Select experience includes:

Power Generation (Traditional, Renewable, and Advanced Technologies)

• Representing Champlain Hudson Power Express (CHPE), a Blackstone (BX) portfolio company, on all aspects of the US$6 billion non-recourse financing and development of one of the longest HVDC transmission lines in the US, transmitting renewable electricity from Canada to New York City.
• Representing NET Power in the development of the world's first utility-scale, natural gas-fired power plant with near-zero atmospheric emissions in West Texas.
• Representing NET Power in the development of a utility-scale natural gas-fired power plant with post combustion carbon capture infrastructure in Texas.
• Representing a major EPC contractor in negotiations with a large utility for the design and construction of a multibillion-dollar combined-cycle power generation facility in Indiana for hyperscaler data center development.
• Representing a major EPC contractor in negotiations for the design and construction of a multibillion-dollar simple-cycle power generation facility in New Mexico for major data center development.
• Representing a major US power company in negotiating procurement contracts for critical plant equipment for a utility-scale combined-cycle power generation facility.
• Represented the project developer in the EPC aspects of developing a molten salt small modular reactor (SMR) project in Texas.*
• Represented the owner/developer in drafting and negotiating the EPC agreement for a barge-mounted, natural gas-fired, combined-cycle power generation facility to be built in Singapore and docked in the Dominican Republic.*
• Represented a general contractor in litigation involving a US$70 million+ dispute against the owner of a 130 MW hydroelectric power generation facility in Pennsylvania.*

Hydrogen, Ammonia, and e-Fuels

• Representing the project developer on project development and project financing of a first-of-kind blue ammonia (clean fertilizer) project in Indiana, financed by the DOE's Loan Programs Office.
• Representing the developer/sponsor on project development and project financing of a first-of-kind green ammonia project in Paraguay.
• Representing a developer in negotiating a long-term services agreement with a major Chinese electrolyzer manufacturer for a green hydrogen/ammonia production facility in South America.
• Represented the developer/sponsor on project development of a green hydrogen-derived e-Fuels facility in Texas.
• Represented the project developer in the development of the world's first large-scale commercial e-Fuels facility in Texas.*
• Represented the project developer in all EPC aspects of a multibillion-dollar green ammonia production facility in Nova Scotia, Canada, for RFNBOs into Europe.*
• Represented the project developer in the EPC aspects of a sustainable, low-emission lithium production facility in California (tax incentives).*
• Represented the owner/developer in drafting and negotiating various FEED, EPC, and supply agreements for a first-of-its-kind production and export plant and related transportation facilities and vessels for the Caribbean and Central America.*

Renewable Fuels and Recycling

• Representing the developer/sponsor on project development and equity financing of a first-of-kind renewable fuels facility in Nevada (renewable diesel, SAF, low-carbon bio methanol).
• Representing SquareOne Energy in the development of a first-of-its-kind used oil recycling or "re-refining" facility for clean fuel products.
• Represented a major US energy company in early-stage pilot plant and research agreement for direct air capture (DAC) technologies.
• Representing major EPC contractor in connection with development of multi-billion-dollar blue methanol facility in Louisiana.
• Represented the owner/developer in drafting and negotiating EPC agreements for animal feed supplement production facilities in Texas.*

Oil & Gas (Midstream, Downstream, LNG, and Petrochemicals)

• Representing a major midstream company in renegotiating a long-term service agreement (LTSA) with a major OEM.
• Represented a major LNG project developer and owner in FEED and EPC agreements for a multibillion-dollar LNG export terminal in Texas.*
• Represented a major LNG project developer in EPC and construction agreements for a US$1 billion natural gas pipeline and associated facilities in Oklahoma.*
• Represented a multinational mining, metals, and petroleum company in EPC and related agreements for a US$7 billion+ offshore oil field in Mexico.*
• Represented a major oil and gas company in turnkey decommissioning contracts for legacy offshore oil and gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico.*
• Represented the project developer consortium in an EPC agreement for a US$1 billion+ polyethylene plant on the Texas Gulf Coast.*
• Represented a major oil and gas company in master EPCI contracts for subsea installation projects worldwide.*
• Represented a major oil and gas company in contracts for deep-water HPHT drill ships in the US Gulf Coast.*
• Represented a portfolio company of a major private equity fund in a US$600 million+ EPC agreement for an alkylation plant in Texas.*
• Represented a portfolio company of a major asset-based private equity fund in an US$80 million+ EPC agreement for a fractionation plant in Texas.*
• Represented a midstream developer in project development agreements for a new multimillion-dollar interstate natural gas transmission pipeline in Louisiana.*
• Represented a major midstream company in a long-term program and engine-exchange agreement for its multibillion-dollar PDH plant in Texas.*
• Represented a major midstream company in an EPC agreement for an ethylene exports refrigeration train in Texas.*
• Representing the owner/developer in FEED, EPC, detailed engineering, and construction agreements for a natural gas liquids pipeline, processing plant, and facilities in Texas.*
• Represented a midstream company in an EPC agreement for a US$100 million+ cryogenic gas processing facility in New Mexico.*
• Represented a major midstream developer in license, engineering, EPC, and other agreements for a propylene fractionation plant on the Texas Gulf Coast.*
• Rare Minerals (including Lithium and Battery Materials) and Water
• Representing the joint venture developer/sponsor on the project development of a first-of-kind greenfield lithium production facility in Arkansas (DOE grant program).
• Represented a major international developer in an EPC agreement for a US$1 billion+ desalination plant in South America.*
• Represented the project developer in the EPC aspects of a sustainable, low-emission lithium production facility in California (tax incentives).*

Semiconductors and Advanced Manufacturing

• Representing the project developer on the project development and financing of an advanced packaging fabrication and R&D facility for AI products, supported by the CHIPS and Science Act.
• Represented the project developer on the project development of advanced semiconductor production facility in Texas.*

Representative Other Matters

• Represented a Mexican paper company in an EPC agreement for a 400,000-ton container-board mill in Mexico.*
• Represented a major paper products company in high-value engineered equipment purchase contracts for projects in the US, Mexico, and Brazil.*
• Represented the owner/developer in negotiations for a renovation project related to Super Bowl LIII in Georgia.*
• Represented a general trades contractor in litigation against the State of Ohio before the Ohio Court of Claims (favorable judgment).*
• Represented a general contractor in litigation against an E&P company in a multimillion-dollar collection action (summary judgment for client).*
• Represented a subcontractor in litigation against a general contractor in a prompt payment dispute (jury verdict, recovery, attorney's fees).*

*Matters prior to White & Case