DOUGLAS C. ATNIPP

Douglas (“Doug”) C. Atnipp
Co-Managing Shareholder – Greenburg Traurig
Co-Chair of Energy & Natural Resources Practice

1000 Louisiana Street, Suite 1700
Houston, TX  77002

Phone:    (713) 374-3500
Fax:        (713) 374-3505
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Areas of Concentration

• Mezzanine and conventional production based financing
• Production payment financing vehicles
• Producing property acquisitions and divestitures
• Pipeline development, acquisitions and financing
• Gas storage project development, acquisitions and financing
• Derivative transactions
• Natural gas storage contracts
• Unique asset utilization arrangements
• Strategic alliances and joint ventures
• Independent power project development, acquisitions and financing
• Fuel supply contracts
• Formation of joint ventures, partnership and other business entities for drilling and oilfield service projects
• Master service agreements
• Acquisition and divesture of gas processing and treating facilities and mid-stream transportation facilities
• Acquisition and divestiture of pipeline and gathering systems
• Formation of strategic alliances, partnership and joint ventures for the development of pipeline projects
• Gas storage, processing and treating agreements
• Negotiation and preparation of facility use agreements
• Preparation of transportation contracts for crude oil, natural gas and liquids
• Gas purchase and sales agreements
• Industry standard contracts

Education

J.D.        Texas Tech University School of Law, 1985
B.A.        Vanderbilt University, 1982, Cum Laude



Professional and Legal Experience

Doug Atnipp is the managing shareholder of the Houston office of Greenberg Traurig, and the co-chair of the firm’s national Energy and Natural Resources practice group.  Doug has more than 20 years of experience representing clients engaged in all facets of the energy business.  He is involved in a wide range of energy-related transactions including energy finance, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and acquisitions and dispositions of energy related assets.  In addition to his energy work, Doug regularly advises clients not in the energy business on general corporate and finance transactions.

Doug is listed in the 2003-2010 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, Natural Resources Law section, and he has been consistently selected by Texas Super Lawyers magazine and “Top 100 Lawyers in the City of Houston” in Energy Law every year since 2003.


Professional Involvement

• Member, Institute for Energy Law Advisory Board
• Member, State Bar of TexasMember, Houston Bar Association
• Member, American Bar Association
• Sustaining Life Fellow, Houston Bar Foundation
• Sustaining Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
• Member, Texas Tech School of Law Foundation Board
• Member, Vanderbilt University Alumni Association Board of Directors