PE-backed Oil and Gas Companies Gear Up for Return of IPO Market

"Payday was coming for private equity firms Quantum Energy Partners LP, Riverstone Holdings LLC and Lime Rock Partners when, on Sept. 15, Vantage Energy Inc. announced it would be launching an initial public offering.

...'A number in process got put on the shelf,' said Matt Pacey, a partner at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Houston who handles such deals."

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This article appeared in its entirety in the August 7, 2015 edition of The Deal.