Clay is a Partner at Baker Botts LLP and the co-head of its energy private equity practice. Prior to Baker Botts, Clay served on the investment committee of the York Tactical Energy Fund, before that serving as the General Counsel of Millennial Energy Partners. Early in his career, Clay practiced corporate law at Bracewell LLP and Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. Clay has served on the boards of the Houston Center for Literacy, Shelters to Shutters – Houston and the West U Zoning Board of Adjustment. He is the founder of HSC National Golf Club, and plays out of Houston’s Westwood Golf Club and Nairn Golf Club in Scotland. In 2025, Hart Energy recognized Clay as one of 40 leaders of the American energy industry under 40 years old.
Clay was born in El Paso and grew up in Beavercreek, Ohio, attending Archbishop Carroll High School. He is a graduate of the University of Florida, where he was a member of Florida Blue Key and received the William Rion Most Outstanding Graduate Award, and Vanderbilt Law School.
Clay and his wife, Lindsay, have lived in West U since 2016 and have two children.