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Biography
Chris' principal areas of practice are project finance and development law, energy, natural resources, international energy law, international business transactions, mergers, acquisitions and divestures, oil and gas law, and corporate law.
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Representative Experience
Infrastructure and resource development - Representation of an international petrochemical company in connection with the development of a petrochemical complex in Qatar
- Representation of an international energy company in connection with the development of an LNG facility in South America
- Representation of a project company in connection with the development of a crude oil pipeline and marine terminal in South America
- Representation of an independent oil and gas producer in connection with the development of a gas field in Africa
- Representation of an energy company in connection with the development of a biomass power project in Southeast Asia
- Representation of a consortium of international oil companies in connection with the development and financing of a cross-border pipeline in Southeast Asia
- Advised an Indian company in connection with the development and construction of the world's largest refinery complex
- Representation of an international oil company in connection with an integrated project in Bangladesh that involves the development of a gas field, construction of a pipeline and development of power plants to be fueled by the gas
- Counsel to an international energy company in connection with the nonrecourse financing of project in Latin America involving the development and construction of a power plant and cross-border pipeline
- Representation of an international energy company in connection with the formation of a joint venture to undertake the development of an LNG pipeline in Puerto Rico
- Advised an international oil company in connection with the acquisition of an undivided interest in two offshore exploration blocks in Gabon
- Representation of an international oil company in connection with the development of a cross-border pipeline in Central Asia
- Representation of developers of power and gas projects in the Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia, Mexico, Bolivia, and Brazil
Mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions - Representation of a major independent oil and gas company in connection with the disposition of a Latin American subsidiary
- Representation of two independent oil and gas producers in connection with the disposition of producing properties in Indonesia
- Representation of a major energy company in connection with the disposition of an intrastate pipeline system
- Representation of a major energy company in connection with the disposition of an LNG storage facility
- Representation of investors in connection with the acquisition of synthetic fuel production facilities
- Representation of an international energy company in connection with the proposed acquisition of a Latin American energy company
- Representation of an independent oil and gas producer in connection with the acquisition of an interest in an offshore exploration block in West Africa
- Representation of the acquiror of one of the largest publicly traded independent power producers based in the United States and the subsequent disposition of all of that company's international power generation assets
- Advised on the disposition of a substantial equity stake in the largest polyolefins manufacturer in Europe
- Representation of a major international energy company in connection with the disposition of an interest in a gas field in the Philippines
- Representation of a substantial equity investor in a North Sea based independent oil and gas producer
- Advised a major utility in connection with the potential acquisition of an equity interest in an IPP in Thailand
- Advised on the acquisition of a 50% interest in a company owning a power plant in the Peoples' Republic of China
- Representation of a major international energy and chemicals company in connection with the acquisition of a majority stake in two Malaysian chemical manufacturing concerns
- Representation of a major international energy company in connection with the potential acquisition of an interest in an Indonesian offshore gas field and pipeline project
- Representation of a major international energy company in connection with the potential acquisition of an equity interest in a hydro power project in Southeast Asia
- Representation of a US-based manufacturing concern in connection with proposed acquisitions in Taiwan and Israel
- Representation of a United States based independent oil and gas producer in connection with the disposition of oil and gas producing properties
Other - Counsel to lenders and borrowers in connection with debt restructurings in Indonesia and China
- Counsel to a major international bank in connection with the implementation of an agricultural trade finance program in Indonesia
- Counsel to various concerns in the development and financing of apartment complexes, hotels, and residential subdivisions throughout the United States and in the formation of partnerships and joint ventures
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Activities and Affiliations
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Education and Professional Background
- The University of Texas, B.A., 1992
- The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1995 (Texas Law Review; Chancellors; Order of the Coif)
- Attended University College London
- Admitted to practice: Texas, 1995
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