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Charles F. Caldwell
Charles F. Caldwell
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Biography
Charles Caldwell has broad experience in the regulation of the energy industry, including litigation of oil and gas pipeline matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and federal appellate courts, counseling a range of clients on complex regulatory issues, and working on transactions in all phases of energy development and transportation, both domestically and overseas.
Charles provides regulatory and business counseling to many oil pipeline clients, including BP Pipelines, Calnev, Devon Energy, MarkWest Energy Partners, Occidental Petroleum, Plantation Pipe Line, and SFPP, and the owners of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System. He has litigated a number of highly complex oil pipeline cases before the FERC and has helped his clients successfully negotiate settlements and obtain regulatory approvals in numerous matters.
He also has wide experience in assisting his clients with energy projects.
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Representative Experience
Oil Pipelines
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- Representing a refined petroleum products pipeline before the U.S. Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit) in successfully defending FERC’s rejection of complaints against its rates and upholding FERC's approach to indexing of oil pipeline rates (D.C. Cir. No. 07-1163)
- Representing a refined petroleum products pipeline before the U.S. Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit) in successfully defending FERC’s rejection of a complaint against the indexing of its rates (D.C. Cir. No. 07-1461)
- Representing a refined petroleum products pipeline before the U.S. Court of Appeals (D.C. Circuit) in successfully defending FERC’s income tax allowance policy for utilities owned by master limited partnerships and other tax-pass-through entities (D.C. Cir. No. 04-1102)
Transactional
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- Assisting a U.S. independent exploration and production company in negotiations leading to development of a major offshore gas production and processing platform
- Representing a Brazilian natural gas distributor in negotiating its upstream supply contract and downstream sales agreements with several gas-fired independent power projects
- Providing regulatory counsel to a crude oil gathering and transportation company in a large acquisition to expand its system, including coordination of regulatory approvals in 10 states
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Education and Professional Background
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 1990 (Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Law & Politics)
- Rice University, B.A. magna cum laude, 1985 (Phi Beta Kappa)
- Judicial clerk to The Honorable George P. Kazen, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Admitted to practice: Texas, 1990; U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Professional Recognition
- Legal Media Group's (Euromoney's) Expert Guide to the World's Leading Energy and Natural Resource Lawyers, 2007, 2009 and 2011
Chambers USA: America's Leading Business Lawyers in energy regulation, 2005 - 2011 The Best Lawyers in America® in natural resources law, 2005, energy law 2006 - 2011
Activities and Affiliations
- Member: Administrative Law, Natural Resources, Environment, and Energy Sections, American Bar Association; Oil, Gas, and Mineral Law Section, State Bar of Texas; Energy Bar Association (Chair, Oil Pipeline Committee, 2008 - 2009; Past President, Houston Chapter); Houston Bar Association
Publications and Presentations
- Speaker, Association of Oil Pipeline’s Annual Business Conferences, since 2006
- U.S. Co-Editor, Oil Regulation 2008 and 2009; Global and U.S. Co-Editor, Gas Regulation 2003 (Global Competition Review/Getting The Deal Through)
- Regular speaker at continuing legal education and client regulatory compliance programs
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First City Tower
1001 Fannin Street
Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77002-6760
Tel +1.713.758.4518
Fax +1.713.615.5087
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