Energy

Haynes and Boone knows the domestic and international physical and financial energy markets. We have significant depth of practice in transactions involving upstream, midstream and downstream oil and gas, natural gas liquification, regasification, electric power generation, transmission, marketing, ISO and RTO transactions, wholesale and retail power sales, hedging and tolling agreements. Our Energy practice group is comprised of more than 75 attorneys and other industry professionals with diverse backgrounds, experiences and skill sets specific to the energy industry. We are very active in deals relating to both traditional energy sources and alternative or renewable energy resources. As a firm with a significant Texas base, we regularly represent a wide variety of industry clients in the energy sector from Fortune 100 companies to individuals.

We are experienced in advising clients in a variety of domestic and international corporate and strategic transactions, regulatory matters, and litigation and arbitration specific to energy. This experience includes representing domestic and foreign national oil companies and power companies such as Petróleos Mexicanos (PEMEX), Petrobras, Ecopetrol, the Honduran National Energy Company (ENEE) and Petroecuador. We also practice before domestic and international bodies regulating the energy sector, including:

United States

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT)
• Texas Railroad Commission (TRC)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and State Departments of Environmental Quality
• Electric Reliability Counsel of Texas (ERCOT)
• Southwest Power Pool
• Bureau of Land Management
• Indian Tribal Forums
• Maryland Public Service Commission (MPSC) and other state regulatory public service commissions
• Minerals Management Service (MMS)
• U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)

International

• Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE-Mexico)
• Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE-Mexico)
• Comisión Nacional de Energia (Honduras)
• Ministry of Economy and Trade (Russia)
• Ministry of Natural Resources (Russia)
• Ministry of Transportation (Russia)
• State Commission on Control over Foreign Investment (Russia)

Our energy lawyers have domestic and multinational experience, having worked for major companies involved in the energy industry serving as in-house and general counsel, petroleum engineers, senior reactor operators, landmen, geophysicists, geologists, and energy bankers, which gives us outstanding insight into our clients' needs, issues and concerns, and allows us to provide efficient and creative legal solutions. We represent all sizes of commercial, industrial and major financial institutions throughout the Americas, Asia, and Europe in a broad variety of strategic initiatives, as well as meeting the day-to-day challenges of our clients.