Baker Botts is among the world’s most distinguished oil and gas law firms, having  advised global oil and gas clients through every stage of the energy value chain for more than a century. Our lawyers support clients in the development of major projects, execution of complex transactions, navigation of regulatory frameworks, protection of intellectual property, and resolution of high stakes disputes.

Our multidisciplinary oil and gas team brings together transactional, regulatory, litigation, tax, antitrust, intellectual property and environmental lawyers to support clients across U.S. and international markets. We advise on M&A, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic investments, project development and finance, capital markets, commercial contracts, offtake, supply, trading and services agreements, environmental compliance counseling, judicial challenges to rulemakings and final agency actions, environmental enforcement defense, antitrust and competition matters, tax structuring, IP, technology and licensing issues, investigations, arbitration, litigation and incident response.

Who does Baker Botts represent?

Baker Botts represents virtually every type of participant in oil and gas projects and transactions across U.S. and international markets, including:

• Developers, operators, major integrated E&P companies, independents and international E&P companies
• National oil companies and government-affiliated energy companies
• Oilfield services companies, equipment providers and technology vendors
• Project sponsors, infrastructure developers and private equity-backed platforms
• Lenders, underwriters, arrangers and other capital providers
• Commodity traders, marketers, transporters and midstream companies

How does Baker Botts serve the oil & gas industry?

Baker Botts advises oil and gas clients across major energy markets worldwide, with deep experience in the United States, London, the Middle East, Singapore and other key commercial hubs. We support clients across the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors, bringing coordinated legal counsel to the commercial, regulatory, operational and disputes-related issues that define the industry.

Upstream:

• M&A, divestitures, joint ventures and strategic transactions
• Exploration, development, production and decommissioning operations
• Concession, host-country and production-sharing agreements
• Drilling, OFS, commercial and supply-chain agreements
• Gathering, processing and infrastructure interfaces
• Finance, capital markets, tax and structuring
• Land, title, royalties and resource development
• Regulatory, environmental, safety and ESG
• IP, technology, data and digital oilfield matters
• Litigation, arbitration, investigations and incident response

Midstream:

• Pipeline, storage, terminaling and transportation projects
• M&A, divestitures, joint ventures and project development
• ROW, land acquisition, permitting and condemnation
• Transportation, storage, gathering and processing agreements
• Terminaling, interconnect, expansion and capacity arrangements
• Underground hydrocarbon, gas and compressed-air storage
• Tariffs, rate matters, tax and structuring
• Pipeline ownership, capacity rights and operations
• Regulatory, environmental, safety and ESG
• Litigation, investigations, enforcement and incident response

Downstream:

• M&A, divestitures, joint ventures, and corporate transactions
• Refining, tolling, petrochemical, LNG, fuels, and industrial projects
• EPC, construction, procurement, and capital projects
• Feedstock, offtake, supply, marketing, and trading
• Site-level, operating, maintenance, and shared-services agreements
• Logistics, marine, docking, terminaling, storage, and transportation
• Finance, intermediations, capital markets, tax, and structuring
• Regulatory, environmental, safety, ESG, and energy transition
• IP, technology, trademarks, licensing, and process innovation
• Litigation, arbitration, investigations, and incident response

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