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
