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Douglas S. Bland
Douglas S. Bland
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Biography
For more than 25 years, Doug has engaged in a domestic and international business transactions practice that focuses on energy, project finance and development, and mergers and acquisitions (including joint ventures). His experience covers a broad spectrum of energy-related matters within the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors. He has particular experience in the electric power area, from project development (including natural gas, geothermal, hydroelectric, wind, and coal) to acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and project financings involving power generation facilities, trading and marketing businesses, and service firms. He also has represented clients on a variety of transactions involving the midstream sector, including refining and petrochemicals, natural gas gathering, processing, storage and transportation, and oil transportation and storage, and the upstream sector, including acquisitions and dispositions of oil and gas properties.
Doug currently serves as the Firm Hiring Partner.
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Representative Experience
Project Finance and Development
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- Representing eSolar in connection with a transaction with NRG Energy, Inc. for the development of three solar thermal power plants totaling up to 500 MW in the U.S.
- Representing NRG Energy in the development and co-ownership arrangements for a 550 MW natural gas-fired power plant under construction at NRG’s Cedar Bayou Power Station in Texas
- Representing Mesa Power in the development of a 4,000 MW wind project, together with up to 1,300 MW of thermal power facilities in the Texas Panhandle
International
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- Represented the Governments of Curaçao and the Netherlands Antilles and their subsidiaries in the development, investment in, and project financing of a $212 million electric power, steam, potable water and compressed air plant at the Isla Refinery in Curaçao (co-counsel for the development)
- Represented a U.S. independent power producer in the development and project financing of a 185 MW combined-cycle, barge-mounted power plant in the Dominican Republic
- Represented a large energy company in the formation of a joint venture entity and the subsequent successful bid to acquire the largest natural gas transportation company in Argentina through a privatization process
Energy
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- Represented a Danish wind turbine manufacturer in connection with the 280+MW King Mountain Wind Farm in Texas
- Represented a consortium of private equity investors in connection with a forward sale of energy from a portfolio of power plants in Texas, one of the largest commodity sale transactions ever consummated
- Represented an international chemical corporation in the divestiture of its worldwide epoxy resins and derivatives business in a leverage recapitalization transaction with a private equity purchaser
Mergers and Acquisitions
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- Represented Reliance Industries Ltd. in its $1.7 billion joint venture with Atlas Energy for development of approximately 300,000 acres in the Marcellus Shale
- Represented Statoil in its $3.3 billion acquisition/joint venture with Chesapeake Energy Corporation to develop Marcellus Shale gas assets
- Represented Loews Corporation in a $4 billion acquisition of E&P properties in Alabama, Michigan and Texas from Dominion Energy
Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Education and Professional Background
- University of Michigan Law School, J.D. cum laude, 1984 (Order of the Coif; Contributing Editor, Michigan Law Review)
- University of Virginia, B.A. in Economics with high honors, 1981 (Phi Beta Kappa)
- Admitted to practice: Texas, 1984
Professional Recognition
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- The International Who's Who of Project Finance Lawyers, 2010
- International Who’s Who of Oil and Gas Lawyers, 2007, 2010, and 2011
- Recognized in project finance, Legal 500 U.S., 2008 and 2010
Activities and Affiliations
- Member: State Bar of Texas; Houston Bar Association; The Bottom Line Campaign Steering Committee, Children's Museum of Houston
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First City Tower
1001 Fannin Street
Suite 2500
Houston, TX 77002-6760
Tel +1.713.758.2498
Fax +1.713.615.5649
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