Shay S. Kuperman

Partner

Mergers & Acquisitions

“Our clients are looking for us not just to do the documentation, but to really help them think through problems and risks. I enjoy helping people navigate complex issues and design creative and customized solutions.”

Shay Kuperman

Overview

Shay Kuperman advises on mergers and acquisitions, strategic joint ventures and investments, and project development for many energy companies, chemical companies and financial investors. With each matter, Shay aims to negotiate deals that satisfy multiple stakeholders and help clients solve problems efficiently while also accomplishing their larger goals.

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Experience

  • Mitsubishi Corporation in its $5.2 billion acquisition of Aethon Energy Management’s Texas and Louisiana shale production and infrastructure assets (pending)

  • Mach Natural Resources (NYSE: MNR) in its $787 million acquisition of oil and gas assets located in the San Juan Basin from IKAV Energy Inc.

  • 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

  • A subsidiary of Macquarie Group in its acquisition of certain pipeline assets in Central Mexico owned by Enagas Internacional, S.L.

  • DoublePoint Energy in its $6.4 billion sale to Pioneer Natural Resources Company (NYSE: PXD) (2022 Finalist in D CEO’s $1 Billion + Deal of the Year Awards)

  • Double Eagle Energy Holdings III in the formation of DoublePoint Energy with FourPoint Permian, and DoublePoint’s subsequent acquisition of assets from undisclosed sellers

  • Castleton Commodities International LLC in its acquisition of the Carthage upstream and midstream assets in East Texas from subsidiaries of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation for over $1 billion

  • Riverstone Investment Group in becoming a 50 percent partner with Kinder Morgan in the Utopia Pipeline Project, a common carrier project that will include approximately 215 miles of new pipeline and will connect with an existing pipeline and associated facilities

  • Devon Energy in the $2 billion sale of certain non-core upstream assets to multiple buyers in east Texas, the Anadarko Basin, the northern and central Midland Basin, and northern Oklahoma

  • Riverstone Holdings in the $3.75 billion acquisition by its portfolio company, Fieldwood Energy LLC, of Apache Corp.’s assets in the Outer Continental Shelf of the Gulf of Mexico

  • Mitsui & Co., Ltd. in its agreement with DuPont to purchase DuPont’s global Kocide and ManKocide copper fungicide assets

  • Pioneer Natural Resources in its $1.7 billion joint venture with Sinochem to develop 207,000 acres in the Permian Basin

  • The Lubrizol Corporation in its agreement to acquire Weatherford International’s oilfield chemicals business, Engineered Chemistry, and its drilling fluids business, Integrity Industries

  • A large international energy company in the $2.5 billion sale of its Argentine oil and gas operations

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Credentials

Education

  • New York University School of Law, J.D., 2002
  • The University of Texas, B.B.A., International Business with highest honors, 1999

Admissions

  • Texas

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Recognitions

  • Chambers Global, Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) (USA), 2024–2026
  • Legal 500 U.S., Project Finance, 2013; Energy: Transactions: Oil & Gas, 2021, 2023, 2024 and 2025
  • Legal 500 Latin America, Corporate and M&A, 2012–2013, 2023, and 2024; Projects and Energy, 2012–2013 and 2023
  • Selected to the Texas Rising Stars list, Super Lawyers (Thomson Reuters), 2013–2015
  • IFLR1000, 2020–2023
  • Selected to the 500 Leading Energy Lawyers, Lawdragon, 2023–2026
  • Chambers USA, Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) (Nationwide), 2023–2026
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