On June 24, Houston M&A partner Mingda Zhao participated in the panel “Is Exploration Entering a New Renaissance? Which Regions and Basins Are Capturing Operator Attention, and Will the Capital Markets Back This Momentum?” as part of PRAGMA’s 2026 New York Energy Investment Series at Nasdaq. The forum brought together “senior leaders across energy, investment and finance to examine the strategic questions shaping capital allocation across the energy system.”