Jon Lobb

Department Chair - Tax (Houston) Partner

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Houston

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Mergers and Acquisitions

  • Liberty Latin America – pending combination of Costa Rican operations with Costa Rican operations of Millicom International Cellular S.A.
  • Liberty Media Corporation – pending €4.2 billion acquisition of MotoGP
  • Hi-Crush Inc. – $450 million acquisition by Atlas Energy Solutions Inc.
  • Liberty Latin America – agreement with Phoenix Tower International to monetize for $407 million approximately 1,300 mobile towers sites in Panama, Jamaica, the Bahamas, Puerto Rico, and the British Virgin Islands 
  • Liberty Latin America – $256 million acquisition from DISH Network of wireless spectrum assets and prepaid mobile subscribers in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands 
  • Multinational telecommunications company – joint venture to develop, construct, own, and operate a newbuild submarine cable system in the Caribbean 
  • Multinational energy company – investment in hydrogen production and storage facility and ammonia facility in the U.S
  • bp North America – acquisition of EDF Energy Services, LLC
  • Höegh LNG Partners LP – $167.6 million acquisition of publicly held common units by Höegh LNG Holdings Ltd.
  • ConocoPhillips – $9.5 billion acquisition of Shell Enterprises LLC’s Delaware basin assets
  • Liberty Latin America – formation of 50/50 joint venture with América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V. to combine their respective Chilean operations, VTR and Claro Chile
  • Liberty Latin America – $200 million acquisition by Cable & Wireless Panamá S.A. of América Móvil S.A.B. de C.V.’s operations in Panama
  • Jaguar Fund No. 1, L.P. – $144 million acquisition of Telefónica S.A.’s operations in El Salvador
  • Cabot Oil & Gas Corporation – $17 billion merger with Cimarex Energy Co.
  • Westlake Chemical Corporation – $2.15 billion acquisition of Boral Limited’s North American building products business
  • Golar LNG Limited – $3.1 billion sale of Hygo Energy Transition Ltd. to New Fortress Energy Inc.
  • Golar LNG Limited – $251 million sale of common units and general partner units in Golar LNG Partners LP to New Fortress Energy Inc.
  • Liberty Latin America – $500 million acquisition of Telefónica S.A's operations in Costa Rica
  • Westlake Chemical Corporation – $252.5 million acquisition of LASCO Fittings, Inc. from a subsidiary of Aalberts, N.V.
  • Chesapeake Energy Corporation – $3.977 billion acquisition of WildHorse Resource Development Corporation
  • BHP Billiton – $10.5 billion sale of Petrohawk Energy Corporation to BP America Production Company
  • BHP Billiton – sale of Fayetteville oil and gas assets to a subsidiary of Merit Energy Company
  • McDermott International, Inc. – $6 billion combination with Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.
  • Liberty Expedia Holdings, Inc. – acquisition by Expedia Group, Inc.
  • QVC – $2.1 billion acquisition of HSN
  • Schlumberger Limited – $14.8 billion acquisition of Cameron International Corporation
  • Liberty Media Corporation – $8 billion acquisition of Formula One
  • Starz – $4.4 billion acquisition by Lions Gate Entertainment Corporation
  • Liberty Latin America – acquisition of 40% interest in Liberty Cablevision Puerto Rico from affiliates of Searchlight Capital Partners
  • Transocean – $250 million acquisition of Transocean Partners LLC
  • Chesapeake Energy Corporation – $840 million sale of upstream oil and gas assets to a private equity company
  • Schlumberger Limited – formation of OneSubsea joint venture with Cameron International Corporation
  • Schlumberger Limited – $11 billion acquisition of Smith International, Inc.

LNG Projects

  • Sempra Energy – development of Port Arthur LNG Phase 1 project
  • Pembina – development of Cedar LNG project
  • Cheniere Energy, Inc. – development of Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi LNG liquefaction and export facilities, including negotiation of LNG sale and purchase agreements (SPAs)
  • Cheniere Energy, Inc. – master sale and purchase agreements (MSAs) for spot trades of LNG
  • Jordan Cove Energy Project LLP – development of LNG liquefaction and receiving facility
  • Petrobras – MSAs for spot trades of LNG
  • Major energy company – investment in LNG import terminal in South America