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Endeavor Energy Resources and Diamondback Energy Complete $26 Billion Merger
- Client News
- September 10, 2024
Paul, Weiss advised Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P., one of the U.S.’s largest privately held oil exploration and production companies, in its merger with Diamondback Energy, Inc. in a cash-and-stock transaction valued at approximately $26 billion, including Endeavor’s net debt. The deal creates one of North America’s premier independent oil companies.
The Paul, Weiss team was led by Krishna Veeraraghavan, Benjamin Goodchild and Alexia Yang, and included corporate partners Kyle Seifried, Christodoulos Kaoutzanis, Manuel Frey, Ben Steadman, Aaron Schlaphoff, John Kennedy and Patricia Vaz de Almeida; executive compensation partners Andrea Wahlquist Brown, Jean McLoughlin and Lawrence Witdorchic and counsel Sasha Belinkie; tax partners Anne McGinnis, Brian Krause and Jeffrey Samuels; antitrust partners Christopher Wilson, Joshua Soven and Scott Sher, and counsel Todd Hahn and Yuni Sobel; personal representation partner Alan Halperin; litigation partners Geoffrey Chepiga and Andre Bouchard; intellectual property partner Jonathan Ashtor; and real estate counsel Barry Langman.