Ian Richard Goldberg

Partner

Areas of Focus

Ian Richard Goldberg

Partner

igoldberg@akingump.com

Areas of Focus

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Biography
  • Leads complex transactions across the oil & gas value chain with extensive domestic experience both onshore and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Negotiates commercial contracts in the energy space with a focus on feedstock, offtake and services agreements related to traditional and new energy projects.
  • Advises on carbon capture, utilization & storage, hydrogen, wind, solar and other energy transition projects.

Ian advises clients on a wide range of energy transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, project development, financial transactions, and out-of-court and bankruptcy court restructurings involving upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas assets, renewable energy projects and rare earth mineral deposits.

Ian has significant experience representing exploration & production companies and financial partners with respect to operations, acquisitions and divestitures in the major U.S. conventional and unconventional onshore oil & gas basins, as well as offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. He also regularly advises midstream clients on pipeline development and associated agreements, including gathering, transportation and processing agreements.

In addition, Ian is well versed in real property and oil, gas and mineral law, and regularly assists clients with energy project development, operations, lease negotiations and mineral and royalty transactions. He also has extensive experience negotiating service contracts and working with clients on complex commercial arrangements, joint ventures and project development across the energy industry.

Further, Ian is heavily involved in the development of carbon capture, utilization & storage projects, as well as the development, operation, acquisition and divestiture of renewable energy projects.

Previously, Ian served as leader of the energy transactions practice at another international law firm.

Representative Work
  • Represented enCore Energy Corp. in connection with its acquisition from Energy Fuels Inc. of the Alta Mesa In-Situ Recovery uranium project for $120 million.
  • Represented Midland Petro DC Partners LLC and related affiliates in a $330 million sale to Northern Oil & gas Inc. of non-operated working interests in certain oil & gas properties in the Midland Basin of Texas.
  • Represented Midland Petro DC Partners LLC and related affiliates in a $225 million sale to U.S. Energy Development Corp of a 25% non-operated working interests in several producing properties, associated midstream assets and undeveloped locations in the Midland Basin of Texas.
  • Represented CenterPoint Energy Inc. in negotiation of a capital lease for 500 MW of mobile generation equipment in connection with the City of Houston's regional master energy plan to enhance local power resilience.
  • Represented Intrepid Partners LLC in connection with the acquisition of Shell Midstream Partners LP by Shell USA Inc. for $1.96 billion.
  • Represented Paloma Partners VI Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Paloma Resources LLC and EnCap Investments LP, in its two-step acquisition of Goodrich Petroleum Corporation for $480 million.
  • Represented the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of the General Partner of Rattler Midstream LP in its affiliate’s $160 million acquisition of water midstream assets from subsidiaries of Diamondback Energy, Inc.
  • Representing an offshore oil & gas company in the sale of overriding royalty interests for $60 million in connection with financing the acquisition of additional OCS leases.
  • Advised on the In re Sable Permian Resources LLC matter as oil & gas counsel for an exploration & production company focusing on the priority of vendor claims against the estate.
  • Advised on the In re Remora Petroleum LP, et al. matter as oil & gas counsel for an exploration & production company with non-operated and operated oil and properties in multiple states with approximately $60 million in first and second lien debt.
  • Represented Ridgemont Equity Partners in its joint venture investment with Denham Capital Management and the Ontario Power Generation Inc. Pension Plan to back WhiteWater Midstream, MPLX LP and West Texas Gas Inc. to provide natural gas liquids (NGLs) takeaway capacity from MPLX and WTG gas processing plants in the Permian Basin to the NGL fractionation hub in Sweeny, TX.
  • Advised on the In re EdgeMarc Energy Holdings LLC, et al. matter as oil & gas and transactional counsel for the prepetition bank agent, DIP lender and purchaser of gas producing properties in the Marcellus shale formation.
  • Represented Sabine Oil & Gas Holdings Inc. in the $610 million sale of Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation and certain subsidiaries to Osaka Gas USA Corporation.
  • Represented a public company in its acquisition of an independent offshore exploration & production company for $1.2 billion.
  • Represented a group of industry professionals in the formation and qualification of a new entity and its subsequent acquisition of a major oil company's Gulf of Mexico shallow water assets.
  • Represented a private company in its acquisition of oil & gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico for $170 million.
  • Represented a private exploration & production company in the sale of its onshore subsidiary for $73 million.
  • Represented a public company in the sale and leaseback of an offshore oil & gas gathering system and shore base facility.
  • Represented a public company in its acquisition of onshore processing facilities from a major oil company.
  • Represented a private company in the negotiation of a development program involving numerous deepwater lease blocks in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Represented a private company in the sale of an oil & gas subsidiary for $66.5 million.
  • Represented a private company in the acquisition of oil & gas assets located across the Gulf Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico.
  • Represented a private company in negotiations to participate in a drilling program across multiple onshore Texas basins.

* List includes matters completed prior to Akin.

Education
  • J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2011

  • B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 2008

Bar Admissions
  • Texas

Recognitions
  • “Ones to Watch,” Corporate Law, Energy Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, The Best Lawyers in America, 2023-2024.
  • The Legal 500 US, Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas, 2020-2021, 2023.
Affiliations and Public Service
  • Houston Bar Association, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section
  • Texas State Bar Association
Speeches and Publications
  • Moderator, “The Rapidly Changing Landscape of Greenhouse Gas Impacts Analysis Under NEPA,” EIC Investor Conference, May 16, 2022.
  • Co-author, “Commentary: EPA Must Approve Primacy for Texas CCS Wells,” Hart Energy, August 3, 2023.
  • Co-author, “Useful Considerations for CO2, Hydrogen Pipeline Operators,” Pipeline and Gas Journals, June 2023.
  • Co-author, “Analysis: US Federal Leading Strategy Will Continue to Evolve,” Offshore Magazine, October 12, 2022.

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