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Pete Hays is a commercial energy lawyer. His clients are public and private companies, equity and debt investors, developers and entrepreneurs in energy transactions, including upstream and midstream deals and new projects in the energy transition. He primarily advises on acquisitions & divestitures, joint ventures, project development and complex commercial contracts.
Pete practices both domestically and internationally, onshore and offshore. He is board certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
Pete has been focused on the energy sector for his entire legal career. Before starting private practice, he clerked for Chief Judge Hayden Head of the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas. In law school, he was a research clerk for Professor Ernest E. Smith, Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law.
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, with honors
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Texas
Law Clerk, Judge Hayden Head, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, by Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Editor, Chambers Global Practice Guide – Energy: Oil and Gas
Member and Advisory Board, Institute for Energy Law (IEL)
Member, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)
Member, Independent Petroleum Association of America
Member, Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico
Member, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (RMMLF)
Member, State Bar of Texas
September 23, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Multiple Practice and Individual Rankings in 2024 IFLR1000 Guide
June 21, 2024
Latin Lawyer 250 Recognizes King & Spalding Among the Region’s Leading International Law Firms
June 12, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
Representative Transactions - Energy Transition
Mitsui & Co. in the acquisition of a 33.3% interest in Terreva Renewables, LLC, a landfill renewable natural gas production and sales company with numerous RNG projects throughout the U.S. and Canada, and the negotiation of equity joint venture arrangements to develop and operate the projects.
Capital One, as agent for secured lenders in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring of Castex Energy, in the sale of assets and negotiation of a decommissioning funding and operational structure to address legacy asset retirement obligations associated with the company's offshore Gulf of Mexico properties.
Supermajor oil and gas company in the negotiation of decommissioning funding and operational arrangements to address legacy asset retirement obligations in the offshore Gulf of Mexico, in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring of Fieldwood Energy.
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November 28, 2023
Are Wind Rights A New Stick in the Bundle?
June 25, 2019
The New Midstream Transactions
September 23, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Multiple Practice and Individual Rankings in 2024 IFLR1000 Guide
June 21, 2024
Latin Lawyer 250 Recognizes King & Spalding Among the Region’s Leading International Law Firms
June 12, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
Representative Transactions - Energy Transition
Mitsui & Co. in the acquisition of a 33.3% interest in Terreva Renewables, LLC, a landfill renewable natural gas production and sales company with numerous RNG projects throughout the U.S. and Canada, and the negotiation of equity joint venture arrangements to develop and operate the projects.
Capital One, as agent for secured lenders in the Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring of Castex Energy, in the sale of assets and negotiation of a decommissioning funding and operational structure to address legacy asset retirement obligations associated with the company's offshore Gulf of Mexico properties.
Supermajor oil and gas company in the negotiation of decommissioning funding and operational arrangements to address legacy asset retirement obligations in the offshore Gulf of Mexico, in connection with the Chapter 11 bankruptcy restructuring of Fieldwood Energy.
See more
November 28, 2023
Are Wind Rights A New Stick in the Bundle?
June 25, 2019
The New Midstream Transactions
September 23, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Multiple Practice and Individual Rankings in 2024 IFLR1000 Guide
June 21, 2024
Latin Lawyer 250 Recognizes King & Spalding Among the Region’s Leading International Law Firms
June 12, 2024
King & Spalding Earns Top-Tier Rankings in Legal 500 United States 2024 Guide
J.D., The University of Texas School of Law, with honors
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin
Texas
Law Clerk, Judge Hayden Head, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law, by Texas Board of Legal Specialization
Editor, Chambers Global Practice Guide – Energy: Oil and Gas
Member and Advisory Board, Institute for Energy Law (IEL)
Member, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)
Member, Independent Petroleum Association of America
Member, Independent Petroleum Association of New Mexico
Member, Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation (RMMLF)
Member, State Bar of Texas