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Joe Flack

Joe F. Flack

Partner, Houston
713.752.4305
jflack@jw.com
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Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Publications & Speeches

Practice Areas

  • Energy

Experience

  • Acquisition & Disposition | Energy
  • Energy Finance
  • Pipeline & Midstream
  • Shale & Unconventional Resources
  • Upstream Oil & Gas

Biography

Joe Flack is an attorney in the energy group of Jackson Walker’s Houston office with a practice focused on oil and gas transactions. His substantial upstream representations include sellers and buyers in acquisitions and divestitures, borrowers and lenders in reserve-based lending transactions, and grantors and grantees in conveyancing transactions. He also has led various diligence examinations with regards to property and title issues.

Additionally, Joe has represented a number of different parties in midstream matters, including gatherers and producers/shippers in gathering agreements, and processors and producers in processing agreements.

Joe has broad experience in other energy transactions as well, including exploration and development agreements, farmout agreements, participation agreements, joint operating agreements, gas gathering agreements, processing agreements, and oil and gas leases.

Education

B.A., University of Texas at Austin

  • Plan II Honors

J.D., The University of Texas School of Law

Bar Admissions

Texas, 2006

Practice Experience Recognition & Accolades Publications & Speeches
  • Represented a private company in a $1.3 billion divestiture of upstream oil and gas assets in West Texas to a public company.
  • Represented a private equity fund in connection with an acquisition by one of its portfolio companies in acquiring interests in upstream oil and gas assets in Northeast Texas valued at over $1 billion from a public company.
  • Represented a private company in connection with an initial public offering and contribution transaction with multiple private companies covering multiple asset packages collectively valued at over $1 billion.
  • Represented a private equity fund in connection with a joint acquisition with a private company of midstream and upstream oil and gas assets in Ohio valued at $800 million.
  • Represented a private equity portfolio company in multiple acquisitions of upstream oil and gas assets in West Texas valued at $600 million from multiple private companies.
  • Represented a private equity fund in connection with a joint acquisition by one of its portfolio companies in acquiring interests in upstream oil and gas assets valued at $580 million in Northeast Texas from a private company.
  • Represented a private equity fund in connection with a partial equity divestiture in one of its portfolio companies owning primarily upstream oil and gas assets in Northeast Texas valued at $500 million with a private company.
  • Represented a private company in connection with an equity acquisition in multiple oil and gas companies owning primarily upstream oil and gas assets in Texas valued at $300 million.
  • Represented a private equity fund in connection with an acquisition by one of its portfolio companies acquiring interests in upstream oil and gas assets in Wyoming (Green River Basin) valued at $200 million from a private company.
  • Represented a private equity fund in connection with an acquisition by one of its portfolio companies in acquiring interests in upstream oil and gas assets in Northeast Texas valued at $200 million from a bankrupt entity.
  • Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in a joint development transaction with a public company, covering assets in West Texas valued at $180 million.
  • Represented a private equity fund in connection with an acquisition by one of its portfolio companies in acquiring interests in upstream oil and gas assets in Northeast Texas valued at $180 million from a private company.
  • Represented a private company in an acquisition and joint venture transaction with a public company covering upstream oil and gas assets in Ohio and Pennsylvania valued at $175 million.
  • Represented a private equity fund in the acquisition by one of its portfolio companies, Fairway Resources, in acquiring upstream oil and gas assets in Western Oklahoma and Northwest Texas for $150 million from a bankrupt entity.
  • Represented a public company in a divestiture of upstream oil and gas assets in Oklahoma valued at $150 million to a private company.
  • Represented a private company in connection with a joint development transaction covering upstream and midstream oil and gas assets in Western Colorado valued at $130 million with a private company.
  • Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in a $100 million joint acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets in multiple counties in West Texas from a private company.
  • Represented a private equity fund in connection with an equity acquisition of an oil and gas company owning primarily upstream oil and gas assets in Texas valued at $100 million.
  • Represented a private equity portfolio company in an acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets in multiple counties in West Texas valued at $100 million from a public company.
  • Represented a private company in connection with an acquisition by one of its subsidiary companies of upstream assets in southern Louisiana valued at $100 million from a public company.
  • Represented a private company in connection with an acquisition of oil and gas assets in central Louisiana valued at $80 million from a private company.
  • Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in an acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets in West Texas valued at $80 million from a public company.
  • Represented a private equity portfolio company in an acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets in multiple counties in West Texas valued at $80 million from a public company.
  • Represented a private company in a financing transaction with multiple public companies covering upstream oil and gas assets in Ohio and Pennsylvania valued at $60 million.
  • The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Oil and Gas Law, 2021
    • “The Application of the Statute of Frauds in Oil and Gas Transactions,” Presentation for 2014 Fundamentals Course at the 40th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute (March 2014), Presentation to Finance and Corporate Attorneys (2013)
    • “Anatomy of a Title Opinion,” Presentation to the Nation Association of Division Order Analysts, Savannah, GA (2011), Presentation to Houston Association of Division Order Analysts (2010) and Presentation to XXIV Annual Review of Oil and Gas Law put on by the Dallas Bar Association’s Energy Section (2009)

