It’s not enough to know finance or to know LNG.

Top sponsors, advisors and lenders need lawyers with enough technical depth in both LNG and finance to bridge the gap between them. When it comes to structuring and negotiating your LNG projects and financing, Andrews Kurth can assist in maximizing your interests and minimizing your risks.

The Andrews Kurth team is broad, deep and sophisticated.

Our team of lawyers knows how to climb inside these deals to get them done and has been hired as a key player in these transactions time and time again. The “2005 North American Deal of the Year,” awarded by Project Finance magazine (February 2006 issue), was the largest ever LNG financing in the US, and Andrews Kurth led the financing of it.

Andrews Kurth’s project finance lawyers practice across the entire commercial side of the project finance business, on both the investment and the industry side. Our broad and balanced experience has prevailed at the highest levels and on the most difficult transactions.

We make the complex simple with clear answers and clear vision.

Getting a LNG project from wellhead to market involves many players and many levels of risk. We identify the risks inherent in each stage of a LNG project and document how those risks will be shared. Our comprehensive, thoughtful approach ensures that you get the information and insights you need to manage and balance your risk acceptance and absorption.

The energy emanates from Texas

Our rich history covers over 100 years in the energy industry. Since the days of the earliest Texas Wildcatters, we’ve been involved in energy project financing. Of course, the energy industry has changed and we’ve stayed on its leading edge, consistently proving ourselves as a field leader in both energy and finance.

We are a seasoned firm. We can handle the issues that are unique to your goals, project and organization. East Coast competitors offer Wall Street, but through our office strength in Texas, New York and Washington, DC, we offer and deliver demonstrated knowledge, actionable insights and the straight talk you want to achieve your objectives.

Our current and recent project representations include:

• Project counsel for the Bear Head, Nova Scotia LNG Project
• Project counsel for DKRW in the development and financing of the Sonora, Mexico LNG Project
• Counsel for Cheniere Energy in the development and financing of its Sabine Pass, Creole Trail and Corpus Christi LNG regasification projects on the Texas and Louisiana coasts
• Project counsel for GNBC (comprising Marathon Oil and two international partners) in its development of the Tijuana Regional Energy Center located on the Baja peninsula of Mexico

Representative examples of our experience in regulatory matters include:

• Regulatory counsel to a client seeking to construct several LNG import terminals on the Texas Gulf Coast. We:
  • advised on current FERC policy governing LNG projects
  • provided advice regarding procedures for FERC approval of proposed LNG facilities, including National Environmental Policy Act review of the proposed project
  • prepared the application requesting FERC authorization to construct and operate LNG import facilities
  • assisted with approvals and permits required by other federal and state agencies
  • assisted with obtaining public support for a project from other federal agencies and local authorities
  • represented the client as intervenor in various parties’ proceedings before FERC regarding other proposed LNG facilities

At Andrews Kurth, we understand energy and finance. We’ll give you the straight talk you need to make informed decisions for the success of your LNG project.