Oil & Gas Midstream and Pipelines

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 and 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 recognized for its “first-class energy team” and ranks as one of the top energy and natural resources firms in the United States in the 2010 edition of Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business.
  
  
• King & Spalding’s Oil and Gas Practice is recognized as a leading practice in Chambers Global 2010.
  
  
• King & Spalding is named one of the top energy and natural resources firms nationally (Chambers USA 2010).
  
  
• King & Spalding lawyers are ranked nationally by Chambers USA for their oil and gas regulatory and litigation expertise (Chambers USA 2010).