Cogan & Partners, LLP

Oil & Gas

a U.S. oil and gas exploration company in negotiations and documentation of a joint venture in connection with the development of two blocks offshore Nigeria; drafting and negotiating terms of the license agreement for the offshore block
U.S. companies in connection with joint operating agreements in Turkmenistan, Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago
a Canadian company in connection with the acquisition of a fleet of U.S. based land drilling rigs
the negotiation and drafting of various joint venture documents and pipeline throughput and interconnection agreements for oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico
a New York private equity fund in connection with a fertilizer and UAN plant to be built in Trinidad and Tobago
a U.S. company in connection with the construction, financing, operation and eventual sale of a Houston petrochemical plant
a U.S. independent oil company in connection with a farm-in of three offshore blocks in the Bass Strait, Australia
a large Australian E&P and mining company with respect to the negotiation and work on various joint venture documents and pipeline throughput and interconnection agreements for deep sea oil and gas wells in the Gulf of Mexico
an oil and gas company in negotiating and drafting the necessary documents for offshore platform bid and construction in the Gulf of Mexico
a large Russian oil and gas company in connection with the negotiations of drilling contracts for the drilling of two wells in the Caspian Sea
drafting farm-in and farm-out agreements in Trinidad and Tobago and southeastern Australia
various U.K. and European banks in numerous oil and gas and other energy sector lending transactions in the United States and elsewhere
acting as outside general counsel for a Houston-based drilling company owned by Malaysian investors in connection with operations in the Gulf of Mexico and Brazil

Our clients include small, mid-size and large corporations, independent and major oil companies, drilling contractors, oil field service providers, lenders, sponsors and developers of greenfield and brownfield projects, foreign investors and other law firms. We work closely with in-house counsel and management in the implementation of the matters for which we are engaged. Although our lawyers can and regularly do handle large projects, we are also happy to work on small projects or even pieces of projects with the goal of making life easier for our clients.

Our lawyers are available on a 24 hour/7 day a week basis to serve the needs of our clients. Our philosophy is to provide our clients with large law firm expertise for the areas in which we practice while, at the same time, providing the personal service of a small firm at competitive fees.