Stephen Gill regularly advises on mergers, acquisitions, and capital markets matters and represents public companies related to securities law compliance, securities offerings, and corporate governance. He has also counseled on significant shareholder activism defense matters and hostile takeovers. Prior to joining Skadden, he was co-head of the M&A and capital markets practice at another global law firm.

In recognition of his work, Gill has been ranked repeatedly in Chambers USA and selected twice as an Energy MVP by Law360, in addition to being named one of Lawdragon’s 500 Leading Energy Lawyers. He has also been honored as “Energy Attorney of the Year” as part of The American Lawyer’s Texas Legal Awards.

Prior to joining Skadden, Gill advised on a range of matters including: Noble Energy in its $13 billion sale to Chevron; CrownRock, a joint venture of CrownQuest Operating and Lime Rock Partners, in the $12 billion sale of CrownRock to Occidental; RSP Permian in its $9.5 billion sale to Concho Resources; Crestwood Equity Partners in its $7.1 billion sale to Energy Transfer in an all-equity transaction; Denbury Inc. in its $4.9 billion sale to ExxonMobil; Bonanza Creek Energy in its business combination with Extraction Oil & Gas to form Civitas Resources and Civitas’ subsequent acquisition of Crestone Peak Resources, which created a combined company worth over $4.5 billion; WildHorse Resource Development in its $4 billion sale to Chesapeake Energy; Maxar Technologies in its $3.6 billion merger with DigitalGlobe; Jagged Peak Energy in its $2.27 billion merger with Parsley Energy; and Roan Resources in its $1 billion sale to Citizen Energy Operating, LLC, an affiliate of Warburg Pincus.