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As part of its annual “Practice Groups of the Year” series, Law360 has named Vinson & Elkins as an “Energy Group of the Year” for the 12th time.

Vinson & Elkins is advising Chevron Phillips Chemical in connection with its agreement with QatarEnergy to proceed on construction of a $6 billion integrated polymers complex in Ras Laffan Industrial City, Qatar.

Vinson & Elkins advised SCF Partners, Inc., an energy investment firm, in its investment in Westbrook Energy Group, a leading manufacturer of pressure control connection products for the downstream, natural gas distribution, LNG, upstream, and general industrial markets.

Vinson & Elkins advised Hartree Partners, LP (“Hartree”) in its entry into a definitive merger agreement pursuant to which Hartree acquire all of the outstanding common units of Sprague Resources LP not already owned by Hartree and its affiliates.

Vinson & Elkins advised SOCAR Turkey, 100% owned subsidiary of State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic (“SOCAR”), in connection with a USD 1.3 billion equivalent syndicated loan facility to refinance its existing financial liabilities, on 13 August 2021.

Vinson & Elkins advised The Sinclair Companies, a privately held company that wholly owns Sinclair Oil Corporation, in connection with definitive agreements to combine substantially all of Sinclair Oil’s refining, renewable diesel, and logistics assets with those of HollyFrontier Corporation (“HollyFrontier”) and Holly Energy Partners, L.P., a HollyFrontier-affiliated midstream master limited partnership.

Vinson & Elkins advised Taurus Industrial Group in connection with its acquisition of Amber LP, an electrical and instrumentation services provider to the downstream and industrial sectors.

Vinson & Elkins has been named Energy M&A Legal Advisory Firm of the Year as part of Mergermarket’s inaugural North America M&A Awards.

Vinson & Elkins has been named Energy & Projects Law Firm of the Year by Chambers USA. The Chambers editors noted V&E’s strategic growth also played a part in winning the award. In February, the firm enhanced its Renewable and Sustainable Energy and Tax practices with the addition of a nationally recognized renewable energy finance team.

Vinson & Elkins advised the initial purchasers in connection with an offering of $400 million in aggregate principal amount of 7.125% senior notes due 2028 at par by Delek Logistics Partners, LP (“Delek Logistics”) and Delek Logistics Finance Corp., a subsidiary of Delek Logistics.

Vinson & Elkins advised Hartree Partners (“Hartree”) in a transaction whereby a subsidiary of Axel Johnson Inc. (“Axel Johnson”) has entered into an agreement to sell to Hartree the general partner interest, the incentive distribution rights and all of the limited partner interests that Axel Johnson owns in Sprague Resources LP.