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Peter Hays

Partner, Mergers & Acquisitions

peterhays@paulhastings.com

Pete Hays is a commercial energy lawyer with a focus on M&A and projects. His clients are public and private companies, equity and debt investors, developers and entrepreneurs in energy transactions, including upstream and midstream deals and new projects in the energy transition. He primarily advises on acquisitions and divestitures, joint ventures, project development and complex commercial contracts.

Pete practices both domestically and internationally, onshore and offshore. He is board certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Pete has focused on the energy sector for his entire career. Before entering private practice, he clerked for Chief Judge Hayden Head of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. In law school, he served as a research clerk for Professor Ernest E. Smith, Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law.

EDUCATION de

The University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 2005

University of Texas at Austin, B.A., 1999

REPRESENTATIONS de

Energy Transition
  • Mitsui & Co. in the acquisition of a 33.3% interest in Terreva Renewables, a landfill renewable natural gas production and sales company with numerous RNG projects throughout the U.S. and Canada, and the negotiation of equity joint venture arrangements to develop and operate the projects.

  • Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) on its acquisition of a 35% interest in the major new low-carbon hydrogen and (blue) ammonia project under development by ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions at its Baytown refinery and petrochemicals complex in Texas.

RECOGNITION de

  • Nationwide: Energy: Oil & Gas

    Chambers USA

  • “Peter caters to the needs of his clients and thinks outside the box. He has high-quality commercial acumen,”

    Chambers USA

ASSOCIATIONS de

  • Member

    State Bar of Texas

  • Board Certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law

    Texas Board of Legal Specialization