Combining a stand-out M&A practice with deep experience in the oil and gas sector, the energy, transportation, and infrastructure team at Sidley Austin LLP excels in midstream and LNG transactions and projects, ranging from single-asset transactions to portfolio financings and acquisitions. The team is led by Cliff Vrielink and Herschel Hamner in Houston, Kenneth Irvin in Washington, DC, and Tara Higgins in New York. Vrielink specializes in advising private equity groups and infrastructure funds in the upstream, midstream, and downstream sectors, as well as in power generation, oilfield services, and energy trading. Other key transactional oil and gas practitioners include Stephen Boone in Houston, focusing on upstream acquisitions and divestitures and midstream joint ventures and drillco financings. In Dallas, Jeremy Pettit is a key contact for M&A, joint ventures, and private equity investments.
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Key clients
- Glenfarne Infrastructure Holdings OpCo, LLC
- Morgan Stanley Energy Partners and Durango Midstream LLC
- Energy & Minerals Group
- U.S. Energy Development Corporation
- Texon LP
- Flowco
Work highlights
Represented JERA Americas Inc. in the sale of a 15% membership interest in Gulf Coast LNG Holdings LLC to JAPEX (U.S.) Corp. Gulf Coast LNG Holdings LLC.
Represented Texon, L.P., a Houston, Texas-based midstream service provider of butane blending and energy marketing, in its sale to Savage.
Represented Glenfarne Group, LLC in its agreement with the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation to become majority owner and lead developer of Alaska LNG.
Practice head
Cliff Vrielink; Kenneth Irvin; Herschel Hamner; Tara Higgins
Other key lawyers
Stephen Boone; Jeremy Pettit; Tim Chandler; George Vlahakos; Brian Bradshaw