William N. Finnegan IV

Mr. Finnegan has represented some of the largest energy companies in the world, with a specific focus on energy Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs).

Representative M&A transactions include:

• Occidental Petroleum Corporation on its US$12 billion acquisition of CrownRock 
• Chesapeake Energy on its $US24 billion combination with Southwestern Energy
• Enerplus Corporation on its US$11 Billion combination with Chord Energy
• Chesapeake Energy on its US$2.2 billion acquisition of Vine Energy
• Riverstone Holdings on its US$1.5 billion acquisition by Silver Run Acquisition Corporation of Centennial Resource Development
• Energy Transfer Partners on its US$18 billion acquisition of Regency Energy Partners
• Occidental Petroleum Corporation on its US$1.1 billion acquisition of Carbon Engineering 
• Energy Transfer Equity in its US$1.04 billion sale by Southern Union Company, a subsidiary of Energy Transfer Equity, of Missouri Gas Energy and New England Gas Company, natural gas distributors, to The Laclede Group
• Energy Transfer Partners on its US$5.3 billion acquisition of Sunoco Inc.
• Energy Transfer Equity on its US$9.4 billion acquisition of Southern Union Company
• Rowan Companies on its US$1.1 billion sale of LeTourneau Technologies to Joy Global
• Rowan Companies, in a Share Purchase Agreement and cross border exchange offer with Skeie Drilling and Production ASA, a Norwegian public limited company

Representative Capital Markets transactions include:

• CONE Midstream Partners in its US$385 million initial public offering (Counsel to the Company)
• Westlake Chemical Partners in its US$270 million initial public offering (Counsel to the Underwriters)  
• Phillips 66 in its US$434.44 million initial public offering (Counsel to the Company)
• MPLX in its US$437 million initial public offering (Counsel to the Company)
• Tesoro Partners in its US$273 million initial public offering (Counsel to the Company)
• Summit Midstream in its US$287.5 million initial public offering (Counsel to the Company)
• Southcross Energy Partners in its US$180 million initial public offering (Counsel to the Company)
• Energy Transfer on multiple debt and equity offerings totaling more than US$60 billion in aggregate (Counsel to the Company)
• Regency Energy Partners on multiple debt and equity offerings totaling more than US$7 billion in aggregate (Counsel to the Company)