    Practice Experience

    • Represented a private company in a $1.3 billion divestiture of upstream oil and gas assets in West Texas to a public company.
    • Represented a private equity fund in connection with an acquisition by one of its portfolio companies in acquiring interests in upstream oil and gas assets in Northeast Texas valued at over $1 billion from a public company.
    • Represented a private company in connection with an initial public offering and contribution transaction with multiple private companies covering multiple asset packages collectively valued at over $1 billion.
    • Represented a private equity fund in connection with a joint acquisition with a private company of midstream and upstream oil and gas assets in Ohio valued at $800 million.
    • Represented a private equity portfolio company in multiple acquisitions of upstream oil and gas assets in West Texas valued at $600 million from multiple private companies.
    • Represented a private equity fund in connection with a joint acquisition by one of its portfolio companies in acquiring interests in upstream oil and gas assets valued at $580 million in Northeast Texas from a private company.
    • Represented a private equity fund in connection with a partial equity divestiture in one of its portfolio companies owning primarily upstream oil and gas assets in Northeast Texas valued at $500 million with a private company.
    • Represented a private company in connection with an equity acquisition in multiple oil and gas companies owning primarily upstream oil and gas assets in Texas valued at $300 million.
    • Represented a private equity fund in connection with an acquisition by one of its portfolio companies acquiring interests in upstream oil and gas assets in Wyoming (Green River Basin) valued at $200 million from a private company.
    • Represented a private equity fund in connection with an acquisition by one of its portfolio companies in acquiring interests in upstream oil and gas assets in Northeast Texas valued at $200 million from a bankrupt entity.
    • Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in a joint development transaction with a public company, covering assets in West Texas valued at $180 million.
    • Represented a private equity fund in connection with an acquisition by one of its portfolio companies in acquiring interests in upstream oil and gas assets in Northeast Texas valued at $180 million from a private company.
    • Represented a private company in an acquisition and joint venture transaction with a public company covering upstream oil and gas assets in Ohio and Pennsylvania valued at $175 million.
    • Represented a private equity fund in the acquisition by one of its portfolio companies, Fairway Resources, in acquiring upstream oil and gas assets in Western Oklahoma and Northwest Texas for $150 million from a bankrupt entity.
    • Represented a public company in a divestiture of upstream oil and gas assets in Oklahoma valued at $150 million to a private company.
    • Represented a private company in connection with a joint development transaction covering upstream and midstream oil and gas assets in Western Colorado valued at $130 million with a private company.
    • Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in a $100 million joint acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets in multiple counties in West Texas from a private company.
    • Represented a private equity fund in connection with an equity acquisition of an oil and gas company owning primarily upstream oil and gas assets in Texas valued at $100 million.
    • Represented a private equity portfolio company in an acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets in multiple counties in West Texas valued at $100 million from a public company.
    • Represented a private company in connection with an acquisition by one of its subsidiary companies of upstream assets in southern Louisiana valued at $100 million from a public company.
    • Represented a private company in connection with an acquisition of oil and gas assets in central Louisiana valued at $80 million from a private company.
    • Represented a portfolio company of a private equity fund in an acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets in West Texas valued at $80 million from a public company.
    • Represented a private equity portfolio company in an acquisition of upstream oil and gas assets in multiple counties in West Texas valued at $80 million from a public company.
    • Represented a private company in a financing transaction with multiple public companies covering upstream oil and gas assets in Ohio and Pennsylvania valued at $60 million.

    Recognition & Accolades

  • The Best Lawyers in America (Woodward/White Inc.)
    • Oil and Gas Law, 2021
  • Publications & Speeches

    • “The Application of the Statute of Frauds in Oil and Gas Transactions,” Presentation for 2014 Fundamentals Course at the 40th Annual Ernest E. Smith Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Institute (March 2014), Presentation to Finance and Corporate Attorneys (2013)
    • “Anatomy of a Title Opinion,” Presentation to the Nation Association of Division Order Analysts, Savannah, GA (2011), Presentation to Houston Association of Division Order Analysts (2010) and Presentation to XXIV Annual Review of Oil and Gas Law put on by the Dallas Bar Association’s Energy Section (2009)

    Practice Areas

    • Energy

    Experience

    • Acquisition & Disposition | Energy
    • Energy Finance
    • Pipeline & Midstream
    • Shale & Unconventional Resources
    • Upstream Oil & Gas

    News

    • ‘The Best Lawyers in America’ Honors 164 Jackson Walker Attorneys in 2021 Edition, Including 9 “Lawyers of the Year” and 25 “Ones to Watch”
    • Jackson Walker Expands Real Estate and Transactional Practices With Addition of Joe Flack, David Parker, John Wittenberg, and Dana Murphy
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