Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP continues to assist a number of leading energy operators and start-up technology companies in a range of disputes, including environmental claims and investigations, exploration and production disputes, pipeline/transportation disputes, joint ventures and energy trading and marketing. Karl Stern co-heads the practice in the Houston office, routinely handling disputes related to international energy investments, gas and energy trading and marketing, and the development, acquisition, sale and ownership of oil, gas, renewable energy and energy assets. From the New York office, fellow co-head Sanford Weisburst focuses on energy matters at the level of administrative agencies, courts and appeals, while Houston’s Christopher Porter’s practice spans contract and trade secret violations, business torts and antitrust litigation.
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Key clients
- UMB Bank
- TRC Operating Company, Inc.
- TRC Cypress Group, LLC
- Ampex Retirement Master Trust
- Apple Oaks Partners, LLC
- Cambria Ventures, LLC
- Carlos Williamson-Nasi
- Axis Oil Field Services, S. de R.I. de C.V
- Axis Oil Field Holding, S. de. R.I. de C.V.
- Clue, S.A. de C.V.
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Practice head
Karl Stern; Sanford Weisburst
Other key lawyers
Christopher Porter