Dasha K. Hodge
Counsel
Areas of Focus
- Corporate & Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate Governance
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Investment Management
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Capital Markets
- Oil & Gas
- Energy Transition
- Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG)
- Renewable Energy
- Focuses on mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and other strategic transactions.
- Advises on corporate governance, securities and other general corporate matters.
Dasha advises public and private companies and private equity sponsors on a wide range of strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions (M&A), private equity investments and exit transactions, reorganizations, securities offerings, Exchange Act reporting and general corporate governance matters.
While in law school, she served as a judicial intern for the Honorable Larry Weiman, 80th Civil District Court.
- Represented Talos Energy Inc. in its $1.29 billion acquisition of QuarterNorth Energy.
- Represented Viper Energy Inc. in $1.1 billion acquisitions or mineral and royalty-interest owning companies.
- Represented Viper Energy LP in $1.0 billion acquisition of Permian Basin mineral and royalty interests.
- Represented Tellurian Inc. in its definitive agreement to merge with Woodside Energy in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $900 million.
- Represented Tellurian Inc. in the sale of upstream assets in the Louisiana Haynesville and Bossier shale basins for approximately $260 million.
LanguagesEnglish
Serbo-Croatian
English
Serbo-Croatian
EducationJ.D., University of Houston Law Center, magna cum laude, 2016
B.A., Simon Fraser University, with distinction, 2013
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, magna cum laude, 2016
B.A., Simon Fraser University, with distinction, 2013
Bar AdmissionsTexas
Texas
- The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch: Corporate Law; Leveraged Buyouts and Private Equity Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2024-2025.
- The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch: Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2022-2023.
- Gender Fairness Committee, Houston Bar Association
- Editorial Board, The Houston Lawyer
- Houston Young Lawyers Association
- “The Art of Investigation: Trends and Best Practices in M&A Due Diligence,” The Houston Lawyer, May/June 2023.
- “Raising Capital for Cheap(er): An Overview of Common Securities Registration Exemptions,” The Houston Lawyer, November/December 2019.