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Joe Lawlor

Senior Associate

Houston

Joe represents clients in the energy industry and focuses his practice on renewables and oil and gas transactions.

He assists global energy companies, private equity funds, renewables developers, management teams, and integrated oil and gas companies with complex commercial transactions in the renewables and oil and gas industries. He represents his clients in connection with the development, repowering, acquisition, and divestiture of wind, solar and energy storage projects, the acquisition and divestiture of upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas projects, the formation of joint ventures, and other corporate governance and legal due diligence matters.

  • M&A

    • A global energy company in the sale of an interest in a 665 MW portfolio of utility scale wind and solar projects located in the continental United States, related sale-side legal due diligence, and the formation of a joint venture to own and operate the same.
    • A global energy company in the sale of an interest in a 2.3 GW portfolio of operating and development stage utility scale wind and solar projects located in the continental United States, related sale-side legal due diligence, and the formation of a joint venture to own and operate the same.
    • A water management, waste management, and energy services company in the $1.25 billion divestiture of its U.S. district energy business and related sale-side legal due diligence.
    • Subsidiaries of NOVA Chemicals Corporation and Borealis AG in their Texas joint venture with Total Petrochemicals and Refining USA, Inc. with respect to two existing polyethylene facilities, an under-construction ethane cracker and a development stage Borstar polyethylene facility and related buy-side legal due diligence.
    • A global energy company in the sale of an interest in a portfolio of distributed generation solar projects, related sale-side legal due diligence, and the formation of a joint venture to own and operate the same.
    • A global energy company in the sale of an interest in a wind farm located in Texas, related sale-side legal due diligence, and the formation of a joint venture to own and operate the same.
    • An international oil and gas company in the divestiture of Utica shale assets.
    • An energy-focused private equity firm in the formation of a joint venture with a management team to invest in oil and gas interests in the San Juan basin and other producing areas in the United States, with aggregate commitments to fund up to $150 million.
    • A propane and distillates distribution and marketing company in the acquisition of a residential and commercial propane distribution business in North Carolina.
    • An oil and gas company in the $400 million acquisition of a natural gas storage facility.
    • A large private equity fund in its investment in the development of Permian midstream oil and gas assets.
    • An energy-focused private equity fund in the $160 million acquisition of an interest in two refined products and crude oil storage and terminaling facilities in Washington and Maryland.
    • LINTEC Corporation, a manufacturer of adhesive-related products, in its $375 million acquisition of MACtac Americas.

    Development

    • A global energy company with the negotiation of an engineering, procurement and construction agreement for a 175 MW solar facility.
    • A global energy company with the negotiation of a high voltage facilities engineering, procurement and construction agreement for a 300 MW solar facility.
    • A solar developer with the negotiation of an engineering, procurement and construction agreement and a battery energy storage system supply agreement for its solar plus storage facility.
    • A global energy company in the execution of engineering, procurement and construction agreements for utility scale solar projects in Texas and Virginia.
    • A global energy company in the purchase of over 1500 MW of wind turbine generators for wind projects in Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas and South Dakota.
    • A public utility company in the acquisition and repowering of two wind farms in Minnesota.
    • A large renewable energy company in the execution of four power purchase agreements for an approximately 700 MW portfolio of utility scale solar projects.
    • A global energy company with the negotiation of a power purchase agreement for its solar plus storage facility.
    • A large renewable energy company in the execution of a framework agreement with respect to the purchase of approximately 700 MW of wind turbine generators for wind projects in Washington, Texas, Oklahoma and West Virginia.

    Other

    • A global leading bank as administrative agent in connection with the bankruptcy of Legacy Reserves.