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Locke Lord Brings Back Energy Lawyer in Houston

…president of business development for Navitas Midstream Partners. Before that he was an assistant general counsel at Kinder Morgan and attorney for Copano Energy. Wilhelm started his legal career at…

October 18, 2022 Brooks Igo

Enterprise buys Warburg-backed Navitas for $3.25B

…Delaware capacity. Founders R. Bruce Northcutt, Bryan Neskora and Jim Wade previously built Copano Energy into a substantial enterprise before its 2013 sale to Kinder Morgan for $5 billion. Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz counseled Copano…

January 10, 2022 Claire Poole

SCOTX: Emails ≠ Contract (at least not here)

…December 2012 and ending March 2013. After the pipeline project fell through, the landowners in 2014 sued Copano and Kinder Morgan, which had merged with Copano, for breach of contract….

February 3, 2020 Janet Elliott

Kirkland M&A Partner Samuel Peca Jumps to Weil’s Houston Office

…$5 billion purchase of Copano Energy (Tabor later moved to Gibson Dunn, from which he retired). Other partners have left Kirkland since it opened its office in Houston in 2014….

May 13, 2019 Claire Poole

Kirkland, V&E Advise on TPG’s $930M Purchase of Tailwater-backed Goodnight Midstream

…the deal from TPG, which was founded in 1992 and has more than $100 billion in assets under management. TPG’s investments have included Discovery Midstream, EnLink Midstream, Jonah Energy and Copano Energy….

March 11, 2019 Claire Poole

Four different law firms advise on two energy-related infrastructure deals worth $2.3B

…sector have included Copano Energy, EnLink Midstream and Jonah Energy. In 2017, TPG launched its first energy-focused vehicle, TPG Energy Solutions, which invested in Discovery alongside TPG Growth. TPG Growth…

July 30, 2018 Claire Poole

Bracewell and V&E Advise in $3 Billion Kinder Morgan Purchase

…acquired Copano Energy for $5 billion. The firm represented Kinder Morgan again in 2012 when it agreed to sell various assets to Tallgrass Energy Partner for $3.3 billion. In addition…

January 22, 2015 Mark Curriden

Bracewell and V&E Advise in $3 Billion Kinder Morgan Purchase

…acquired Copano Energy for $5 billion. The firm represented Kinder Morgan again in 2012 when it agreed to sell various assets to Tallgrass Energy Partner for $3.3 billion. In addition…

January 22, 2015 Mark Curriden

Locke Lord and V&E Advise in $500 Million Investment in Texas Pipeline Company

…management team at Copano Energy after Kinder Morgan acquired it for $5 billion. Navitas says on its website that Warburg Pincus’ investment will provide the company a competitive advantage in…

June 5, 2014 Mark Curriden

Locke Lord and V&E Advise in $500 Million Investment in Texas Pipeline Company

…management team at Copano Energy after Kinder Morgan acquired it for $5 billion. Navitas says on its website that Warburg Pincus’ investment will provide the company a competitive advantage in…

June 5, 2014 Mark Curriden

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