Steve Gill has extensive experience representing acquirers and targets involved in high-profile transactions across various industries, including energy, waste management, technology and health care. A go-to lawyer for oil and gas companies, he has counseled on some of the sector’s most significant deals in recent years.
Gill regularly advises on mergers, acquisitions and capital markets matters and represents public companies in connection with 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.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Energy | 2026 | Energy M&A |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A, Capital Markets, Energy |
| The 2025 Lawdragon 500 Leading Energy Lawyers | 2025 | Energy M&A |
Matters on which Gill advised prior to joining Skadden include:
- 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
- Waste Management in its $7.2 billion acquisition of Stericycle
- 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
- Roan Resources in its $1 billion sale to Citizen Energy Operating, LLC, an affiliate of Warburg Pincus