Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe boasts a large oil and gas transactional team that works across the entire value chain, with a particular focus on oil and gas securitizations. CCUS, hydrogen, and ammonia transactions and projects are an emerging area of focus for the practice. The larger energy and infrastructure practice is led by Kyle Drefke and John Eliason in Washington DC, Dahl Thompson in Houston, Louise Gibbons in San Francisco, and Teresa Hill in Seattle. From Houston, Joe Roger is one of the practice’s main contacts, specializing in upstream, midstream, downstream, hydrogen and ammonia, and oilfield services transactions. The Houston bench is further supported by Jonathan Ayre and Adam Kowis. Ayre is experienced in oil and gas securitization transactions and the petrochemical industry; Kowis focuses on acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, project development, and commercial agreements.
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‘Orrick has great client service, is very prompt on priority items, and stands out against its peers in most transactions that we work on with them.'
Key clients
- Chord Energy
- Equinor
- Corpus Christi Polymers LLC
- TotalEnergies
- ConocoPhillips
- Chevron
- Kuvare Insurance Services
- BP Corporation North America
- Superior Plus
- eCORP International LLC
Work highlights
Advised Chord Energy Corporation in the divestiture of certain upstream and midstream oil and gas assets located in the Denver-Julesburg (DJ) Basin in Colorado to an undisclosed buyer.
Advised Equinor in the swap of its operated natural gas assets in southeastern Ohio and cash in exchange for EQT’s interest in non-operated natural gas assets in northeast Pennsylvania for more than $1bn.
Advising Corpus Christi Polymers LLC (CCP) in connection with the development of its $1bn polyethylene terephthalate/purified terephthalic acid petrochemical manufacturing facility in Corpus Christi, Texas.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Adam Kowis
Practice head
Kyle Drefke; Dahl Thompson; Louise Gibbons; John Eliason; Teresa Hill
Other key lawyers
Joe Roger; Jonathan Ayre; Adam Kowis; Brad Gathright