Mr W Cleland Dade > Bracewell LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
Bracewell LLP Offices
711 LOUISIANA STREET
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HOUSTON, TX 77002
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Mr W Cleland Dade
Work Department
Corporate and Securities
Position
Cle Dade advises clients on a variety of transactions, including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and insolvencies. He also provides counsel to clients in connection with the formation of joint ventures and the implementation of corporate control arrangements. His recent experience includes acquisitions and divestitures of natural gas and liquids pipelines, gathering systems, storage terminals and related logistics facilities, as well as acquisitions and dispositions of manufacturing, distribution and industrial services companies in a variety of industries.
Education
J.D., Vanderbilt University Law School, 1982; B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1977
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
Bracewell LLP acts for domestic and international clients on the full range of oil and gas transactions, covering upstream, midstream and downstream mandates. Key areas of expertise advising on the full lifecycle of midstream projects, including sale of assets, development, permitting and financing matters, in addition to assisting major financial institutions on standardized and structured oil and gas transactions. Alan Rafte advises on carbon capture projects, as well as pipelines, upstream oil and gas projects and merchant fossil fuel electric generation facilities. Rafte co-leads the practice alongside James McAnelly, who handles the purchase, sale and financing of oil and gas exploration. Cleland Dade represents major energy companies in acquisitions and divestitures, while Jason Jean has experience in M&A in the upstream and midstream energy sector. Molly Butkus is another key contact in the group, specializing in all aspects of upstream and midstream transactions. All named lawyers are based in Houston.
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Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense