Max Silverman started his investment banking career with Petrie Partners in 2014. While at Petrie, Max has worked on over 40 completed mergers, joint ventures, divestitures, acquisitions and financings totaling approximately $100 billon in consideration. Prior to joining Petrie, Max worked offshore and in financial analyst roles for different drilling contractors.
Max’s notable transactions include the merger of Pioneer Natural Resources into ExxonMobil, the restructuring of Extraction Oil & Gas and subsequent mergers with Bonanza Creek Energy and Crestone Peak Resources to form Civitas Resources, the merger of Resolute Energy into Cimarex Energy, California Resource Corporation’s Elk Hills midstream JV with Ares Management, Noble Energy’s mergers with Clayton Williams Energy and Rosetta Resources, the IPOs of Liberty Energy and Jagged Peak Energy, and the sale of EE3’s North Park Basin assets to SandRidge.
Max grew up in Houston, Texas, and earned a B.B.A. in Finance from the Business Honors Program and a B.A. from the Plan II Honors program at the University of Texas at Austin.