Current Employment Position(s)

Partner

Lawyer Overview

Jeff Schlegel has extensive experience in international and domestic project development, M&A, securities, and finance transactions for energy industry participants, particularly in hydrocarbons and petrochemicals infrastructure. His project development experience encompasses transactional, structuring, engineering, procurement, construction, operations, and other commercial arrangements. Jeff also has represented domestic and multinational companies in a variety of public and private transactions, including inbound and outbound investment, and cross-border transactions in a wide variety of industries in Europe, Latin America, Asia, Africa, and North America. Jeff is co-head of the Firm's global Energy Practice.

Jeff's recent engagements include the development of a world scale sulphur handling facility and related infrastructure in the Middle East, $3 billion of midstream and upstream acquisitions, refinery acquisitions in the Asia/Pacific region, LNG regas facility development in the United States, and midstream services acquisitions in Africa and Europe.

Jeff is a member of the Association of International Petroleum Negotiators, a past chair of the International Section of the Institute for Energy Law, a regular speaker at energy conferences, and a past editor of the Texas Transnational Law Quarterly, published by the State Bar of Texas.

Areas of Practice

• Energy
• Energy Projects
• Energy Finance
• Energy Transactions
• Energy Renewables and Sustainable Development
• Energy Marketing and Trading
• Energy/Utilities
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• M&A
• Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
• Banking & Finance
• Project Finance
• Construction

Representative Cases

• In re Davis Petroleum Co., __B.R. __, 2008 WL 1744732 (Bkrtcy. S.D. Tex.)
• Acquisition of Anadarko Interests in Chaney Dell and Midkiff/Benedum Systems
• Acquisition of DTE Gas & Oil
• Acquisition of INTEC Engineering
• Acquisition of International Oil Field Services Business
• Acquisition of LNG Import Terminal Interest
• Acquisition of Natural Gas Pipeline
• Acquisition of Novus Petroleum assets
• Acquisition of United Wire and Southwestern Wire Cloth
• Acquisition of Worldwide Technology Development and Manufacturing Business
• Alaskan Liquid Exports Pipeline
• Asian Hydrocarbons Project
• Buyout
• Buyout
• Cogeneration Project
• Consortium Formation For Qatargas EPC Contract
• Cross-Border Pipeline Project
• Cryogenics Plant Development and Finance
• Development of New LNG Facility
• Disposition of Exploration and Production Assets
• Electrical Generation Acquisition
• Electricity Privatization
• Energy Marketing Acquisition
• Engineered Filtration Products Sale
• Fairway Gas Field Sale
• Gas Injection Project
• Gas Storage Development
• Global Exploration and Production Assets Acquisition
• Guarantee Agreements , (2009)
• Heavy Crude Pipeline Project
• Integrated Extra Heavy Crude Project
• Integrated Oil Project
• ISDA Agreement , (2009)
• Joint Venture , (2009)
• Kenai-Kachemak Pipeline
• LNG Export Project
• LNG Import Facilities
• LNG Purchase
• LNG Purchase and Sale
• Metallocene Catalysts Joint Venture
• Methanol Business Acquisition
• Midstream Services Joint Venture
• Model Exploration and Production Contracts Project
• Model LNG Purchase and Sale Form
• Natural Gas Pipeline Development
• Natural Gas Purchase and Sale
• Natural Gas Transaction Acquisition
• Offshore Pipeline System Acquisition
• Option Sale in Midkiff-Benedum System
• Pipeline Acquisition
• Pipeline Acquisition
• Pipeline Development
• Pipeline Development
• Pipeline Development Joint Venture
• Pipeline Network
• Power Plant EPC
• Power Purchase
• Producing Property Disposition
• Product Pipeline Concession
• Sale of Apache China Corporation
• Sale of Natural Gas Facilities , (2009)
• Sale of NOARK , (2009)
• Sale of TPC
• Satolutions Acquisition
• Share Exchange
• T.C.T. Acquisition
• Transportation and Storage Projects
• Tuxpan III & IV Power Project
• Worldwide Business Acquisition

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business Organizations, Business Successions, Closely Held Businesses, Commercial Banks, Commercial Leasing, Corporate Governance, Credit Unions, Debtor/Creditor, Directors' & Officers' Liability, Dissolution, Formation & Business Planning, Franchising, International Banking, Joint Ventures, Lending & Secured Transactions, Limited Liability Companies, Loan Workouts, Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestitures, Mortgages & Foreclosures, Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations, Partnerships, Public Finance, Reorganizations, Savings & Thrifts, Shareholders' Rights, State & Municipal Bonds & Financing, Trade Associations, Venture Capital

Bar Admissions

• Texas

Education

• American University

Published Works

• SEC Modernizes Requirements for Reporting Oil and Gas Reserves, 2009

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