Mary W. Lovely
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Corporate & Finance
- Private Equity Transactions
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Corporate Governance
- Capital Markets
- Investment Management
- Oil & Gas
- Liquefied Natural Gas
- Midstream Oil & Gas
- Oilfield Services
- Refining, Petrochemicals & Processing
- Upstream Oil & Gas
- Private Equity
- Private Capital
- Energy & Infrastructure Private Equity
- Advises on acquisitions, divestitures and strategic joint ventures in the energy industry and other sectors, including providing counsel on upstream, midstream, downstream and traditional & renewable power transactions.
- Works with public companies and their boards of directors regarding strategic transactions and corporate governance, particularly in the energy industry.
Mary represents strategic and financial buyers, sellers and investors across industries, including the oil & gas, traditional power, renewable energy and private equity sectors. Mary advises on a wide range of public and private mergers & acquisitions (M&A) transactions, including mergers, stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions, minority investments, joint ventures (JV), equity & debt financings and other complex business transactions.
Mary assists clients in buying and selling energy projects across the U.S. With a great depth of practice, Mary has significant experience advising on traditional energy projects—including oil, natural gas and other fossil fuels—guiding clients looking to capitalize on the energy transition, including in connection with renewable energy projects such as wind, solar and battery energy storage systems.
Mary’s work includes representing private equity funds in platform acquisitions and investments, as well as assisting portfolio companies as they make acquisitions to increase their geographic footprint and range of services and products.
Mary also advises public companies, their boards of directors and board committees in strategic matters, including mergers, sales of control and conflict situations, as well as with respect to Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) compliance and corporate governance matters.
- Advised Eagle Bulk Shipping (NASDAQ: EGLE), one of the world’s largest owner-operators within the midsize dry bulk vessel segment, in the completion of its all-stock merger with Star Bulk Carriers Corp
- Represented Innovex Downhole Solutions, a leading provider of mission-critical technologies and services across the well lifecycle for the oil & gas industry, in its definitive agreement to merge with Dril-Quip (NYSE: DRQ).
- Represented Tellurian (NYSE: TELL) in its definitive agreement to merge with Woodside Energy in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $900 million.
- Represented Excelsior Energy Capital, a leading North American renewable energy investor, in the sale of 38 solar energy and solar plus storage projects to BlackRock’s Evergreen Infrastructure Partners Fund.
- Represented Double Eagle Energy in its strategic partnership with EnCap Investments LP to form Double Eagle Energy Holdings IV and another new investment vehicle, new oil & gas investment entities with over $1.7 billion of equity committed.
EducationJ.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2010
B.A., University of Virginia, 2007
J.D., Fordham University School of Law, 2010
B.A., University of Virginia, 2007
Bar AdmissionsTexas
Texas
- The Legal 500 US, M&A: Large Deals ($1bn+), 2023; Energy: Renewable/Alternative Power, 2024.
- Executive Women, Rising Star Award Finalist, 2016.
- Member, State Bar of Texas.
- Member, Houston Young Lawyers Association.
- Member, Houston Chapter, Association for Corporate Growth.
- Member, UVA Club of Houston.