David Bumgardner advises some of the world’s largest private equity firms and public and private companies on strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. He has extensive experience advising on matters across the infrastructure, oil and gas, renewable energy and energy transition sectors.
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Work Highlights
- Funds managed by KKR in its agreement to sell its 40% stake in Pembina Gas Infrastructure Inc. to Apollo-managed funds
- Refresco in its acquisition of SunOpta
- First Reserve in its strategic growth partnership with WGI, Inc.
- KKR and Global Technical Realty (GTR) with KKR’s additional $1.5 billion equity commitment into GTR
- KKR in its joint venture with T-Mobile to acquire Metronet, including its broadband infrastructure, rapidly growing residential fiber business operations and existing customers
- Summit Companies and BlackRock Long Term Private Capital (LTPC) in several transactions including LTPC’s sale of Summit Companies' to BDT & MSD Partners
- Public Sector Pension Investment Board in its strategic partnership with BCE Inc. to form Network FiberCo
Education
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University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 2016 J.D.
with Honors
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Texas A&M University, 2013 B.A.
magna cum laude
Based in the Firm’s Houston office, David Bumgardner is a Partner in Simpson Thacher’s Mergers and Acquisitions Practice. He advises some of the world’s largest private equity firms and public and private companies on strategic transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. David has extensive experience advising on matters across the infrastructure, oil and gas, renewable energy and energy transition sectors.
Notable experience including prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes representing:
- Public Sector Pension Investment Board in its strategic partnership with BCE Inc. to form Network FiberCo
- Summit Companies and BlackRock Long Term Private Capital (LTPC) in several transactions including LTPC’s sale of Summit Companies' to BDT & MSD Partners
- KKR in its joint venture with T-Mobile to acquire Metronet, including its broadband infrastructure, rapidly growing residential fiber business operations and existing customers
- KKR and Global Technical Realty (GTR) in KKR’s additional $1.5 billion equity commitment into GTR
- First Reserve in its strategic growth partnership with WGI, Inc.
- Refresco in its acquisition of SunOpta
- Funds managed by KKR in its agreement to sell its 40% stake in Pembina Gas Infrastructure Inc. to Apollo-managed funds
- Stonepeak in its approximately $3 billion acquisition of a 50% interest in the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind project, which, at 2.6 GW, is expected to be the largest offshore wind project in the U.S. and one of the largest offshore wind projects globally upon completion
- A BlackRock Diversified Infrastructure fund and a Morgan Stanley Infrastructure Partners fund in their $1.14 billion joint acquisition of the Portland Natural Gas Transmission System
- Boasso Global, a portfolio company of KKR, in its acquisition of Linden Bulk Transportation
- Crestwood Equity Partners in its all-equity $7.1 billion sale of the company to Energy Transfer
- IFM Investors in its formation of a joint venture with DigitalBridge to acquire Switch, Inc. in a $11 billion take-private transaction
- Harold Hamm in the take private of Continental Resources, Inc.
- DigitalBridge in its acquisition of a controlling stake in Vertical Bridge Holdings
- DoublePoint Energy in its $6.4 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company
- Noble Energy in its $13 billion sale to Chevron
- Blackstone Infrastructure Partners, together with affiliates of Enagas, GIC, NPS and USS, in their acquisition of all Class A Shares of Tallgrass Energy
David received his J.D., with Honors, from the University of Texas at Austin School of Law and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Texas A&M University. He is admitted to practice in Texas.