Stephen M. Gill

Stephen M. Gill

Partner, Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Markets
Steve Gill has extensive experience representing acquirers and targets involved in high-profile transactions across various industries, including energy, waste management, technology and health care. A go-to lawyer for oil and gas companies, he has counseled on some of the sector’s most significant deals in recent years.

Bio

Mr. Gill regularly advises on mergers, acquisitions and capital markets matters and represents public companies in connection with securities law compliance, securities offerings and corporate governance. He has also counseled on significant shareholder activism defense matters and hostile takeovers.

Prior to joining Skadden, he was co-head of the M&A and capital markets practice at another global law firm.

In recognition of his work, Mr. Gill has been ranked repeatedly in Chambers USA and selected twice as an Energy MVP by Law360. He has also been honored as Energy Attorney of the Year as part of The American Lawyer’s Texas Legal Awards.

Matters on which Mr. Gill advised prior to joining Skadden include:

  • Noble Energy in its $13 billion sale to Chevron
  • CrownRock, a joint venture of CrownQuest Operating and Lime Rock Partners, in the $12 billion sale of CrownRock to Occidental
  • RSP Permian in its $9.5 billion sale to Concho Resources
  • Crestwood Equity Partners in its $7.1 billion sale to Energy Transfer in an all-equity transaction
  • Denbury Inc. in its $4.9 billion sale to ExxonMobil
  • Bonanza Creek Energy in its business combination with Extraction Oil & Gas to form Civitas Resources and Civitas’ subsequent acquisition of Crestone Peak Resources, which created a combined company worth over $4.5 billion
  • WildHorse Resource Development in its $4 billion sale to Chesapeake Energy
  • Maxar Technologies in its $3.6 billion merger with DigitalGlobe
  • Jagged Peak Energy in its $2.27 billion merger with Parsley Energy
  • Roan Resources in its $1 billion sale to Citizen Energy Operating, LLC, an affiliate of Warburg Pincus

Credentials

Education

  • J.D., Tulane Law School, 2001 (summa cum laude; Notes & Comments Editor, Tulane Law Review; Order of the Coif)
  • B.A., Louisiana State University, 1998

Admissions

  • Texas

Stephen M. Gill

Partner, Mergers and Acquisitions; Capital Markets
steve.gill@skadden.com