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Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)

USA - Nationwide

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David H. Sweeney is a partner in Clifford Chance’s Houston office and is head of the oil and gas group. He advises clients on a broad range of oil and gas, coal, and other natural resource, infrastructure, service, and corporate transactions. His engagements include more than US$100 billion of transaction value, including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity finance and capital deployment, operational matters, and financial restructurings, spanning the entire natural resource value chain in over 30 countries.

David is a frequent author and speaker on oil and gas topics and has written a comprehensive book on world-wide joint operating agreements and another on worldwide farmout, participation, and similar agreements. He is the past chair of the Institute for Energy Law’s Young Energy Professionals group and the Association for International Energy Negotiators’ Young Negotiators Group and has served on the Executive committee of the Institute for Energy Law.

Career

Yale University (BA cum laude) 2002

University of Texas School of Law, (J.D with honors) 2005

Admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in Texas 2005

Joined Clifford Chance as Partner 2023

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

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David Sweeney of Clifford Chance LLP has a comprehensive oil and gas practice, often handling joint ventures, acquisitions, restructuring and financing matters on behalf of major energy clients.

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