Biography
Courtney Wade is a corporate attorney in Jackson Walker’s Houston office with a practice encompassing mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, and corporate governance matters, primarily in the energy sector and with a focus on the upstream oil and gas industry.
Courtney advises clients on domestic and international transactional matters including raising capital through private placements, acquisition and divestiture of upstream oil and gas assets, production sharing agreements, employment and consulting agreements, and general business matters.
Acting as an advisor and partner in her clients’ success, Courtney regularly oversees the drafting and structuring of a host of transactional documents, including purchase and sale agreements, company operating agreements, membership interests agreements, transitional services agreements, escrow agreements, management services agreements, contribution/distribution agreements, and other related agreements.
Prior to practicing law, Courtney served as a law clerk and briefing attorney in the Texas Fourteenth Court of Appeals, conducting extensive legal research and drafting opinion recommendations for nine justices.
Education
B.A., cum laude, University of Houston
J.D., magna cum laude, South Texas College of Law
- CALI Award in Land Use Management & Control, Texas Pretrial Procedure, Professional Responsibility, and Criminal Law (Highest grade in class)
Bar Admissions
Texas
- Institute for Energy Law (IEL), 2022-2023 Leadership Class
- Urban Bicycle Gallery BP MS 150
- Volunteer, 2009-2018
- SAG Driver, 2011-2012

June 1, 2023
Client ResultsJackson Walker Represents Wincoram Asset Management, LLC in the Acquisition of PureWest Energy, LLC by Newly Formed Consortium
Jackson Walker served as legal counsel to Wincoram Asset Management, LLC in the acquisition of PureWest Energy, LLC (“PureWest”) by a private consortium of family offices and financial institutions (“PW Consortium”). On May 31, 2023, PureWest, a leading Rocky Mountain independent natural gas producer, completed an all-cash merger with a newly formed entity sponsored by PW Consortium for a total consideration of $1.84 billion.

November 17, 2022
NewslettersJW Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter – November 2022
View Jackson Walker’s November 2022 Diversity & Inclusion Newsletter, Perspectives.

July 26, 2022
Attorney NewsCourtney Wade Selected to Institute for Energy Law Leadership Class
Courtney Wade has been selected to participate in the 2022-2023 Leadership Class of the Institute for Energy Law (IEL).