David F. Asmus

Partner 合伙人

Note: This list includes engagements completed prior to joining Morgan Lewis.

LNG and Other Project Development

• Representing a U.S. company in the development of a liquefaction project in Louisiana.
• Represented a U.S. company in the relocation of a methanol plant from Chile and reconstruction and upgrading of the plant.
• Represented an energy company in the joint venture, marketing, and host government arrangements for the Tangguh LNG project.
• Represented an oil company in the development of the EG LNG project in Equatorial Guinea, including host government arrangements, drafting of the shareholders agreement, and coordination of an outside counsel team.
• Represented an oil company in the development of the PLNG project in Peru.
• Represented an LNG project company in connection with sales contract issues involving the Bontang LNG project.
• Represented an Australian company in the initial development work on a coal bed methane-based LNG project in Queensland, Australia.
• Represented an oil and gas company in the drafting and negotiation of EPC arrangements for offshore developments in Trinidad and Tobago.
• Represented a U.S. company in the Canyon Express deepwater pipeline system, the first project of its type in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico.

Unitizations

• Represented a consortium of Japanese companies in the unitization and joint development of several fields in Papua New Guinea, the first unitization in Papua New Guinea, including the construction of an oil processing plant and pipeline.
• Represented an energy company in the unitization the Wiriagar Deep and Vorwata Fields, Indonesia.
• Represented an oil and gas company in the unitization of a field in Trinidad and Tobago.
• Represented an oil and gas company in the unitization of the Val d’Agri Field in Italy.
• Represented an independent UK company in the unitization of the Jubilee field, offshore Ghana, the first Ghanaian unitization.
• Represented a U.S. company in an offshore Campos Basin unitization project in Brazil.

Unconventional Resources

• Represented an Australian company in the $15.1 billion acquisition of Petrohawk, holder of Eagle Ford and Fayetteville shale assets.
• Represented a European company in an oil shale joint venture and worldwide technology licensing arrangement.
• Represented the investor in a $950 million acquisition and joint venture of Marcellus shale assets.
• Represented the investor in a $2.25 billion acquisition and joint venture of Barnett shale assets.
• Represented a European company in a $1.3 billion acquisition of Haynesville shale assets and related midstream assets.
• Represented a European company in a multibillion-dollar bid for the Marcellus shale assets of a U.S. gas company.
• Represented an Australian company in the development of a coal bed methane project.
• Represented a U.S. company in the acquisition of an unconventional gas project onshore in China.
• Represented a European company in a joint venture for oil shale development in the western United States.
• Represented a Canadian company in connection with a heavy oil pilot project in Texas.

Acquisitions and Divestitures

• Represented a supermajor in a $1.9 billion divestiture of its upstream and midstream businesses in Colombia.
• Represented a power and energy company in the disposition of one of its subsidiaries through auctions of asset packages and subsidiaries totaling more than $13 billion.
• Represented an oil and gas company in a $3.5 billion purchase of the Elk Hills Naval Petroleum Reserve from the U.S. government, and provided advice on unitization in connection with the field. 
• Represented an oil and gas company in a $1 billion, four-country property swap involving Colombia, Yemen, the Philippines, and Malaysia.
• Represented a private equity company in the acquisition of a gas gathering company and in subsequent work on the acquisition of additional gathering systems. 
• Represented a major oil company in the sale of its Gulf of Mexico shelf properties. 
• Represented an oil and gas company in the acquisitions and dispositions of interests in ammonia plants and provided advice regarding shareholding arrangements and ammonia sale arrangements in Trinidad and Tobago. 
• Represented an oil and gas company in the acquisition of several blocks in Ecuador and in the negotiation of a crude oil sales contract. Also provided advice regarding the OCP pipeline project. 
• Represented an independent crude oil and natural gas company in its acquisition of a Canadian independent’s interests, including two FPSOs, offshore Australia. 
• Represented a major oil company in a like-kind exchange of U.S. onshore assets for deepwater offshore assets.