Practice Areas & Industries: Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P.

Practice/Industry Group Overview

Fulbright & Jaworski is recognized as a premier energy firm with a diversified practice that serves the needs of the global energy industry. With over 50 years of experience in energy matters, we have accumulated a wealth of experience and valuable knowledge. Our attorneys are regularly involved in both international and domestic energy matters and are highly skilled in energy transactions, regulatory matters, and dispute resolution.

In the transaction area, our attorneys are well versed in the development, financing, and construction of energy projects, as well as acquisitions and dispositions, encompassing:

• Electric power plants
• E&P properties
• Pipelines and gathering systems
• LNG facilities
• Gas processing plants
• Energy storage facilities
• Refineries
• Petrochemical plants

Our regulatory attorneys serve the needs of clients engaged in the pipeline, oil-and-gas-production, and electric power industries. They provide a full range of services in federal and state regulatory matters. In addition, the firm is ranked internationally among the best in litigation and arbitration. That ranking stems in large part from the experience and successes of our many energy litigation and arbitration attorneys.

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Fulbright's Energy attorneys address a wide range of matters relating to the following:

Oil & Gas

Headquartered in energy-oriented Houston, Texas, Fulbright is widely acclaimed for handling international and domestic transactions for clients engaged in the many sectors of the oil and gas industry:

• Oil and gas exploration and production
• Refining, transportation, and marketing of petroleum products
• Oil, gas, and product pipelines, terminals and storage facilities
• LNG plants and facilities
• Gas processing and gathering facilities
• Petrochemical plants and facilities
• Oil and gas field services

Electric Power

Our Energy Practice Group possesses a wealth of experience in electric energy matters and has represented investor-owned utilities, non-regulated power generators, municipal utilities, and statutory electricity providers. For many years, our attorneys assisted in the development, financing or operation of numerous electric power projects that were "qualified facilities" under PURPA. Along the way, we moved with our clients into the international power market. In the domestic marketplace, we now are heavily involved in deregulation and represent various clients in the development and financing of merchant power plants.

Energy Regulatory

Our energy regulatory attorneys are leading players in the domestic regulatory arena. Our energy regulatory group is composed of highly experienced attorneys who provide a full range of services in energy regulatory matters, including natural gas regulation, crude oil and petroleum product regulation, electric power regulation, and appellate matters. We have a broad regulatory practice geared to helping our energy clients cope with the complex federal and state regulatory schemes affecting their business operations.

We also handle regulation in the following areas:

• Natural Gas Regulation
• Oil Pipeline Regulation
• Electric Power Regulation
• Federal Royalties