John L Keffer

Representative transactions that Mr. Keffer has been engaged in include:

• Representation of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in realtion to its Mozambique LNG export project, including the negotiation of various shareholder agreements related to the project.
  
  
• Representation of McLane Champions, LLC, a company affiliated with Drayton McLane, Jr., in the sale of the Houston Astros Baseball Club and its interest in the Astros/Rockets/Comcast regional sports network  for $650 million to a company affiliated with Jim Crane.  When announced, this transaction was featured for “Dealmaker of the Week” by American Lawyer.
  
  
• Representation of GE Oil & Gas in the execution of various agreements for the creation of a manufacturing joint venture in Angola to service the oil and gas industry.
  
  
• Representation of Cooper Industries plc in the acquisition of publicly listed Mount Engineering plc, a UK based manufacturer of specialty threaded adaptors and reducers for harsh and hazardous environments, and Apex Lighting Controls Ltd., a private manufacturer of energy management lighting controls also based in the UK.
  
  
• Representation of Duke Energy International in the auction of its Central American power plants in Guatemala and El Salvador.
  
  
• Representation of GE Oil & Gas in the sale of a 50% interest in GE’s pipeline inspection and integrity business to Al Shaheen Energy Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Qatar Petroleum, and negotiation of a strategic joint venture with respect to such business.
  
  
• Representation of GE Oil & Gas in the establishment of a Qatar-based joint venture with Al Shaheen Energy Services for aftermarket services of turbomachinery equipment in Qatar. 
  
  
• Representation of Houston-based Valerus Compression Services, L.P. in the sale of a majority equity stake to TPG Capital for a total investment of $500 million.
  
  
• Representation of Bahrain-based Al-Rajhi Holdings W.L.L. in the acquisition of 90% of the partnership units of NuTech Energy Alliance Ltd., a Houston, Texas based company that provides petrophysical, geological and engineering solutions to oil and gas companies worldwide.
  
  
• Representation of Kingdom of Saudi Arabian-based The National Titanium Dioxide Co. Ltd. in the $1.2 billion acquisition of the Millennium Inorganic Chemicals business from Lyondell Chemical Company, the world’s second largest producer of titanium dioxide, with manufacturing locations in Australia, Brazil, France, the United Kingdom and the United States.
  
  
• Representation of The Tensar Corporation, an Arcapita portfolio company, in the acquisition of UK-based Tensar International in a transaction valued at $130 million.
  
  
• Representation of the Audit and Control Committee of Repsol YPF, S.A. in the internal investigation of the company’s 25% downward adjustment of its proved oil and gas reserves.
  
  
• Representation of Total System Services, Inc. in the creation of an European call centre joint venture with Dimension Data Holdings plc.
  
  
• Representation of BP in the negotiations leading to the conversion of its operating services agreements and heavy oil projects to joint ventures (“Empresas Mixtas”) with Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A.
  
  
• Represented Milliken & Company in the disposition of its European automobile textile business.
  
  
• Represented GE Energy’s Nuovo Pignone in the sale of its fuel distribution and gas meters business in Italy to Dresser, Inc. for €139 million.
  
  
• Represented the Goodman family and related trusts in the sale of Goodman Global Holdings, Inc. to Apollo Management L.P. for $1.43 billion.
  
  
• Represented a consortium of US private equity houses, including Bard Group, First Atlantic Capital Ltd., GlenRock Group LLC and Hunt Capital Group Fund II, in the European aspects of the leveraged buyout of the surface preparation business of US Filter Corp., a division of Violia Environment.
  
  
• Representation of a major U.S. energy company in the attempted development of a liquefied natural gas plant in Venezuela. Engagement included the negotiation of a Gas Supply Agreement with PDVSA Gas, S.A., the gas subsidiary of the state owned company, as well as various ancillary agreements.
  
  
• Representation of The Home Depot, Inc. in its acquisition of the Mexican home improvement chain Total Home from Alfa, S.A. de C.V. This transaction represented Home Depot’s first entry into the Mexican market. Subsequently represented The Home Depot, Inc. in its divestment of its businesses in Chile and Argentina through the sale of its subsidiaries to S.A.I.C. Falabella and Cencosud, S.A., respectively, the establishment of its presence in Northern Mexico through the acquisition of Maderería Del Norte and the acquisition of Home Mart, Mexico’s largest home improvement chain.
  
  
• Representation of Sprint Corporation in its investment and the divestment of its equity interest in Pegaso Telecomunicaciones, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican all digital wireless telephone company. The sale of Sprint Corporation’s equity interest in Pegaso was part of Telefónica S.A.’s acquisition of 65% of that company for US$1.3 billion, which was the largest completed Latin American M&A transaction in the first half of 2002.
  
  
• Representation of Houston McLane Company, Inc., the owner of the Houston Astros baseball franchise, in the negotiation of the Naming Rights Agreement for the naming of Enron Field, as well as the agreements necessary for the construction and lease of the $250 million downtown baseball facility. Subsequent to Enron Corp.’s bankruptcy, represented Houston McLane Company, Inc. in the termination of the Naming Agreement with Enron Corp. and the negotiation of a new Naming Agreement with The Coca-Cola Company for the naming of Minute Maid Park.  Also acted for this client in the creation of the regional sports network co-owned by the Houston Astros, Houston Rockets and Comcast Corporation.