Representative Matters

Apache Corporation
Acquisition of BP Assets in Permian Basin, Canada and Egypt
Represented Apache Corporation in its proposed $7 billion acquisition of BP's oil and gas operations, acreage and infrastructure in the Permian Basin of West Texas and New Mexico and Egypt's Western Desert, as well as substantially all of BP's upstream natural gas business in western Canada and British Columbia.

Enerplus Resources Fund
Marcellus Shale Acquisition
Represented Enerplus in its $406 million acquisition of working interests in the Marcellus shale natural resource play from Chief Oil & Gas LLC, Chief Exploration & Development LLC and a limited partnership managed by Tug Hill, Inc.

Western Gas Partners, L.P.
Acquisition of Midstream Assets from Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Represented the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of Western Gas Holdings, LLC in the acquisition by Western Gas Partners of a 51% membership interest in Chipeta Processing LLC and associated infrastructure from Anadarko for approximately $107 million.

Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Sale of 80% Interest in NGPL PipeCo LLC
Represented Kinder Morgan in its $5.9 billion sale of an 80% interest in NGPL PipeCo LLC (formerly MidCon Corp), which owns Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, to Myria Acquisition Inc. which is owned by a syndicate of investors led by Babcock & Brown.

Representation of clients in various stock and asset acquisitions and dispositions.

Representation of clients in various tax-free reorganizations.

Representation of client on inbound tax planning.

Representation in connection with cross-border mergers and acquisitions and tax-free reorganizations.

Publications and Speeches

"Foreclosure of a Dream: The Impact of the Council on Affordable Housing's New Regulations on the Constitutional Duty to Provide Affordable Housing in New Jersey," Journal of Law and Public Policy, Vol 2 No.2, Spring 2005.