Jeffrey Chapman is a partner with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, and he is one of the finalists for Texas Lawyer's Dealmaker of the Year award. Read a Q&A with him below.

What were your most significant achievements of 2023?

My most significant achievements of 2023 involved two very different transactions: representing Pioneer Natural Resources in its sale to Exxon and Citation Capital in its acquisition Cibo Vita (a food manufacturer). The Pioneer deal was the largest transaction in the world last year. It involved counseling the Pioneer board in assessing a variety of strategic alternatives in addition to the deal with Exxon, negotiating the merger agreement with Exxon and its counsel Davis Polk, and advising the Pioneer board in the context of the Federal Trade Commission's investigation of antitrust-related issues involving Pioneer. The Cibo Vita transaction involved advising a brand new private equity fund in its first acquisition and assessing all the issues a new group of PE executives faces in structuring and executing their first deal together.