HOUSTON, March 4, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- International
law firm McDermott Will &
Emery announced that Jack
Langlois and Jibin
Luke have joined the Transactions Practice Group as
partners based in the Houston
office. These hires diversify our robust energy practice and add
strength in a geographically critical area as clients weigh
business opportunities with potential federal energy regulations on
the horizon. Jack and Jibin both join from DLA Piper where Jack
served as US co-chair of the firm's energy sector and managing
partner in Houston.
"Jack is a high-profile dealmaker known in the Texas energy and legal circles, and we're
thrilled to welcome him and Jibin to McDermott. This group will
provide clients a direct connection to the United States' largest economic hub for
oil and gas, paving the way for additional mergers and acquisitions
and private equity deals," Harris
Siskind, global head of McDermott's transactions
practice group, said. "With this added expertise, we're advancing
our already high-impact, high-volume deal activity while
diversifying our fast-growing energy practice. Our broader platform
will make McDermott a destination firm for clients' energy-related
transactional and regulatory needs."
"It's clear that McDermott is an elite global firm in terms of
clients, significant engagements and financial results, while
prioritizing a great emphasis on fostering a collaborative
environment—it is deeply woven into the culture and sets it apart
from other firms," Jack added. "Add this to an imperative to grow
and diversify energy offerings in the US and around the world, and
it's an ideal fit for our group and our clients, as well as other
lawyers in the Texas market
desiring a successful platform [for themselves and their
clients]."
Head of Strategy Michael
Poulos noted, "Texas
in general and Houston in
particular is one of the leading markets in the legal industry, and
we are very excited by our continued trajectory and growth in the
market. From a client offering perspective, Jack and Jibin
complement and diversify an already vibrant energy sector offering
at the Firm – this made the decision to have them join us an easy
one."
Jack advises clients on investments in and financings of
energy projects and assets, including mergers, joint ventures and
acquisitions and dispositions of assets and stock of energy
companies. Jack advises on mineral exploration and development
projects, involving acquisition of exploration and development
rights, pipelines, gathering, transportation, processing, storage
and other infrastructure. He also represents oil and gas production
companies in connection with the acquisition of oil and gas
properties; and banks in connection with production payment
acquisition and financing. Jack has significant experience handling
international transactions, including representing drilling
companies in connection with sales of drilling rigs in Brazil, Canada and Greece, and representing power producers with
the development and financing of power projects in Latin America.
Jibin represents business owners and investors with
structuring and negotiating mergers and acquisitions, leveraged
buyouts, energy transactions, equity investments and other general
corporate matters. He regularly advises clients on domestic and
international transactions, corporate governance matters, private
debt and equity financing, regulatory matters and portfolio company
investments. Jibin represents clients in the acquisition and sale
of energy, manufacturing, technology and service-related companies,
and negotiating and securing financing. He has experience preparing
and negotiating purchase and sale agreements, joint venture
agreements, joint operating agreements, partnership agreements,
limited liability company agreements, transportation and gathering
agreements, employment and consulting agreements, credit and
security agreements and master service agreements.
With the energy market poised for growth, McDermott has
bolstered our renewable and conventional energy practices globally.
Notable partner hires over the last year include Carl Fleming, Christopher Gladbach, Neil Levy, Bruce Richardson and
David Tewksbury in
Washington, DC; Lloyd MacNeil and Edward Zaelke in Los Angeles; and Shashank Krishna in London.
This group further supports the Firm's growing private equity
(PE) deal volume, building momentum on more than 360 deals closed
in 2020. McDermott was recently ranked by Pitchbook in its
2020 league tables as #3 in PE in the US and #5 in PE globally.
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