Alan Buckner is a Shareholder in the Houston office of GableGotwals, where his practice focuses on business transactional matters in all areas of the energy industry, including upstream, midstream, and downstream oil and gas, pipelines, infrastructure, and renewable energy. He has more than 25 years of experience working in private practice and as in-house counsel. His experience includes mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, private equity/investor transactions, finance transactions, project development, sales and transportation agreements, joint operating agreements, EPC contracts, and oil and gas and other commercial leases.
Prior to joining the Firm, Alan worked at private oil and gas companies in general counsel and business development roles, as well as practiced law at several AmLaw 100 firms.
Representative Experience*
Oil and Gas
- Private oil and gas company in connection with a $300 million complex roll up into a newly formed SPV of multiple working interest owners in a large Permian Basin oil field
- Publicly-traded oil and gas company in connection with a $2 billion multi-package oil and gas asset divesture sales process
- Private U.S. oil and gas company in connection with a merger with another privately-held U.S. oil and gas company
- Publicly-traded oil and gas company in connection with an asset exchange with another publicly-traded company involving Permian Basin and Gulf of Mexico oil and gas assets
- Private international investor in connection with an onshore Texas upstream oil and gas investment with a private oil and gas operator
- Private oil and gas company in connection with various oil and gas acquisitions, joint ventures, and financings
- Publicly-traded oil and gas company in connection with a complex asset exchange with another publicly-traded company involving U.S. oil pipeline assets and international oil and gas assets
- Publicly-traded oil and gas company in connection with the $1.8 billion acquisition of an international oil and gas subsidiary from another publicly-traded oil and gas company
- Publicly-traded oil and gas company in connection with the $800 million sale of oil and gas assets and interests in an international offshore oil field to a consortium of international buyers
- Publicly-traded oil and gas company in connection with the $850 million sale of onshore U.S. oil and gas assets
- Private oil and gas company in connection with a $300 million multi-package oil and gas asset divesture process
- Private U.S. investor in connection with an oil and gas investment in the western United States
- Private University Investment Fund in connection with a $100 million Net Profits Interest investment in U.S. onshore oil and gas assets
- Private mineral owner in connection with a large, complex oil and gas lease transaction in Texas with a publicly-traded company
- Private oil and gas company in connection with an upstream oil and gas equity investment from a private equity sponsor
- Publicly-traded oil and gas company in connection with the $225 million acquisition of U.S. onshore oil and gas assets
Renewables/Pipelines
- Publicly-traded power and utility company in connection with acquisitions and project development related to its renewable energy business
- Publicly-traded pipeline company in connection with the construction of an interstate natural gas pipeline
- Private pipeline company in connection with day-to-day operations, including MSA, EPC, and other related agreements
- Private oil and gas company in connection with the lease of a large West Texas ranch for a wind farm renewables power project
- Private midstream oil and gas company in connection with regulated oil gathering and transportation services in the Bakken
Projects/Infrastructure/Financings
- Publicly-traded oil and gas company in connection with a multi-billion international LNG project
- Publicly-traded natural resources company in the acquisition of a 60,000+ acre ranch in the Permian Basin to be used in connection with a saltwater disposal business and other water rights activities collateral to oil and gas operations
- Private oil and gas company in connection with senior and mezzanine debt RBL loan transactions and project financing for an onshore U.S. oil and gas development project
- Publicly-traded oil and gas company in connection with an international offshore natural gas project and related project investments in onshore chemical plants and facilities
- Publicly-traded oil and gas company in connection with the transportation and construction of offshore Gulf of Mexico oil and gas production facilities
- Major metropolitan governmental authority in connection with multi-billion dollar infrastructure and construction projects
- Private oilfield environmental services company in connection with oilfield cleanup projects
- Private oil and gas company in connection with senior and mezzanine debt RBL loan transactions
* includes matters handled prior to joining the Firm