White & Case LLP - Lawyers - Hendrik Gordenker

Practice Experience

Mr. Gordenker advises on projects, financing and corporate matters, with a focus on energy transactions and transactions involving Japanese entities doing business abroad and foreign entities doing business in Japan.

Mr. Gordenker has advised on the development and financing of numerous energy projects. Mr. Gordenker is in particular recognized as an authority on liquefied natural gas (LNG) project development and financing, LNG sale and purchase transactions, LNG transportation and related matters. He has 15 years of experience in the LNG industry, representing developers, lenders, offtakers and transporters in relation to projects in the Pacific basin, the Middle East and the Atlantic basin. Recent activities include:

Advising developers and lenders in relation to the financing of several high-profile LNG projects;
Representing a leading LNG buyer in connection with the development and non-recourse financing of a fleet of LNG ships;
Representing a Japanese trading company in connection with its investment in and financing of an LNG project expansion, as well as on purchasing and reselling LNG from the project, and on acquiring transportation for the LNG;
Advising on the development of an independent power/water project in the Middle East;
Advising on the development of LNG receiving terminal projects in North America;
Representing leading Japanese LNG buyers in their negotiation of new and amended LNG sale and purchase agreements; and
Negotiating innovative short-term LNG purchases and swaps.

In his corporate practice, Mr. Gordenker handles cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, foreign direct investments, restructurings, financings and technology licensing transactions. For example, recent engagement include:

Representing a leading oil company in its acquisition of a stake in a major, publicly listed Japanese oil refiner, including joint venture agreements with the refiner and its other significant shareholder;
Advising a European manufacturer on the taking private of a publicly listed subsidiary in Japan; and
Counseling several Japanese clients on the establishment of greenfield manufacturing facilities in Central Europe and elsewhere.

Bars and Courts
District of Columbia Bar, 1988

Education
JD, Columbia Law School, 1987
MPA, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, 1987
BA, Princeton University, 1981

Professional Associations and Memberships
District of Columbia Bar Association
Tokyo Second Bar Association
American Chamber of Commerce in Japan

Publications
Mr. Gordenker has published a series of articles on LNG sale and purchase agreements in the LNG Journal and has conducted expert seminars and workshops on LNG-related transactions.

Languages
Dutch
English
Japanese

Citizenship
United States