Energy Projects Counsel

Chemicals, Petrochemicals & Refining

GAILLE’s partner, Scott King, previously served as the Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary for Occidental Chemical Corporation, where he led more than a dozen billion dollar transactions. GAILLE’s chemicals, petrochemicals, and refining practice includes serving as the outside general counsel to a refinery joint venture that is 50-50 owned by two majors.

REPRESENTATIVE MATTERS
JOINT VENTURES
  • Joint venture operating agreements and related governance
  • Merger and asset contribution agreements
  • Transition service agreements
  • Real property sharing agreements 
  • Litigation management agreements
  • Intellectual property licensing agreements
  • Assignments of lease and acts of exchange 
  • Parent agreements
  • Joint venture corporate governance, including serving as JV corporate secretary (JV board meeting attendance and drafting of minutes and resolutions)
  • Coordination with legal representatives of JV owners
  • Petrochemical plant offtake agreements (separate for each derivative product, including benzene and other aromatics)
  • Ethylene sales agreements
  • PVC and VCM supply agreements
  • Offtake agreement for renewable aviation fuel
  • Offtake agreement for renewable butane
  • Offtake agreement for renewable propane
  • Feedstock agreement for ethane
  • Feedstock agreement for brine
  • Feedstock agreement for acid
  • Master agreement for the disposal (as needed) of any off-spec products
  • Hydrogen chloride pipeline transportation agreement
  • Ammonia pipeline transportation agreement
  • Marine transportation agreements
  • Rail transportation agreements
  • Truck transportation agreements
  • Major construction contracts, including EPC contracts for three facilities in Tennessee, Texas, and Louisiana
  • EPC agreements for greenfield refinery project