King & Spalding has long been considered an industry leader in midstream oil and gas matters, having handled numerous transactions and disputes in all segments of the midstream value chain. The firm’s 100+ lawyer energy team represents major oil companies, independent oil and gas producers, pipeline companies, energy merchants and master limited partnerships (MLPs), as well as institutional lenders, private equity and venture capital firms.

Areas of Expertise

• Development, financing, sale and/or acquisition of natural gas pipelines and crude oil pipelines, gas storage facilities, gas processing and fractionation plants, and gas gathering systems
  
  
• Negotiating and drafting contracts for gathering, transportation, processing, gas storage, and commodity purchase and sale transactions
  
  
• Structuring and negotiating joint venture arrangements

Recognitions

• King & Spalding is named one of the top energy and natural resources firms in the United States in the 2008 edition of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
  
  
• In a 2007 customer satisfaction survey by EnergyPoint Research, King & Spalding received “four ribbons” for oil and gas legal services, the highest rating for total satisfaction.
  
  
• King & Spalding is named one of the top five energy and natural resources firms in Texas in the 2007 edition of Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
  
  
• The International Who’s Who of Oil & Gas Lawyers 2007.