Midstream Oil & Gas

Akin is a global elite energy law firm advising on complex mergers & acquisitions (M&A), dispositions, joint ventures (JV), investments, capital markets and finance transactions worldwide. 

We have served as longtime counsel to leading public & private midstream companies and investors in the sector. We also provide advice to buyers and sellers of midstream oil & gas assets, as well as those operating in the natural gas and LNG industries. 

Our midstream team has been at the forefront of transactions involving many of the most successful pipeline projects in the U.S. and around the world, assisting clients with key legal and commercial issues to help the midstream space prosper.

Leveraging decades of deep experience in the master limited partnership (MLP), commodity marketing and trading, and upstream & downstream sectors, we help clients innovate with creative contract structuring and a global markets perspective that encapsulate the entire value chain.

We also bring energy regulatory prowess and connections in Washington, D.C. to midstream projects, navigating Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) demands on exports, and interstate and intrastate pipelines, as well as a deep pool of financial restructuring practitioners widely regarded as thought leaders on bankruptcy-related midstream matters.

We offer full support to midstream clients across the life cycle of a transaction, including advising on:

• Traditional M&A and acquisitions & divestitures (A&D)
• Acquisition financing, deal structuring, negotiations and due diligence
• Regulatory approvals
• Meeting carbon reduction goals and diversifying asset portfolios
• Liability management considerations
• Lobbying & public policy
• Formation of JVs
• Going-private transactions.