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Peter Hays

Global 2026

Paul Hastings LLP

Ranked in 1 practice area

Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)

USA

5 years ranked

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Peter Hays is a commercial oil and gas lawyer. He represents companies and entrepreneurs in upstream, midstream, and downstream hydrocarbons transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and project development. He practices both domestically and internationally, onshore and offshore. He is board certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Mr. Hays has been focused on oil and gas for his entire legal career. Before entering private practice, he clerked for Chief Judge Hayden Head of the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas, and in law school at the University of Texas he was a research clerk for Professor Ernest E. Smith, Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law.

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Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) - USA

Band 5

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Peter Hays has expertise spanning across the oil and gas sector. He is known for representing multinational corporations and upstream producers in sale and purchase agreements and equity transactions.

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