Michael De Voe Piazza

Representative Matters

Represented Apache Corporation in its $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.

Represented Chesapeake Energy Corporation in connection with its $1.25 billion Utica Shale joint venture with a club of investors led by EIG Global Energy Partners that featured a private placement of preferred shares.

Represented EIG Global Energy Partners in a $220 million equity investment and $200 million senior debt facility for Blackbrush Oil  & Gas LP and TexStar Midstream Services LP.

Representation of numerous financial institutions in acquisitions of volumetric production payments from exploration and production companies, ranging from $40M to $1.1B and covering both onshore and offshore oil and gas assets, including various shale plays.

Representation of club of investors comprised of a variety of financial institutions, including private equity funds, mezzanine lenders, hedge funds, and investment banks in connection with the club's acquisition from a publicly traded oil and gas company of a $140M dollar-denominated production payment and perpetual overriding royalty burdening offshore oil and gas assets.

Represented Hilcorp Energy Company in connection with its hybrid upstream and midstream joint venture with an affiliate of NRG Energy for purposes of utilizing captured CO2 for an enhanced oil recovery project conducted on South Texas oil and gas assets.

Representation of a private equity fund in connection with its $505M acquisition of gas storage facilities and oil and gas assets located in close proximity to the Barnett Shale.

Representation of Fortune 500 US energy company in $230M acquisition of a power facility and negotiation of subsequent joint operating arrangements.

Representation of energy fund in connection with $400M joint venture in the Marcellus Shale.

Representation of independent company with gas storage and oil and gas assets in close proximity to the Barnett Shale in connection with the development, implementation, and coordination of comprehensive land program, including title curative matters.

Representation of a large financial institution in connection with its acquisition of a substantial commodity trading book.

Representation of wind power developer in connection with its implementation of a comprehensive power-hedging program for a portfolio of its generation assets.

Representation of oil and gas company in connection with acquisitions, development matters and monetization efforts associated with acreage located in the Barnett Shale "Combo Play".

Representation of various bidders in connection with acquisitions of oil and gas and electric power assets and companies.

Representation of an international energy company in connection with its purchase of an early stage power development project in Texas and related development matters, including select environmental, public relations and regulatory issues.

Representation of utilities and energy companies in connection with long-term power purchase agreements with respect to coal, petcoke, gas-fired, and biomass power generation facilities.

Representation of multiple financial institutions in developing and negotiating both financial and physical commodity trading contracts.

Representation of commercial banks in extending loans to E&P companies, coal companies and oilfield service companies.