Alex routinely advises on oil and gas matters, including asset acquisitions and divestitures, mergers, supply arrangements, project development and joint ventures. Alex also represents clients in connection with the development, operation, acquisition and divestiture of energy transition projects. In addition, his practice includes representation of lenders and borrowers in credit transactions, including upstream, midstream and downstream lending.

Alex previously worked as a CPA in the oil and gas section for PwC, and as a CPA for Carrizo Oil and Gas. His upstream experience at PwC includes auditing large independent oil and gas E&P companies. During law school, Alex clerked at Motiva Enterprises LLC.

Representative Experience

• 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 and Gas Inc. of non-operated working interests in certain oil and 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 500MW of mobile generation equipment in connection with the City of Houston’s regional master energy plan to enhance local power resilience.
• Represented privately held oilfield services company in connection with its $35 million credit facility.
• 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.
• Represented an offshore oil and gas company in the sale of overriding royalty interests for $60 million in connection with financing the acquisition of additional OCS leases.
• Represented an NYSE-listed energy transition MLP in connection with the sale of certain upstream assets.
• Represented the seller of gas producing properties in the Marcellus shale formation.
• Represented lender in the foreclosure of certain assets of borrower. Upon foreclosure of the assets, represented lender in subsequent sale of assets.

• In re Sable Permian Resources, LLC, oil and gas counsel for exploration and production company focusing on the priority of vendor claims against the estate.
• In re Remora Petroleum LP, et al., oil and gas counsel for exploration and production company with non-operated and operated oil and gas properties in multiple states with approximately $60 million in first and second lien debt.
• Represented various lenders in connection with loans provided under the Main Street Lending Program and CARES Act.
• Represented Royal Vopak and BlackRock’s Global Energy & Power Infrastructure Fund in the formation of a joint venture, Vopak Industrial Infrastructure Americas, LLC (VIIA), and then in VIIA’s subsequent purchase of three of The Dow Chemical Company’s chemical storage terminals on the US Gulf Coast for $620 million.
• 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.
• In re EdgeMarc Energy Holdings, LLC, et al., oil & gas and transactional counsel for prepetition bank agent, DIP lender and purchaser of gas producing properties in the Marcellus shale formation.
• Assisted in the representation of a private downstream company in connection with an $80 million term loan and revolving loan.
• Assisted in the representation of the administrative agent on a $80 million reserve-based credit facility to a privately held oil and gas exploration company.
• Representing Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners, an infrastructure-focused private equity firm, in its $3.6 billion acquisition of substantially all assets of Oryx Southern Delaware Holdings LLC and Oryx Delaware Holdings LLC.
• Represented DKRW Energy Partners LLC and Sculptor Domestic Partners, L.P. in certain transactions related to the recapitalization and sale of their respective investment in Mexico Pacific Limited, the owner of an LNG export facility in Puerto Libertad, Mexico, with an energy and infrastructure private equity firm as the buyer and joint venture partner.
• Represented a global investment bank’s private equity arm in a preferred debt and warrant investment of $35 million (with the ability to invest up to $185 million over the term of the investment) alongside an infrastructure focused private equity firm in a holding company to acquire existing regulated water and wastewater treatment facilities and for future similar acquisitions.
• Represented an exploration and production client in the acquisition of oil and gas assets.
• Represented a private E&P company in negotiating master services agreements with various service providers.
• Represented a major global energy company in an extensive internal review and summary of all project documents and commercial agreements relating to the company’s entire wind energy project portfolio in the United States, including wind energy projects in Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, and Texas.
• Assisted in the representation of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of the General Partner of DCP Midstream, LP in its securing of an option to acquire up to a 30 percent ownership interest (representing a potential capital investment of approximately $400 million) in two 150,000 bpd natural gas liquids (NGL) fractionators to be constructed within Phillips 66’s Sweeney Hub in Old Ocean, Texas.

Education
BS, University of Arkansas, 2010