SELECTED CHEMICAL AND PETROCHEMICAL TRANSACTIONS OF FIRM ATTORNEYS:
PURCHASE AND SALE OF CHEMICAL BUSINESSES
- Numerous Purchase Agreements (both stock and asset)
- Cross Indemnities
- Pipeline Transfer Agreements
- Tax Indemnity Agreements
- Assumption and Assignment Agreements
- Obtaining state and foreign approvals
- $500 million and $150 million petrochemical manufacturing plants (Texas and Louisiana)
- $100 million specialty chemical (Resorcinol) manufacturing plant
- Disposition of controlling interest in Partnership that owned $500 million chlor-alkali plant in Brazil
- Early-stage development of $200 million specialty refrigerant pentachlorophenol plant in Louisiana
FORMATION OF JOINT VENTURES (BASIC CHEMICALS AND PETROCHEMICALS)
- Master Agreements
- Merger and Asset Contribution Agreements
- Transition Service Agreements
- Ethylene Sales, Toll Processing, Pipeline Acquisition, and other commercial agreements
- Real Property Sharing Agreements
- Canada Tax Agreements
- Operating Agreements
- PVC and VCM Supply Agreements
- Partnership Agreements
- Litigation Management Agreements
- Intellectual Property Licensing Agreements
- Marine Transportation Agreements
- Deeds, Bill of Sale, and other conveyance agreements
- Bareboat Charter and other marine transportation agreements
- Rail Transportation Agreements
- Truck Transportation Agreements
- Assignments of Lease and Acts of Exchange
- Parent Agreements
PETROCHEMICAL PIPELINE AGREEMENTS
- Hydrogen chloride pipeline transportation agreement
- Ammonia pipeline transportation agreement
- Texas intrastate pipelines
- FERC jurisdictional pipeline to Louisiana
COSNTRUCTION AND SERVICES AGREEMENTS
- Major construction contracts, including EPC contracts for three facilities in Tennessee, Texas, and Louisiana
- Hundreds of master service agreements
- Hundreds of pipeline right-of-way conveyances
PURCHASE OF SPECIALTY AND BASIC CHEMICALS BUSINESSES
- Chloro Vinyls, Calcium Chloride, Antimony Oxide, and Resorcinol
- Trademark and Patent License Agreements
- Environmental Indemnity Agreements
- Insurance Agreements
- Purchase Agreements
- Railcar Lease and Exchange Agreements
- Raw Material and Energy Assumption Agreements
- Employment and Consulting Agreements
CHEMICAL PROJECT AGREEMENTS
- Sale of Vinyls Agreements and related co-products
- Petrochemical Plant offtake agreements (separate for each derivative product including benzene and other aromatics)
- Finance Agreements (public and private – bonds and term loans)
- Construction and EPC contracts with multiple vendors
- State Property Tax Exemption Agreements for Project Development
DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION MANAGEMENT
- Resolved Disputes with EPC Contractor
- Recovered more than $50 million in settlements for antitrust complaint against chemical parcel shippers
- Pursued miscellaneous trade claims
- Settled claims arising from the purchase of businesses
- Resolved regulatory complaints
- Depositions in Commercial Arbitration Case
- Resolution of preference, clawback claims, and various bankruptcy disputes
- Settled foreign claims by distributor (Brazil)
- Collection on Promissory Note (Netherlands)