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Senior Counsel

Steven Miles is a Senior Counsel with Baker Botts. He also serves as a nonresident fellow for the Baker Institute’s Center for Energy Studies at Rice University. For much of his 35 years as a lawyer he headed the Chambers Global Band One ranked LNG practice at Baker Botts L.L.P. He received the highest personal ranking awarded by Chambers USA, Legal 500, and other leading publications. His practice also focused on natural gas, electric power and renewable energy. While a partner at Baker Botts, Miles chaired the firm’s Energy Sector Committee and served for six years on the firm’s Executive Committee.

Founded Saudi Arabia office; managed Middle East practice.

LNG17, LNG18, LNG19 and LNG 2022 – Member, Program Committee, 2010-; World Gas Conference Financial Advisory Board, Co-Chair, 2017-18; AIPN - Director, 2010-2014, VP, Model Contracts, 2014, LNG Committee, Co-Chair, 2005-; ABA, Committee on International Energy and Natural Resources, Vice-Chair, 2001; Clean Economy Network, Legal Adviser, 2009-11.

JD, Cornell Law School, 1984; MBA, Cornell University, 1984; BA (summa cum laude), Union College, 1980.

2021 - Low-Carbon Fuels: How to Use U.S. Infrastructure and Exports to Deliver Cleaner Energy to the World; 2020 - “Green LNG” A Pathway For Natural Gas In An ESG Future?