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 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 power plants, production sharing agreements, concessions, licenses, pipelines, refineries, and drilling rigs. His clients include leaders in the energy and construction industries.

Recent Transactions

• Represented a Spanish company in connection with the acquisition of a power project and associated LNG facilities in Puerto Rico
• Represented a Canadian company in connection with the negotiation of the acquisition of several interstate natural gas pipelines
• Represented an Indian exploration and production company in connection with its acquisition of and financing related to PSA interest in the Sakhalin field
• 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 companies in connection with domestic and foreign producing properties acquisitions
• 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
• Represented numerous clients with respect to joint ventures and direct investments in energy projects

Admissions

• Texas

Memberships

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