William S. Garner > Greenberg Traurig LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile
Greenberg Traurig LLP Offices
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HOUSTON, TX 77002
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William S. Garner
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Shareholder
Career
William Garner, Co-Chair of GT’s Energy & Natural Resources Practice Group and Chair of the firm’s Renewable Energy Practice Group, focuses his practice on domestic and international hydrocarbon and inert gas transactions and renewable energy. He has experience working on worldwide natural gas projects, including unconventional gas. He has worked on projects in the United States, Canada, Saudi Arabia, Australia, Poland, Kazakhstan, U.A.E., Algeria, Turkey and Mexico. William has also provided counsel to major energy companies, and served as an investment banker for the world’s leading oil and gas investment banking boutique, advising on domestic and international upstream and midstream transactions.
Concentrations
Gas utilities and pipelines
Oil and gas upstream
LNG/NGLs
Energy and gas storage
Unconventional gas
Gas power generation
Renewable and clean energy
Energy and environmental policy
Corporate and mergers and acquisitions
Energy project development
Global energy and infrastructure
Capabilities
Energy & Natural Resources
Corporate
Infrastructure
Admission to Practice
Colorado
Texas
Languages
English
Education
- J.D., SMU Dedman School of Law, 1974
- Member, Journal of Air Law and Commerce
- B.A., University of Arkansas, 1971
- Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Real estate > Real estate
Firm Rankings
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Industry focus > Native American law
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: litigation and regulation
- Government > Government contracts
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)