Metts, J. Mark

Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Mark Metts has extensive experience in mergers and acquisitions, corporate reorganizations, acquisitions for private equity clients, and public offerings, especially relating to the energy industry.

Mark's recent experience includes the $1.85 billion acquisition by Atlas Pipeline Partners L.P., an affiliate of Atlas Energy Resources LLC, of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation's interests in the Chaney Dell and Midkiff/Benedum natural gas gathering and processing systems; the $260 million sale by Apache Corporation of its Apache China subsidiary to ROC Oil Company Limited; and the $150 million acquisition by Evercore Capital Partners II, L.P., along with Red Mountain Capital Partners and Sankaty Advisors, of Davis Petroleum Corp., Davis Offshore, L.P., and Davis Petroleum Pipeline LLC in a bankruptcy buyout.

Mark also has represented several different private equity clients in numerous acquisitions in the energy industry and the food and over-the-counter drug categories, as well as in the subsequent follow-on acquisitions, public offerings, and dispositions; and he has worked as lead counsel on many equity and debt public offerings on behalf of issuers and underwriters.

Prior to joining Jones Day, Mark advised on the sale by Enron Corp. of its wind company's turbine manufacturing business to GE Power Systems and the takeover by Vitro S.A. of Anchor Glass Company (the first hostile takeover of a U.S. company by a Mexican company). He also represented the special committee of the Southland Corp. board of directors in the leveraged buyout of Southland by the Thompson Family and the recapitalization by Enron of Enron Oil & Gas.

Areas of Practice

• Private Equity
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Energy
• Buyouts
• Fund Formation
• Energy Transactions
• Energy/Utilities
• M&A
• Venture Capital - Investor
• Venture Capital - Issuer

Representative Cases

• Apache Corp sells Apache China Corp to ROC Oil for $260 million
• Atlas Energy completes $600 million private placement of Common and Class D Units and acquires DTE Gas & Oil , (2009)
• Atlas Pipeline Partners acquires $1.85 billion Anadarko interests in Chaney Dell and Midkiff/Benedum Systems
• BenefitMall completes management buyout and related recapitalization
• Evercore Capital acquires various Davis Petroleum entities in bankruptcy buyout , (2009)
• Jefferies acts as initial purchaser and placement agent in $750 million of 10% Senior Notes in Rule 144A, Regulation D and Regulation S offerings by Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. , (2009)
• Jefferies is financial advisor to Stone Energy in $1.98 billion acquisition by Energy Partners , (2009)
• OGE and Energy Transfer Partners propose $6 billion joint venture , (2009)
• OGE subsidiary Enogex sells Enogex Arkansas Pipeline to Atlas Pipeline for $163 million
• Parallel fund acquires and recapitalizes Diesel Service & Supply
• Riverside acquires Welltec in MBO
• TSG Consumer Partners acquires 50% interest of Alexia Foods
• TSG Consumer Partners acquires 50% of Meguiar's
• TSG Consumer Partners acquires Alterna
• TSG Consumer Partners acquires Pevonia and Medicalia
• TSG Consumer Partners acquires PureOlogy Research
• TSG Consumer Partners sells Alexia Foods
• TSG Consumer Partners sells Meguiar's
• TSG Consumer Partners sells PureOlogy Research to L'Oréal
• TSG recapitalizes portfolio company Yard House
• Wells Fargo Energy Capital finances BMC acquisition

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Corporate Governance, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Reorganizations, Shareholders' Rights, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• U of Texas - Austin

Published Works

• SEC Clarifies New Disclosure Rules for Oil and Gas Reserves, 2010
• SEC Modernizes Requirements for Reporting Oil and Gas Reserves, 2009

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