Won a case for Progress Energy (formerly Florida Power Corp.) on summary judgment and collected full damages (plus interest). As Lead Counsel filed a lawsuit on Progress Energy’s behalf to recover more than [...]
Represented BHP Billiton in a lawsuit brought by an individual claiming to own an interest in leases covering BHP Billiton’s property. The case involved interpretation of complex wills and estate documents, and the [...]
Represented Russian Energy Advisors, an American oil and gas consulting firm, in its claims for breach of contract against a purported Nigerian prince and his affiliated African oil companies. The matter was handled [...]
Substantially participated in representing Transcoastal in UNCITRAL arbitration against Chevron Global Technology Services, the operator of an oil and gas consortium owning a field in Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Transcoastal contracted to build a [...]
Represented Doosan Heavy, a Changwon-based construction company, in defending claims brought by ExxonMobil with respect to allegedly defective welding on 6 reactors to be used in hydro-desulfurization projects for ExxonMobil’s refineries in Baytown, [...]
Represented the majority of the compensation committee, including the chairman of the audit committee, during an internal investigation into allegations of options backdating at a major international drilling company. Also represented the same [...]
Handled international oil and gas contract dispute over Trinidadian oil and gas field for Canadian company against a group of Trinidadian companies and a Houston oil and gas major, with damages estimated in [...]
Litigation counsel for plaintiff in a case involving a dispute over oil and gas wells drilled in the Gulf of Mexico. Defendants counterclaimed and sought $350 million in damages from the plaintiff. Successfully [...]
Represented a pipeline construction contractor, Henkels & McCoy, in connection with the defense of a $90 million claim brought against it by the owners of the Rockies Express Pipeline. The pipeline segment Henkels [...]
Assisted in representation of Plaintiff Huntsman against Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank in connection with the failure to fund a $15 billion merger between Huntsman and Hexion, of Columbus, Ohio. We secured a [...]