Energy – Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)

Energy Transfer Partners in all aspects of the development and financing of the Lake Charles LNG Project, with a liquefaction capacity of 16.45 mtpa; also advising on all FERC and Department of Energy matters

Kimmeridge in its acquisition of Commonwealth LNG, a project company developing an LNG liquefaction and export facility

Golden Pass LNG in the restructuring and renegotiation of its EPC arrangements for the completion of the Golden Pass LNG project, following the bankruptcy of Zachry Holdings

Tellurian, Inc. in the development of the Driftwood LNG Project, a 5 train, 26 mtpa LNG export terminal in Louisiana, including the negotiation of a $15.2 billion EPC contract and long distance natural gas pipeline for natural gas supply

New Fortress Energy in the $1.055 billion sale to Excelerate Energy, Inc. of its Jamaican businesses, including an LNG import terminal in Montego Bay, offshore floating storage and regasification terminal in Old Harbour, and 150 MW Combined Heat and Power Plant in Clarendon, along with the associated infrastructure

Woodside Energy Group Ltd in its merger with BHP Petroleum with an approximately US $43 billion merged entity value and concurrent listing of American Depositary Shares (ADSs) on the NYSE

Funds managed by Apollo in the $2 billion sale by New Fortress Energy Inc. of 11 LNG infrastructure vessels to a newly formed venture owned approximately 80% by Apollo funds and 20% by NFE

IFM Investors and Buckeye Partners L.P. in all aspects of their investment in, and ownership of, a majority stake of Train 2 of Freeport LNG, including aspects of the project financing and holdco financing in place in connection with Train 2, and, separately, IFM’s arrangement of holdco financing for Freeport LNG

Bechtel Corporation in the negotiation of a $9.5 billion pair of EPC contracts with Cheniere Energy for the construction of Cheniere’s Corpus Christi LNG export project

Seaside LNG and its sponsor, Arroyo Investors, in its $150 million first lien senior secured delayed draw term loan facility and $31 million first lien senior secured letter of credit facility which will be used to fund the construction of a liquefaction barge and tugboat as well as fund working capital needs

Crowley Maritime Corporation in the acquisition and financing of an LNG tanker and subsequent long-term time charter to an international gas and power company

Successfully represented a global infrastructure fund in a dispute over consent rights involving the proposed expansion of a multi-billion dollar LNG export facility

(S.D. Tex. Bankruptcy Court) – Represented majority stakeholder in LNG export terminal joint venture in an adversary proceeding in bankruptcy court, arising from a dispute related to construction delays and cost overruns

An energy trading company in relation to the proposed medium term supply of LNG to the Natural Gas Public Company of the Republic of Cyprus utilizing a floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU)

Woodside Energy Group Ltd in its $3.35 billion acquisition of Apache Corporation’s interests in the Wheatstone LNG and Balnaves oil development projects in Australia and the Kitimat LNG project in Canada

GasAtacama in negotiation of charter agreements for a floating LNG receiving, storage and regasification unit to be moored offshore of Chile, along with related LNG shipping and LNG purchase agreements 

BG Group in the development of LNG production and export facilities for the Lake Charles LNG project 

Total Gas & Power in negotiation of a long-term LNG import terminalling service agreement pertaining to a greenfield LNG import terminal, as well as a related header pipeline system 

The sponsor of a mid-scale LNG export facility on the U.S. Gulf Coast 

Santos Limited in the $18.5 billion joint venture with Petronas, TOTAL, and KOGAS, for the development of a two-train greenfield LNG facility in Queensland, Australia, including the negotiation of long-term LNG off-take agreements