O’Melveny advises private consortium on PureWest Energy merger for $1.84 billion

(WO) —O’Melveny advised PW Consortium, a private consortium of family offices and financial institutions, on its merger agreement with PureWest Energy, LLC, a leading Rocky Mountain independent natural gas producer, for $1.84 billion in cash.

The transaction was announced on May 31.

Members of PW Consortium include A.G. Hill Partners LLC; Cain Capital LLC; Eaglebine Capital Partners, LP; Fortress Investment Group; HF Capital, LLC; Petro-Hunt LLC; and Wincoram Asset Management.

"The breadth and depth of O'Melveny's expertise was instrumental in closing this complex transaction," said Joe O'Brien, President and CEO of A.G. Hill Partners and newly appointed Chairman of PureWest.

PureWest Energy, LLC is a private energy company focused on developing its long-life natural gas reserves in Wyoming’s Green River basin, where the company controls more than 111,000 net acres in and around the prolific Pinedale and Jonah fields.

The O’Melveny team advising PW Consortium was led by partner and Texas Corporate Regional Head Whit Roberts and partner Jason Schumacher. The team also included partners Alexander Anderson, Will S. Becker, Ryan Cicero, Courtney Dyer, Tracie Ingrasin, David J. Johnson Jr., Garrett Johnston, Sid Mody, Abby F. Rudzin, and Kimberly F. Williams; senior counsel Warren Fox and John D. Renneisen; counsel Austin Elder, Albert Jou, Cheryl Looper, Tom Oslovar, and Ramon Ramirez; and associates Eleanor Gilbert, Andi Hasaj, Sahil Nooruddin, Luke Ohnmeis, Brent Rubin, Silvia Smith, and Maya Spitzer.