David H. Sweeney

David Sweeney’s practice includes advising clients on a broad range of oil and gas, coal, and other natural resource and infrastructure transactions including: mergers and acquisitions, project development and finance, service agreement suites and risk allocation schematics, procurement, and anti-corruption compliance matters.
Practice & Background

Mr. Sweeney’s experience includes the full natural resource value chain, from exploration, production, processing and infrastructure, to monetization. Over the past ten years, Mr. Sweeney has advised on energy related mergers and acquisitions with an aggregate transaction value of over US$60 billion and energy finance transactions with an aggregate transaction value of over US$2 billion, as well as U.S. and international operational matters and projects, including joint and unit operating agreements; joint development agreements; farmouts, farmins and other joint ventures and participation arrangements; and gathering, transportation, processing, production handling, and similar midstream and downstream agreements. He is a frequent author and speaker on oil and gas topics and has authored a comprehensive book on worldwide oil and gas operating agreements and another on worldwide farmout, participation, and similar agreements.

Good to know

Job Types Partner
Areas of Practice 1) Capital Markets, 2) Antibribery/Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), 3) Energy, 4) Oil and Gas, 5) Corporate, 6) Mergers and Acquisitions, 7) Private Equity and 8) North America
Law School University of Texas School of Law (J.D.,2005)
Education Yale University, (B.A.,2002)
Bar Member / Association Texas State Bar Association
Most recent firm Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
LinkedIn Profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-sweeney-b36b007a
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