Thompson & Knight's International Energy Practice Group provides legal and business advice to global energy firms in the Americas, Europe, Africa, Australia, Central Asia, China, India, the Far East, and the Middle East. In the past two years, we helped our energy industry clients close:

• More than $21.5 billion in M&A and capital markets transactions,
• More than $7.5 billion in private equity transactions,
• More than $2 billion in volumetric production payments, and
• More than $24.5 billion in more than 105 loans.

Chambers USA 2010 by Chambers & Partners has ranked Thompson & Knight among the top 10 firms in the U.S. in the Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) category, noting the Firm's "extensive and high-quality oil & gas transactional practice." Additionally, the Firm has more attorneys listed in the Oil & Gas and Natural Resources Law categories of The Best Lawyers in America® 2010 by Woodward/White Inc. than any other law firm in Texas. Thompson & Knight's international energy practice is recognized by numerous prestigious legal directories, including:

• Chambers Latin America 2010 by Chambers & Partners, which notes that the Firm "brings its international oil and gas and energy expertise to bear on the Mexican market" and "has the personnel, the capacity and the expertise to offer effective advice on complex energy regulatory matters." Additionally, the directory states that Thompson & Knight's "clients are in safe hands when it comes to multi-jurisdictional deals; they praise the group's attentiveness and the quality of its documentation, which all comes in at cost-efficient rates."
• Chambers Global 2010 by Chambers & Partners, which praises the Firm's international energy attorneys in Algeria as "a first choice for a number of oil companies."
• Latin Lawyer 250 by Law Business Research Ltd., which states that Thompson & Knight's "Latin America-wide oil and gas practice is second-to-none," and praises the Firm's "fine line in advising government energy companies" and "sophisticated team in the field."
• The Legal 500 US 2009 by Legalease, which describes Thompson & Knight as "active in the energy business for generations and generations" and notes the team's "stellar oil and gas expertise." The directory also praises our attorneys' ability to handle "a voluminous catalog of syndicated financings," the Firm's "impressive energy M&A practice," and the fact that our "international tax practice is particularly strong in the oil and gas sector."

Thompson & Knight's energy clients compose a "who's who" of the industry. Our clients are major multinational and independent energy companies, host government oil and gas companies, large utilities, private power plant projects, energy industry service giants, refineries, petrochemical companies, financial institutions, and multinational drilling contractors and construction companies. In addition, our client roster comprises nearly half of the largest publicly traded energy companies and a host of oil and gas exploration, production, refining, pipeline, marketing, service, construction and investment clients.

To the world's energy industry, our international group is a formidable resource for legal and commercial assistance. We are extremely familiar with practical issues in the upstream exploration, development, and production business, and our attorneys have depths of experience in facilitating mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures. We help our clients negotiate complex EPC contracts for LNG, hydro, and gas power plants; effective international granting instruments; seismic agreements; drilling and service agreements; farm-outs and operating agreements; project and multi-lateral financing; and off-take arrangements. We are also adept at natural gas and LNG sales, pipeline financing and construction, and other infrastructure, decommissioning, and abandonment issues. Additionally, our attorneys structure billions of dollars of industry investments, counsel energy companies in the strategic design and commercial execution of energy projects, and regularly assist in drafting energy-related legislation around the globe.