Associate, Houston

Practice Description

Gabriel Salinas focuses his practice on international energy and business transactions.

Representations

• Represented a Mexican company in a US$1.3 billion sale, purchase, and joint development transaction in the Eagle Ford Shale formation in South Texas

• Represented a Japanese conglomerate in a $1.4 billion venture with a major U.S. oil and gas company to jointly explore for and develop natural gas in the Marcellus Shale Formation

• Represented Ecopetrol in an agreement to participate in two exploration prospects in the Gulf of Mexico through an exchange of share interests with a major U.S. oil and gas company

• Represented a Canadian hedge fund in the acquisition of oil and gas assets through a bankruptcy proceeding

• Represented a Nigerian company in the acquisition of drilling equipment in the U.S.

Press Releases/In the News

• "New Deals" section, Texas Lawyer; August 02, 2010
  

• T&K Assists Alfa in $1.3 Billion Eagle Ford Shale Joint Venture; July 09, 2010
  

Presentations/Publications

• "¿Viva El Petróleo? Oil and Gas in Cuba," Co-author, Latin American Law & Business Report, October 2009
  

• "What's Next for Mexico's Energy Sector?," Contributing author, Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. Global Energy Law Brief, March, 2009
  

Activities

• Member, New York State Bar Association

• Member, Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN); AIPN Young Negotiators