David Oelman

Practice Areas

David Palmer Oelman is one of the country’s preeminent IPO practitioners, having worked on more IPOs in the last three decades than all but a small handful of lawyers practicing in the U.S. He has worked with issuers and underwriters across a broad spectrum of industries.

David continues to counsel clients after completing their IPOs, and is experienced in corporate governance matters, follow-on public offerings, private placements of equity and debt, mergers and acquisitions, dispositions, joint ventures, and private equity investments.

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, Chambers noted that David “brings to bear significant experience in diverse industries” and clients praised him saying he is “very smart, handles deals very well and has a great sense of humor, which is incredibly valuable when the going gets tough”.

David’s thirty year career has included substantial and ongoing work with leading participants in the midstream and infrastructure industry, the shale revolution and the rapidly developing national and international energy transition.

David serves as V&E’s lead talent partner and is a member of the firm’s Management Committee and Diversity Executive Committee.

Career

Admitted to Texas Bar (1991). Joined the firm as a Partner (2000).

Professional Memberships

Board of Directors of the Master Limited Partnership Association

Personal

Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, BA (Summa Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa), 1987; The University of Texas School of Law, JD (Chancellors, Order of the Coif), 1990.