Jack J. Langlois leads DLA Piper’s US energy practice in Houston. He has served as lead counsel representing governments, public and private companies, lenders, and private equity investors in a number of substantial domestic and international corporate transactions.

Mr. Langlois has significant experience in mergers, acquisitions, and dispositions of assets and stock of energy companies, acquisitions of exploration rights from sovereigns, joint ventures and investments in and financings of energy projects, including mineral exploration and development projects, production sharing agreements, concessions, licenses, pipelines, refineries, power plants and drilling rigs. His clients include leaders in the energy industry.

The respected English research firm Chambers & Partners cites him in Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, calling him a “tremendously skilled attorney."

Recent Transactions

• Represented a US soda ash mining company and a special committee of the board of directors in its merger with a foreign owned purchaser.
• Represented Leor Energy in its sale of US oil and gas leases in Texas to EnCana USA.
• Represented Kayne Anderson in various private investments in domestic oil and gas assets.
• Represented management teams in various private equity investments in domestic and international oil and gas assets with EnCap, Quantum and Jefferies funds.
• Represented private company in negotiating Mineral Development Agreement with Native American Indian Tribe and joint venture with independent energy company for field exploration and development.
• Represented Cavallo Energy in its sale of Texas oil and gas leases to Linn Energy.
• Represented Latin American client in sale of its drilling rig and service business to US public company.
• Represented LUKOIL in joint venture with ConocoPhillips to develop licenses in Russia.
• Represented a Spanish company in connection with the acquisition of a power project and associated LNG facilities in Puerto Rico from Enron bankruptcy estate.
• Represented a Canadian company in connection with the negotiation of the acquisition of several interstate natural gas pipelines from Enron Bankruptcy estate.
• Represented an Indian exploration and production company in connection with its acquisition of and financing related to PSA interest in the Sakhalin field and in other bids to acquire petroleum assets internationally.
• Represented an energy company in connection with the acquisition and subsequent disposition of pipeline, gathering systems and other midstream assets in Texas.
• Represented various equity funds and oil and gas production companies in connection with the acquisition of oil and gas properties and power assets from bankruptcy estates and development of the properties.
• Represented state oil companies and Western and Russian companies in connection with negotiations for development of Caspian Sea oil fields.
• Represented drilling companies in connection with sales of drilling rigs in Brazil, Canada, and Greece.
• Represented power producers in connection with the development and financing of power projects in Latin America.
• Represented banks in connection with production payment acquisition and financing.
• Represented independent oil companies in the sale of overriding royalty interests to qualified investment buyers.
• Represented a Western company to negotiate concession of national trunklines in Kazakhstan.
• Represented various clients with respect to participation in various CIS privatizations.
• Represented various clients with respect to the acquisition of timber.

資格

• Texas

メンバーシップ

• Member, State Bar of Texas
• Member, Louisiana State Bar Association (inactive)
• Member, American Bar Association Energy Law Section