Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP experience in transactional oil and gas matters covers acreage mandates, asset and entity acquisitions, and exploration, production, development, and transportation transactions. Independent producers, energy service companies, financial institutions and equity funds, and midstream and downstream companies are regular clients of the team. From Houston, Carl von Merz, focused on advising private equity funds and public and private companies on equity investments, joint ventures, and M&A, leads the practice. Michael O’Leary is a key contact on the team for representing issuers and underwriters in energy-related public and private offerings, and with M&A for private equity firms. Philip Haines is a stand-out advisor in debt, equity, and preferred securities mandates in the energy infrastructure sector. O'Leary and Haines are also based in Houston.
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- ‘Jordan Hirsch is extremely thorough, extremely hard-working, has a rare grasp of diligence materials with amazing power of recall, and his deliverables are always of very high quality and delivered on time.'
Key clients
- VAALCO Energy, Inc.
- Wabash Valley Resources LLC
- Tenaska, Inc.
- Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
- Roosevelt Resources, LP
- Midland-Petro D.C. Partners, LLC
- 5E Advanced Materials, Inc.
- DTE Energy Services, Inc.
- Ten08 Energy LLC
- Hilcorp Energy I, L. P.
- Powerscape Global LLC
- Arena Energy
- Vopak Americas
- Apache Corporation
- Western Midstream Holdings, LLC
- Viper Energy, Inc.
- Enbridge
- Cargill
Work highlights
Represented the Audit Committee of Viper Energy, Inc. to acquire certain mineral and royalty interests from subsidiaries of Diamondback for $1bn in cash and approximately 69.6 million newly issued shares of Viper’s Class B common stock and a corresponding number of member interests of Viper’s operating subsidiary in a drop-down transaction.
Represented the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Western Midstream Holdings, LLC in connection with the negotiation of a First Amended and Restated Wastewater Gathering and Disposal Agreement and a Water Gathering, Transportation, and Disposal Agreement related to the construction of the Pathfinder pipeline.
Represented Evolve Transition Infrastructure LP in connection with the $12m sale of Seco Pipeline, LLC to Dos Caminos, LLC.
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Practice head
Carl von Merz
Other key lawyers
Michael O'Leary; Philip Haines; Jordan Hirsch