fund with $53 million in employee commitments.  (Previously Assisted On)

Joint Ventures :

• Joint Venture with to acquire luxury apartment complex in Bellevue, Washington for $233 million. (Previously Assisted On)
• Joint Venture to develop a logistics center in Seoul, South Korea. (Previously Assisted On)
• Joint Venture to develop a qualified opportunity zone multifamily project in Austin, Texas. (Previously Assisted On)
• Joint Venture to purchase $61 million data center in downtown San Jose, California, and convert to high-end office space. (Previously Assisted On)

Professional Affiliations

• State Bar of Texas

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