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Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) - USA - Nationwide

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What the Team is Known For

Latham & Watkins LLP is a distinguished international firm, renowned for the leading role it plays in both oil and gas and power transactional matters. It regularly acts on sophisticated deals for corporate, financial and sovereign industry participants. The firm also provides both electricity and oil and gas clients with a committed regulatory offering. It represents clients adeptly at FERC and before other energy regulatory bodies too.

Work Highlights

  • Latham & Watkins LLP represented Enerplus Corporation in its definitive arrangement agreement to merge with Chord Energy Corporation in an approximately $11 billion stock and cash transaction. 

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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David Kurzweil
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David Kurzweil
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David Kurzweil offers considerable transactional expertise at the single asset and portfolio level alongside advising on commercial agreements supporting project financing.

David Kurzweil is excellent.

Patrick Nevins
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Patrick Nevins
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Patrick Nevins is adept at advising pipeline owners, joint venture operators and project developers on FERC and other regulatory approvals as well as handling proceedings concerning tariffs and rate design.

Patrick is one of the top lawyers in the country. He knows the relevant government bodies inside and out and is well connected there. He is highly respected all around.

Pat is one of the very best in the game.

Patrick Nevins is outstanding.

Natasha Gianvecchio
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Natasha Gianvecchio
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Band 2
Natasha Gianvecchio is an accomplished regulatory attorney who possesses strengths across litigation and transactional matters in the electricity sector.

Natasha is really sharp, very knowledgeable and does really excellent work.

Natasha is great; very knowledgeable, efficient and a helpful team player.

David Owen
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David Owen
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Band 3
David Owen focuses his M&A practice on representing investors and owners of electricity generating assets.

He is really ready and willing with fantastic knowledge. He has deep understanding of the relevant issues.

David is very practical and solution-oriented. He doesn't miss the forest for the trees and he's very focused on finding practical solutions.

Justin T. Stolte
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Justin T. Stolte
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Band 3

Justin Stolte has considerable expertise in upstream and midstream oil and gas transactions, including high value strategic M&A.

Justin is very responsive and very knowledgeable. He is a strategic thinker and will think outside the box.

Michael King
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Michael King
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Michael King's practice spans the upstream and midstream spaces, with experience advising on acquisitions and sales of assets as well as joint ventures and commercial agreements.

Michael has a great command of both upstream and midstream industries - to have that expertise is pretty fantastic.

Tyler Brown
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Tyler Brown
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Tyler Brown has experience handling approvals for transactions and project development as well as a broad range of power market matters, including rulemaking and cost allocation.

Tyler is knowledgeable about FERC and really sharp.

Ranked Lawyers at
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USA - Nationwide

Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation)

Natasha Gianvecchio
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Natasha Gianvecchio
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Band 2
Tyler Brown
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Tyler Brown
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Band 5
Energy: Electricity (Transactional)

David Kurzweil
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David Kurzweil
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David Owen
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David Owen
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Band 3
Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)

Patrick Nevins
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Patrick Nevins
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Band 1
Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)

Justin T. Stolte
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Justin T. Stolte
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Band 3
Michael King
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Michael King
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Band 3