Bio

Sarah Morgan co-heads V&E’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice group and is a member of the firm’s partnership admissions committee. She is an experienced securities lawyer who focuses on capital-raising transactions for clients in the energy industry and other sectors. Sarah represents public companies, private companies, investment banks, management teams, private equity in all forms of capital-raising transactions, including IPOs, registered offerings of debt and equity securities, private placements of debt and equity securities, preferred equity investments, at-the-market continuous offering programs (ATMs), tender offers, exchange offers and private debt exchanges. She advises clients, including public companies and their boards of directors, on securities disclosure, corporate governance and compliance matters. She also plays a strategic role in advising clients on a broad range of ESG issues and related risks, including the preparation of sustainability reports and advice on other climate disclosures, the development of corporate ESG programs and related governance oversight and the establishment of net zero or other greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction targets. She also advises companies and private equity funds concerning mergers, acquisitions, disposition and separation transactions, including significant experience regarding complex carveout or spin-off transactions and SPAC combinations. A highly skilled practitioner, Sarah has extensive knowledge of securities law and has been recognized by Chambers USA (nationwide and in Texas for Debt and Equity Capital Markets), Legal 500 US, LawDragon500, IFLR100, Best Lawyers in America and Super Lawyers (Texas Rising Star), among others. She is known as a “fierce advocate for her clients” and a “tremendous lawyer” (Chambers interviewee comment) and has been selected to the BTI Client Service All-Stars list multiple times, as well as named “Most Effective Dealmaker” by Texas Lawyer. Sarah has significant experience in the energy industry, particularly with respect to energy transition industry verticals, and was named one of the “25 Most Influential Women in Energy” by Oil & Gas Investor. She is also an advisory board member of Greentown Labs Houston, a member of the Houston chapter of the Cleantech Leader’s Roundtable, a host for Women in Climate Finance events and a member of the Capital Formation Committee of the Greater Houston Partnership’s (GHP) Houston Energy Transition Initiative (HETI) and a contributing author of HETI’s white paper on the Energy Transition in Houston. Sarah serves as a sponsor member of the Houston chapter of WCD (Women Corporate Directors) and also serves on the executive committee and the board of directors of the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Houston.