Mergers, Acquisitions, and Joint Ventures

• Karoon Energy on its ~US$760 million US Gulf of Mexico debut
• Aquadrill, LLC in its US$1 billion merger with Seadrill
• Apache Corporation in its approximately US$7.5 billion farmout transaction, Block 58, Suriname
• Diamondback Energy in its US$2.2 billion acquisition of QEP Resources
• Diamondback Energy in its US$862 million acquisition of Guidon Operating
• LUKOIL in its US$2.25 billion acquisition of Petronas’ stake in the Shah Deniz natural Gas project, Caspian Sea, Azerbaijan
• LUKOIL in its US$450 million acquisition of Fieldwood Mexico
• DEA Deutschmark Erodel AG in its US$500 million acquisition of Sierra Oil and Gas
• Apache Corporation in its US$505 million acquisition of Delaware Basin assets
• Vital Energy in its US$405 million PDP sale to Sixth Street Partners
• Diamondback Energy in its US$9.2 billion merger with Energen Corporation
• Stone Energy in its US$2.5 billion merger with Talos Energy Corporation
• Apache Corporation in its US$7 billion acquisition of E&P assets in Canada, Texas, and Egypt
• Kinder Morgan in its US$38 billion merger with El Paso Corporation
• Kinder Morgan in the US$7.15 sale of El Paso’s E&P business unit
• EOG Resources in its US$400 million drillco transaction with The Carlyle Group
• Diamondback Energy in its US$620 million drillco transaction with The Carlyle Group
• A major, public oil and gas company in >US$1 billion of oil and gas “drillco” transactions
• EP Energy in its ~US$300 million divestiture of Southern Midland Basin assets and concurrent acquisition of Eagle Ford Shale assets
• Eni Petroleum in its US$4.8 billion acquisition of the Gulf of Mexico business unit of Dominion

Operating Agreements, Unitizations, and Infrastructure

• A major, international energy company in the negotiation of a Caspian Sea joint development zone
• Apache Corporation in multiple joint operating agreements, offshore Suriname
• A publicly traded energy company in connection with a unitization, offshore Mexico
• A major, international energy company in connection with a deepwater production handling and processing agreement
• A publicly-traded Energy company in connection with multiple cost-of-service gathering and processing agreements, construction and operating agreements, and related agreements
• A major, international energy company in multiple joint operating agreements, offshore Ivory Coast, Ghana, and Sierra Leone
• A publicly-traded energy company in the negotiation of Production Sharing Contracts, offshore Uruguay and Dominican Republic
• A publicly-traded energy services company in the negotiation of Production Sharing Contracts, offshore Somalia, Liberia, and
• A major, international energy company in connection with an operating agreement and cost-sharing arrangements relating to a Gulf of Mexico floating production storage and offloading unit and related production system
• An Alaskan Native Corporation in multiple joint operating agreements, North Slope, Alaska
• An Alaskan Municipality in the acquisition and unitization agreement with respect to a Cook Inlet field
• An independent exploration and production company in a North Sea unitization
• A publicly traded energy company in a flare gas-for-bitcoin project

Service and Supply Sector Projects

• A publicly-traded energy company in a drilling services contract, offshore Mexico
• A major, integrated energy company in multiple 20K technology sharing and development agreements for ultra high-pressure environments
• A major, integrated energy company in rig sharing agreements for deepwater operations, offshore West Africa
• A major, integrated energy company in rig sharing agreements for deepwater operations, Gulf of Mexico
• A publicly-traded energy company in a rig sharing agreement, offshore Suriname
• A major, integrated energy company in rig sharing agreements for deepwater operations, offshore Romania

Private Equity Capital Deployment

• A private equity fund in the ~US$400 million comprehensive refinance of existing debt and equity arrangements involving Marcellus Shale operations
• A publicly-traded private equity fund in more than US$400 million of new line-of-equity commitments

Restructurings

• Franklin Advisors in the Chapter 11 restructuring of US$9 billion in liabilities of Chesapeake Energy
• Ad hoc note holder group of Jonah Energy in the US$1.3 billion restructuring
• Second lien noteholder group of Rex Energy in the restructuring of US$930 million of liabilities
• Ad hoc first lien lenders of Pacific Drilling in its US$3 billion restructuring
• Ad hoc noteholder committee in the US$8.3 billion restructuring of Weatherford International
• Martin Midstream Partners in its restructuring of more than US$364 million of unsecured notes
• AllianceBernstein in the US$125 million restructuring of Elk Petroleum
• A noteholders group in the restructuring of Parker Drilling involving approximately US$695 million of liabilities