Bio

John Grand co-heads V&E’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Capital Markets practice group. His corporate practice focuses primarily on private equity investments and mergers and acquisitions. He is experienced in advising clients in making energy investments in the upstream and midstream sectors. John represents some of the leading private equity and energy companies in the world, including Apollo Global Management, Pioneer Natural Resources, Oaktree Capital Management and TPG Capital. He has worked on a wide array of transactions in the energy sector, including upstream and midstream joint ventures, upstream and midstream acquisitions and divestitures, and investments in oil services and mining companies. John has been recognized as a leading Energy: Oil and Gas (Transactional) attorney by Chambers USA in 2020 and 2021 and been selected to The Best Lawyers in America, Mergers & Acquisitions Law (Dallas) List in 2021 and 2022. John has also been selected to the Super Lawyers Texas Rising Stars List from 2012 to 2020, and was named by Legal 500 as a top lawyer in the Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas Category in 2020 and 2021 and as a top lawyer in the Project Finance Category in 2018 and 2019. John also served as Contributing Editor to the Chambers 2023 Energy: Oil & Gas Global Practice Guide, released on August 8, 2023.