About me

Address: Houston: 1111 Louisiana Street, 44th Floor, Houston, TX 77002-5200; New York: One Bryant Park, Bank of America Tower, New York, NY 10036-6745

Areas of Focus: Corporate; Mergers & Acquisitions; Private Equity Transactions; Credit Funds; Institutional Investors; Project Debt & Equity Finance; Preferred Equity & Hybrid Capital; Special Situations; Private Credit; Capital Solutions

Biography:
Jon Boben represents financial and strategic buyers and sellers in complex mergers and acquisitions, and investors and companies in pure equity and hybrid capital investments.
His practice also includes joint ventures, special-situation transactions, management equity arrangements, portfolio company matters, and general corporate counseling.
Jon has experience in a wide array of industries, including automotive, consulting, consumer goods, fintech, health care, hospitality, industrials, infrastructure, legal services, logistics and transportation, manufacturing, oil and gas, oilfield services, packaging, renewable energy, retail, software and information technology, staffing, technology, media and telecom.

Representative Work:
Capital Solutions | Hybrid Capital
Top private credit funds and other asset managers and investors in hybrid capital financings and innovate capital solutions—often in the form of preferred stock, structured equity, debt-like pref equity, or convertibles—and other alternative financings:
- $200,000,000 preferred stock investment in an enterprise software company operating a global employment platform
- $500,000,000 preferred equity investment in a midstream infrastructure concern
- $223,000,000 preferred stock investment in a legal technology venture
- $150,000,000 preferred equity investment in an energy joint venture
- $60,000,000 preferred equity investment in a specialty insurance company
- Preferred stock investment in, and recapitalization of, an AI-driven medtech company
- Structured equity investment in a sports nutrition and health food business
- $25,000,000 structured equity investment to support acquisition financings for platform investments
- $30,000,000 structured equity acquisition financing
- Structured equity recapitalization of a private-equity-backed energy infrastructure business

Credentials:
Education: J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2012; M.S., London School of Economics and Political Science, 2008 (with merit); B.B.A., Texas A&M University, 2007
Bar Admissions: New York, 2024; Texas, 2012

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Insights:
- Key Trends and Developments from the Bond Markets During 2025: What Directors Need to Know (March 11, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/key-trends-and-developments-from-the-bond-markets-during-2025-what-directors-need-to-know
- Oil & Gas in 2026: Emerging Trends & Predictions (February 5, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/oil-and-gas-in-2026-emerging-trends-and-predictions
- Oil & Gas in 2026: Pursuing Capital for Growth (February 5, 2026): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/oil-and-gas-in-2026-pursuing-capital-for-growth
- Akin Advises EOG Resources in its $5.6 Billion Acquisition of Encino Acquisition Partners   (June 2, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-eog-resources-in-its-dollar56-billion-acquisition-of-encino-acquisition-partners
- Oil & Gas in 2025: Pursuing Capital for Growth (January 30, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/blogs/speaking-energy/oil-and-gas-in-2025-pursuing-capital-for-growth
- Oil & Gas in 2025: Emerging Trends & Predictions (January 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/articles/oil-and-gas-in-2025-emerging-trends-and-predictions
- Akin Advises True Religion on its Sale to ACON Investments (January 9, 2025): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-true-religion-on-its-sale-to-acon-investments
- Akin Advises Parker Wellbore in its Sale to Nabors Industries (October 16, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-parker-wellbore-in-its-sale-to-nabors-industries
- Akin Advises Brazos Midstream in Preferred Equity Facility (August 20, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-brazos-midstream-in-preferred-equity-facility
- Akin Advises Invesco in Preferred Equity Investment in Franklin Energy (February 27, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-invesco-in-preferred-equity-investment-in-franklin-energy
- Akin Advises Main Street Capital Corporation in New Portfolio Investment in Pinnacle Plastics and Integrity Plastics  (January 30, 2024): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-main-street-capital-corporation-in-new-portfolio-investment-in-pinnacle-plastics-and-integrity-plastics
- Akin Advises Vista Credit Partners in Growth Investment in aPriori (October 25, 2023): https://www.akingump.com/en/insights/press-releases/akin-advises-vista-credit-partners-in-growth-investment-in-apriori