Gary R. Huffman

Marathon Petroleum Corporation, the controlling owner of MLPX LP and Andeavor Logistics LP, as special tax counsel in MPLX LP’s $14 billion acquisition of Andeavor Logistics LP, creating a combined midstream and logistics MLP with an estimated $55 billion enterprise value

Energy Transfer Partners in the $60 billion merger with Energy Transfer Equity in a unit-for-unit exchange 

Global Atlantic Financial Group in the $1.175 billion acquisition from Southern Power of a 33 percent minority interest in its solar portfolio (comprised of 26 operating solar facilities representing approximately 1.7 gigawatts of capacity)

International Paper Co. in the transfer of its $1.8 billion North American consumer packaging business to a joint venture with Graphic Packaging Corp. 

Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in its issuance of $460 million of Tangible Equity Units

Sunoco Logistics Partners LP in its $20 billion merger with Energy Transfer Partners in a unit-for-unit transaction

A large international energy company in the spin-off of its California oil and gas business into an independent and separately traded company

Marathon Oil Corporation in the spin-off of midstream and refining assets into Marathon Petroleum Corporation

Special Tax Counsel to Hess Midstream Partners in its $391 million initial public offering

Western Gas Partners LP in its initial public offering of 7.5 million common units

Oil States International in the $2.6 billion spin-off of its accommodations business into Civeo Corporation

Energy XXI in its $2.3 billion acquisition of EPL Oil & Gas Inc., creating the largest publicly traded independent oil and gas producer on the Gulf of Mexico Shelf