David Oelman

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David is one of the country’s leading public company lawyers, have worked with over one hundred NYSE and NASDAQ listed issuers over the last 30 years. The long term growth of the US midstream and infrastructure industry beginning in the 1990s followed by the explosive growth accompanying the shale revolution in the late 2000s combined to make David one of the most successful public company lawyers practicing in the US today. This experience has lead to more recent engagements for emerging LNG and transition energy issuers. More recently, David has devoted significant time to helping his clients in the evaluation, negotiation and completion of strategic M&A as the energy industry has moved to consolidate. Many of David’s clients have worked with him for over 20 years.

In April 2019, David was inducted into the Alerian Hall of Fame, together with Kelcy Warren, Raymond Plank and David Fleischer, in recognition of his work in the U.S. midstream and infrastructure industry over three decades. His work has been recognized by Chambers as Tier 1 for U.S. Capital Markets as well as by Legal 500, The Best Lawyers in America© and the International Who’s Who of Capital Markets Lawyers. In its most recent edition of the Chambers USA national securities rankings, a Chambers interviewee noted that David “is a very valuable resource with great experience and a breadth of knowledge” while another client praised him saying he is “consistently outstanding” (2024).

David serves as a member of the firm’s Management Committee and Diversity Executive Committee as well as Lead Talent Partner.