Ian Goldberg
Ian Goldberg

Biography

Ian is a Partner in the Mergers and Acquisitions Practice Group in the Firm's Houston office.

Ian advises clients on a wide range of energy transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, and project development, with an emphasis on the upstream and midstream sectors.

Ian represents exploration & production companies and financial partners with respect to operations, acquisitions and divestitures both onshore and offshore. He also advises midstream clients on pipeline development, operational matters and associated agreements, including gathering, transportation and processing agreements.

In addition, Ian is well versed in real property and oil, gas and mineral law, and regularly assists clients with energy project development, operations, lease negotiations and mineral and royalty transactions, including rare earth mineral deposits. He also has extensive experience negotiating service contracts and working with clients on complex commercial arrangements, joint ventures and project development across the energy industry.

Further, Ian is heavily involved in the development, acquisition and divestiture of carbon capture, utilization & storage and renewable energy projects.

Previously, Ian served as leader of the energy transactions practice at another international law firm.

Experience

Representation of EOG Resources, Inc. in its acquisition of Encino Acquisition Partners from Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Encino Energy for $5.6 billion.*

Representation of Tokyo Gas America in the sale of its oil and gas interests in the Eagle Ford shale to Shizuoka Gas for $130 million.*

Representation of an affiliate of Devon Energy Corporation in its entry into long-term agreements with an affiliate of LandBridge Company LLC for produced water surface use and pore space reservation rights and related transactions to support Devon's operations in the core of the New Mexico Delaware Basin.*

Representation of Viper Energy, Inc. in three transactions related to its acquisition of mineral and royalty-interest owning subsidiaries of Tumbleweed Royalty IV, Tumbleweed-Q Royalty Partners and MC Tumbleweed Royalty with assets in the Permian Basin, for aggregate consideration of $1.1 billion.*

Representation of enCore Energy Corp. in connection with its acquisition from Energy Fuels Inc. of the Alta Mesa In-Situ Recovery uranium project for $120 million.*

Representation of Midland Petro DC Partners LLC and related affiliates in a $330 million sale to Northern Oil & gas Inc. of non-operated working interests in certain oil & gas properties in the Midland Basin of Texas.*

Representation of Midland Petro DC Partners LLC and related affiliates in a $225 million sale to U.S. Energy Development Corp of a 25% non-operated working interests in several producing properties, associated midstream assets and undeveloped locations in the Midland Basin of Texas.*

Representation of a Fortune 500 company in negotiation of a long-term lease for a fleet of mobile generation equipment, together with turnkey operation and maintenance services.*

Representation of Intrepid Partners LLC in connection with the acquisition of Shell Midstream Partners LP by Shell USA Inc. for $1.96 billion.*

Representation of Paloma Partners VI Holdings LLC, an affiliate of Paloma Resources LLC and EnCap Investments LP, in its two-step acquisition of Goodrich Petroleum Corporation for $480 million.*

Representation of the Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors of the General Partner of Rattler Midstream LP in its affiliate's $160 million acquisition of water midstream assets from subsidiaries of Diamondback Energy, Inc.*

Representing an offshore oil & gas company in the sale of overriding royalty interests for $60 million in connection with financing the acquisition of additional OCS leases.*

Advised on the In re Sable Permian Resources LLC matter as oil & gas counsel for an exploration & production company focusing on the priority of vendor claims against the estate.*

Advised on the In re Remora Petroleum LP, et al. matter as oil & gas counsel for an exploration & production company with non-operated and operated oil and properties in multiple states with approximately $60 million in first and second lien debt.*

Representation of Ridgemont Equity Partners in its joint venture investment with Denham Capital Management and the Ontario Power Generation Inc. Pension Plan to back WhiteWater Midstream, MPLX LP and West Texas Gas Inc. to provide natural gas liquids (NGLs) takeaway capacity from MPLX and WTG gas processing plants in the Permian Basin to the NGL fractionation hub in Sweeny, TX.*

Advised on the In re EdgeMarc Energy Holdings LLC, et al. matter as oil & gas and transactional counsel for the prepetition bank agent, DIP lender and purchaser of gas producing properties in the Marcellus shale formation.*

Representation of Sabine Oil & Gas Holdings Inc. in the $610 million sale of Sabine Oil & Gas Corporation and certain subsidiaries to Osaka Gas USA Corporation.*

Representation of a public company in its acquisition of an independent offshore exploration & production company for $1.2 billion.*

Representation of a group of industry professionals in the formation and qualification of a new entity and its subsequent acquisition of a major oil company's Gulf of Mexico shallow water assets.*

Representation of a private company in its acquisition of oil & gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico for $170 million.*

Representation of a private exploration & production company in the sale of its onshore subsidiary for $73 million.*

Representation of a public company in the sale and leaseback of an offshore oil & gas gathering system and shore base facility.*

Representation of a public company in its acquisition of onshore processing facilities from a major oil company.*

Representation of a private company in the negotiation of a development program involving numerous deepwater lease blocks in the Gulf of Mexico.*

Representation of a private company in the sale of an oil & gas subsidiary for $66.5 million.*

Representation of a private company in the acquisition of oil & gas assets located across the Gulf Coast and in the Gulf of Mexico.*

Representation of a private company in negotiations to participate in a drilling program across multiple onshore Texas basins.*

*Matters prior to joining White & Case.

Texas
JD
University of Houston Law Center
BA
The University of Texas at Austin
English

The Best Lawyers in America, Ones to Watch, Corporate Law, Energy Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law, 2023-2024.

The Legal 500 US, Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas, 2020-2021, 2023, 2025.

Moderator, "The Rapidly Changing Landscape of Greenhouse Gas Impacts Analysis Under NEPA," EIC Investor Conference, May 16, 2022.

Co-author, "Commentary: EPA Must Approve Primacy for Texas CCS Wells," Hart Energy, August 3, 2023.

Co-author, "Useful Considerations for CO2, Hydrogen Pipeline Operators," Pipeline and Gas Journals, June 2023.

Co-author, "Analysis: US Federal Leading Strategy Will Continue to Evolve," Offshore Magazine, October 12, 2022.

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