Mr Michael O'Leary > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
2200 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW
WASHINGTON DC 20037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States

Work Department

Capital Markets

Position

Partner and co-head of the firm’s corporate team

Career

Co-head of the firm’s Corporate team. Represents public and private companies and investment banking firms in corporate finance and M&A transactions, including: mergers, acquisitions, de-SPAC transactions, dispositions, IPOs and other public offerings, private placements; partnerships/joint venture formation; public company spin-offs; redemptions and consent solicitations; royalty trusts and VPP financings; upstream, midstream and interstate pipeline transactions; energy transition transactions and financings (including CCUS and clean hydrogen and ammonia production facilities); private equity and infrastructure investments in energy and portfolio company representation; counsels Boards of Directors and special committees on governance, fiduciary duties and conflict of interest transactions; joint bidding arrangements and corporate governance counseling. Expertise in upstream and midstream energy, intrastate/interstate pipeline, oilfield service company, MLP, royalty trusts and securities matters; M+A transactions and energy transition matters.

Memberships

  • Houston Bar Association
  • State Bar of Texas

Education

  • JD, 1980, with honors, University of Houston Law Center
  • BS, 1977, cum laude, Finance, The University of Alabama

Lawyer Rankings

United States > M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)

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Michael O’LearyHunton Andrews Kurth LLP

United States > Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas

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Michael O’LearyHunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Alongside its expertise in advising a range of energy companies, investors and lenders on complex transactions related to the development, financing and acquisition of oil and gas interests, Houston-based Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is also recognized for assisting clients with a range of LNG projects across the United States. Further core workflows include acquisitions of acreage, assets and entities in the oil and gas sector and transactions involving exploration, production and transportation. Ian Goldberg is noted for routinely advising exploration and production companies on transactions, acquisitions, and divestitures in onshore oil and gas basins in the United States, and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Co-chair of the corporate team, Michael O’Leary, is a key player in corporate securities and energy industry-related mergers and acquisitions and represents both issuers and underwriters in public and private offerings of energy-related equity and debt securities.