Bill Swanstrom

Partner

2800 JPMorgan Chase Tower
600 Travis
Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: (713) 226-1143
Fax: (713) 229-2518
bswanstrom@lockelord.com

Bill Swanstrom focuses his corporate practice on mergers and acquisitions and securities and project finance. He has extensive representation in a broad variety of private and public acquisitions and dispositions, has been general company counsel to several public and private corporations and/or their boards of directors, and has substantial experience in venture capital and other private equity transactions, representing both investors and companies. In addition, Mr. Swanstrom has significant transactional experience in project development, financing and acquisition, including with respect to negotiating project documents and project structuring issues (including tax and regulatory issues). Mr. Swanstrom is recognized in Chambers USA as “an incredibly talented lawyer who is an excellent resource for clients.”

Representative Experience

Represented Crestwood Midstream Partners (a portfolio company of First Reserve) in its $900 million acquisition of Quicksilver Gas Services, a publicly-traded master limited partnership.
Represented NATCO in its $800 million stock-for-stock merger with Cameron.
Represents a large facility management company in acquisitions across the country, ranging in size from $10 million to $100 million.
Represented a private oilfield service company in its $150 million sale to a private equity fund.
Represented The Energy & Minerals Group, a large energy private equity fund, in a $700 million joint venture with MarkWest Energy Partners to develop gathering and processing assets in the Marcellus Shale and in its subsequent $2 billion sale of its interest to MarkWest Energy.
Represented The Energy & Minerals Group in its formation of a Utica midstream joint venture.
Represented Veolia in its sale of its marine services division to Brasbunker.
Represented PSI in its acquisition of gas processing assets from Williams.
Represented a middle-market private equity fund in acquisition of medical device company.
Represents an international engineering company in acquisitions throughout North America, ranging in size from $8 million to $250 million.
Represented a publicly-traded oilfield service company in a series of transformative acquisitions to enable it to increase its product and service offerings to its clients.
Represented ONEOK in its $1.4 billion acquisition of Koch’s NGL assets.
Represented major international commodity company in its $150 million acquisition of TEPPCO’s ownership interest in Mont Belvieu Storage Partners, which owns significant NGL storage and transportation assets.
Represented Parsons E&C (one of the largest U.S. engineering companies in the energy business) in its $240 million sale to The Worley Group, an Australian company in the same business. Have continued to represent the combined company – WorleyParsons - in a number of acquisitions both domestically and internationally.
Represented a major private equity fund in its acquisition and subsequent sale of a Gulf Coast oilfield services company for over $100 million.
Represented the largest independent gas storage company in the U.S. in its recapitalization transaction with one of the world’s largest private equity funds.
Represented major private equity fund in several acquisitions in the energy and related industries.

Education

J.D., with high honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 1988
Chancellors,
Order of the Coif,
Texas Law Review
B.A., English and Economics, summa cum laude, Southern Methodist University, 1984
Phi Beta Kappa