Concentration

Summary

Mr. White has worked on major projects in the U.K., U.S., Middle East, Russia, Europe, Nigeria, India and Brazil involving LNG, oil and gas pipelines, power and water, chemical facilities and infrastructure projects.

Before joining Baker Botts, Mr. White worked in the asset and project finance group of Linklaters London and was a partner at another international U.S. law firm.

Representative Engagements

• Major Energy Company – advising on the development of a floating liquefaction project, including an RFP, FEED contract, joint venture agreement, EPC contract and related agreements for an FLNG (floating liquefaction) vessel
• Papua New Guinea LNG Project – member of the team advising on LNG shipping matters, including shipbuilding contracts, time charter parties and related documents
• Brass LNG Ltd – leading the shipping team on this greenfield Nigerian LNG project (10 mtpa), including advising on bidding arrangements, shipbuilding contracts, time charter parties, bareboat charter parties, vessel purchase agreements, financing arrangements and related agreements for a fleet of circa 12 LNG vessels; project sponsors include NNPC, Total, ConocoPhillips, and ENI
• Petrobras – advising on the tender for and chartering of two LNG floating storage and regasification units (FSRUs) for operation at two new marine terminals in Brazil (Pecem and Rio). The first such FSRU (delivered in August 2008) was the world’s first to enter commercial operation, the second is scheduled for delivery early Q3 2009
• Tullow Ghana – advising a consortium in relation to the time chartering and operation of an FPSO vessel, and related activities
• Major Energy Company – advising on the development of a gas-to-liquids (GTL) project (confidential)
• Petronet LNG Ltd. – advising on the tendering and time charter parties for two LNG vessels
• BP – advising on marine services and related agreements and issues for an LNG receiving terminal in Baja California, Mexico
• U.S. Financial Institution – advice on shipbuilding, time charter party and related operational agreements for a fleet of vessels to transport compressed natural gas (CNG) in and around certain Caribbean countries
• EG LNG Holding Company – advising on port and shipping arrangements for the LNG and Methanol exports from the shared port facilities Malabo, Equatorial Guinea
• Marathon Oil Corp. – shareholders' financing of development and construction costs for the Equatorial Guinea, Alba Phase III, LNG facility
• Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Company – opinion issues relating to the construction, operation, and financing of the BTC Oil Pipeline
• BP – advising on the time charter party tender for a fleet of LNG vessels for the Tangguh LNG project
• Centrica plc – structured financing (involving sale and leaseback arrangements) of two gas rigs located in the Irish Sea
• Air Lease International – various bareboat and time charter parties of oil tankers, and the scrapping of end-of-life tankers
• Major Shipping Line – advising on the purchase, sale, re-registration of vessels, and the “hive-up” of a core business unit
• Sasol Ltd – advising parent company in connection with project financing of the Oryx GTL Project in Qatar
• Chevron Corporation – initial shareholders' financing and related issues for the West African Gas Pipeline
• Chevron Corporation – advising in relation to finance and shareholder issues concerning the Chad-Cameroon Oil Pipeline
• Chevron Corporation – advising in relation to shareholder issues on the CPC Oil Pipeline
• International Petrochemical Company – advising in relation to the development and project financing of a petrochemical facility in Saudi Arabia
• Mada Consortium – advising bidder in relation to the development and project financing of the Disi Water Pipeline in Jordan
• Various Bidders – advising in relation to the project financing of a power station in Saudi Arabia
• Bank Syndicate – advising on the issuance of project bonds for the financing of the Landbridge Power Station, UK
• Bank Syndicate – advising on the re-financing of the Teesside Power Station, UK (merchant power station, project financing)
• Global bank – unwinding of two structured financings of aircraft (original value $300 million and ¥15 billion)
• Satellite operator – financing, acquisition, lease, and operation of a satellite (in-orbit)
• Satellite operator – transponder leasing
• Satellite operator – nonrecourse financing of the manufacture, launch, and operation of a fleet of geostationary satellites by Russia (project did not complete)
• International bank – U.S.-structured lease (lease-in, lease-out) financing of “big ticket” assets (in its role as defeasance bank) 
• Telecoms company – lease-finance and operating agreement in relation to the lease, acquisition, and use of telecoms hardware, software, and broadcast services

Publications, Speeches and Presentations

• "Joint Ventures and Partnering in a Successful FLNG Project," Global Floating LNG Summit, IQPC, London, January 2010
• “Floating Liquefied Natural Gas: The Solution for Small Stranded Offshore Gas Fields?," Offshore Magazine, November 2009 (Hannah Longley, co-author)
• “The Floating Option to Supplying Natural Gas," The National Law Journal, October 2009 (Hannah Longley, co-author)
• "Floating LNG: A Review of the Forces Driving the Development of FLNG, Challenges to be Overcome, Project Structures and Risk Allocation in a Viable FLNG Project," 24th World Gas Conference 2009, Buenos Aires, October 2009
• “Technology, risks and relationships form key parts of FLNG agreements”, LNG Journal, June 2009
• “Successful FLNG projects start off with proper development strategy”, LNG Journal, May 2009
• "Floating LNG: Key Legal Issues in Developing a Successful LNG Project," Global FLNG Summit, IQPC, March 2009
• "Terrorism and Natural Disaster: How Is Force Majeure Applied in Contracts Today?" LNG Contracts, Trading, and Pricing, IQPC, London, March 2006
• "Developing and Financing Cross-Border Gas Pipelines," Developing European Gas Infrastructure, IQPC, Barcelona, January 2006
• "Project Financing Issues: Pipelines," European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, London, February 2005
• "Project Financing LNG," Successfully Managing Project Finance in the GCC, Fleming Gulf, Dubai, May 2005