Some of the US’s largest energy companies, private equity firms, and their portfolio companies choose Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP’s transactional oil and gas practice for its experience on the full oil and gas value chain. The team is experienced in public M&A, oil and gas property sales and purchases, industry joint ventures, and financing and restructuring in the sector. Houston-based Omar Samji, an expert in advising energy companies and investors on M&A, equity and debt financings, and commercial arrangements, leads the practice. New York-based Steven Lorch, an energy-tax specialist, and Houston-based Jacqui Bogucki, an experienced advisor to private equity sponsors in the energy sector, are additional notable contacts. Cody Carper has left the firm.
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Key clients

  • Battalion Oil Corporation
  • ChampionX Corporation
  • Deutsche Bank AG
  • DT Midstream, Inc.
  • EQT Transition Infrastructure
  • Goldman Sachs Alternatives
  • J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
  • Mesa Employees, LLC
  • Mizuho Securities USA Inc.
  • Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC
  • MUFG Securities Americas Inc.
  • PNC Capital Markets LLC

Work highlights

Advising Sunoco LP in its approximately $9.1bn acquisition of Parkland Corporation.
Advising ChampionX Corporation in its pending sale to SLB.
Advised Deutsche Bank, J.P. Morgan, Mizuho and Morgan Stanley in a $1.5bn investment-grade bond offering of The Williams Companies, Inc.
Practice head

Omar Samji

Other key lawyers

Steven Lorch, Jacqui Bogucki; Irina Tseklova