Texas Attorneys for Chevron Co-Lead on $60B Acquisition of Hess

A pair of in-house Texas attorneys for Chevron is co-leading on the company’s purchase of New York-based Hess Corp. for $60 billion, which includes net debt and the book value of a non-controlling interest.

The team included JP Whalen, Chevron’s corporate counsel in Houston; and Siva Barnwell Adams, senior managing counsel for transactions, also in Houston (see The Texas Lawbook‘s profile of her here). They were joined by Jennifer Fary, senior counsel for environmental and safety in Pittsburgh; and David Cohen, senior managing counsel at Chevron’s headquarters in San Ramon, Calif.