Ian Richard Goldberg
Partner
Areas of Focus
- Energy & Infrastructure
- Corporate & Finance
- Mergers & Acquisitions
- Joint Ventures & Strategic Alliances
- Project Development
- Financial Restructuring
- Oil & Gas
- Upstream Oil & Gas
- Midstream Oil & Gas
- Renewable Energy
- Energy Transition
- Projects & Energy Transition
- Carbon Capture, Utilization & Storage
- Conventional Power
- Mining
- Refining, Petrochemicals & Processing
- Hydrogen
- Wind
- Solar
- Private Capital
- Leads complex transactions across the oil & gas value chain with extensive domestic experience both onshore and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Negotiates commercial contracts in the energy space with a focus on feedstock, offtake and services agreements related to traditional and new energy projects.
- Advises on carbon capture, utilization & storage, hydrogen, wind, solar and other energy transition projects.
Ian advises clients on a wide range of energy transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, project development, financial transactions, and out-of-court and bankruptcy court restructurings involving upstream, midstream and downstream oil & gas assets, renewable energy projects and rare earth mineral deposits.
Ian has significant experience representing exploration & production companies and financial partners with respect to operations, acquisitions and divestitures in the major U.S. conventional and unconventional onshore oil & gas basins, as well as offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. He also regularly advises midstream clients on pipeline development 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. 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 of carbon capture, utilization & storage projects, as well as the development, operation, acquisition and divestiture of renewable energy projects.
Previously, Ian served as leader of the energy transactions practice at another international law firm.
- Represented 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.
- Represented enCore Energy Corp. in connection with its acquisition from Energy Fuels Inc. of the Alta Mesa In-Situ Recovery uranium project for $120 million.
- Represented 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.
- Represented 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.
- Represented 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.
- Represented Intrepid Partners LLC in connection with the acquisition of Shell Midstream Partners LP by Shell USA Inc. for $1.96 billion.
EducationJ.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2011
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 2008
J.D., University of Houston Law Center, 2011
B.A., The University of Texas at Austin, 2008
Bar AdmissionsTexas
Texas
- 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.
- Houston Bar Association, Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section
- Texas State Bar Association
- 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.