Clint T. Farha

Associate, Houston

Biography

Overview

Clint Farha specializes in corporate and transactional matters, with a focus on domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, project development, private equity investments, and cross-border transactions. He has extensive experience representing both public and private companies, including strategic and financial investors, particularly within the energy industry.

Clint has represented and worked opposite nearly all supermajors and numerous leading US energy companies and national oil companies, as well as many of the largest private equity firms and asset managers.

Following his graduation from law school, Clint served as a law clerk for the Honorable William J. Martínez of the United States District Court for the District of Colorado.

Bars and Courts
Texas
Education
JD
University of Texas School of Law

with Honors

BBA, Finance and Real Estate
Texas Christian University

Minor in Energy Technology and Management

Languages
English

Experience

Clint Farha's recent projects include the representation of:

TotalEnergies (NYSE: TTE) in its $550 million sale of a 50% interest in a 2 gigawatt (GW) portfolio of solar projects and battery energy storage systems to Apollo (NYSE: APO).

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) in its joint venture with BlackRock (NYSE: BLK) to develop STRATOS, the world's largest Direct Air Capture facility. Awarded CCS/CCUS/Carbon Removal Project of the Year – Gulf Energy Excellence Awards 2024

Continental Resources in its $3.25 billion acquisition of upstream assets in the Permian Basin from ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM).

EnCap Investments in its auction and sale of a 50% interest in Broad Reach Power, owner of a 20+ gigawatt (GW) portfolio of solar and energy storage power projects, to Apollo (NYSE: APO).

ConocoPhillips (NYSE: COP) in its $3 billion acquisition of Eagle Ford assets from Ensign Natural Resources, a portfolio company of Warburg Pincus and Kayne Anderson.

Leading Private Equity Firm in its auction and sale of significant upstream assets in Asia.

Major US Energy Company in its development of carbon capture, utilization, and storage projects and direct air capture projects in the United States and internationally.

Supermajor Energy Company in a wide range of international and domestic transactions and project development matters, including purchase and sale agreements (Crude, LNG, and LPG) and various other contractual arrangements.

Leading APAC Energy Company in its joint ventures to develop a multibillion-dollar industrial complex in the United States, including significant hydrogen and blue ammonia facilities.

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) in the $1.5 billion merger of NET Power, LLC with Rice Acquisition Corp. II (NYSE: RONI) to form NET Power Inc. (NYSE: NPWR).

EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG) in its auction and $140 million sale of upstream assets in China to Roc Oil, a subsidiary of Fosun International.

Macquarie (NYSE: MIC) in its $2.685 billion sale of International-Matex Tank Terminals to Riverstone Holdings.

Occidental Petroleum (NYSE: OXY) in its acquisition of McDermott's entire stake in NET Power, LLC.

I Squared Capital in its acquisition of Satori Energy.

Sole Source Capital in its platform acquisition of Dallas Plastics.

Landcadia Holdings II (NASDAQ: LCA) in its $745 million acquisition of Golden Nugget Online Gaming from Landry's Fertitta.

Mega Energy Project in gas supply, condensate processing, and other related arrangements for one of the largest energy projects in Africa, including negotiations with key partners such as the national oil company and several supermajors.

Chevron (NYSE: CVX) in its entry into a significant LNG sale and purchase agreement with Gunvor.

Leading Oilfield Services Company in its entry into commercial agreements with various global oilfield services companies, including Halliburton (NYSE: HAL), Schlumberger (NYSE: SLB), and Weatherford (NASDAQ: WFRD).

Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN) in its joint venture with WaterBridge, a portfolio company of Five Point Energy, creating the largest private water infrastructure system in the Stateline region of the Delaware Basin.

Old Ironsides Energy & Grey Rock Investment Partners in their sale of Eagle Ford assets to Silver Hill Energy Partners.

Awards and Recognition

Dean's Achievement Awards in Mergers & Acquisitions, Real Estate Law Drafting and Negotiations