McDermott Legal Department is ‘More than the Sum of its Parts’

Leading engineering and construction company McDermott International helped build the multibillion-dollar Freeport LNG facility, but after a June 2022 explosion at the plant, the company found itself facing two-fold litigation: FLNG’s insurers were trying to recoup more than $1.3 billion in insurance payments and FLNG was bringing a design defect claim. 

If facing roughly $2 billion in potential liability wasn’t complex enough, both cases were brought as adversary proceedings in the bankruptcy case in the Southern District of Texas of McDermott’s joint venture partner, Zachry Construction.