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Energy

Steptoe & Johnson’s energy group assists clients in competitive wholesale and retail markets to develop, operate, finance, sell, or acquire energy assets to meet their energy needs. Firm attorneys have worked in government, assisted in structuring and implementing the regulations governing competitive markets, and worked as in-house counsel for energy companies. As a result, the group brings a comprehensive perspective to complex problems and efficiently crafts value-added solutions for clients. With nearly 100 years of hands-on involvement in the energy industry, Steptoe & Johnson has acquired deep experience and valuable industry knowledge. Attorneys routinely help clients overcome challenges to major national energy initiatives and are highly skilled in transactions, regulatory work, litigation, and the environmental aspects of energy law. 

Representative Experience

  • Head teams responsible for numerous asset and stock transactions, lease transactions, and land and legal due diligence for acquisitions involving over 120,000 acres of Marcellus shale properties throughout Appalachian region
  • Negotiated state regulatory approval of the “spin out” of a large natural gas distribution division of an interstate pipe line company into a separate corporation
  • Defended companies involved in extractive resources industry in trial of lawsuit stemming from widespread flooding in southern West Virginia.
  • Represented a large energy company in connection with the transfer of its oil, natural gas and coal bed methane assets and reserves located in several states to a subsidiary entity, and assisted the subsidiary in raising invested capital.
  • Negotiated the disposition of thousands of acres of coal and surface properties owned by a national conservation organization in Ohio and Illinois, and assisted the client organization to convert donated assets into funds for its conservation projects.
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Representative Clients

AEP
CONSOL Energy
CNX Gas Corporation
Dominion Resources, Inc.
EnerVest Operating Company 
Hard Rock Exploration, Inc. 
Massey Energy
Patriot Coal Corporation 
EQT

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