Mark Miller focuses on business transactional matters with an emphasis on the development, financing, operation, management and purchase and sale of energy, industrial and real estate projects. Listed in The Best Lawyers in America, he has substantial experience representing purchasers and sellers of power generation facilities and purchasers and sellers of electricity and natural gas in wholesale and retail markets. Mr. Miller’s experience also includes a broad variety of commercial transaction matters.
Education
- J.D., with honors, The University of Texas School of Law, 1991
- B.A., Geology, Rice University, 1985
Bar Admissions
Representative Experience
- Represented a major U.S. power company in connection with the expansion of their Deer Park and Channel Energy Centers by approximately 260 MW each, including turbine refurbishment contracts, HRSG purchase contracts and EPC contracts.
- Represented private and publicly traded independent power generation companies in numerous transactions involving the purchase and sale of power generation assets in various locations across the United States.
- Represented independent power generation companies in connection with responding to RFP’s and negotiating power purchase and tolling service off-take agreements.
- Represented a major U.S. electric utility in connection with its power procurement activities including the negotiation of long term power purchase agreements and the development of form power purchase and tolling agreements for use with its periodic RFP’s.
- Represented a natural gas marketer in connection with a gas sales agreement secured by the assets comprising the gas purchaser’s power generating facility, including negotiation of associated intercreditor agreements with the project’s lenders.
- Represented major international company in connection with its roles as an investor in, and EPC contractor for, a nuclear power facility expansion project in Texas.
- Represented a midstream natural gas company in the preparation and negotiation of an EPC contract for a gas processing facility.
- Represented a crude oil pipeline developer in Texas right-of-way acquisition matters relating to transnational crude oil pipeline project.
- Represented various companies in connection with the development, construction, financing and leasing of crude oil storage and terminal facilities.
- Represented retail energy companies in developing customer contract forms, in negotiating wholesale supply contracts and in their acquisition of other retail energy companies.
- Represented wholesale energy marketing and trading companies in various contexts, including asset management and optimization transactions involving power generation and other energy facilities and antitrust training and compliance matters.
- Represented oil and gas exploration and production companies in energy trading and hedging transactions, including hedging transactions integrated with syndicated credit facilities.
- Represented numerous commercial and industrial power and gas customers, including a major metropolitan municipality, in reviewing and negotiating retail power and gas supply agreements.
- Represented a major metropolitan municipality in all facets of development and operation of a major regional surface water treatment plant, including preparation and negotiation of a ground lease, pipeline easements, water supply contracts and a design, build and operations service agreement.
- Represented event host, advertising sponsors and team owners in preparing and negotiating sports related naming rights, sponsorship and marketing agreements involving an NFL stadium, major league and minor league baseball teams and stadiums, an NBA arena, an MLS team and an MLS stadium and a PGA Tour tournament.
- Represented automobile distributor in numerous real estate matters including land acquisition and development matters relating to relocation of its office building headquarters and development of regional vehicle processing centers and new dealerships.
- Represented various landowners, lessees and project participants in connection with long term ground lease transactions, including transactions providing for the development and construction of a power plant, an office building, crude oil storage facilities, air separation and other industrial facilities.
- Represented landowners in transactions involving analysis, development and marketing of surface water and groundwater resources.
- Represented investors in projects involving the purchase, expansion and development of water desalination plant projects in the Caribbean.
- Represented various lenders and financial institutions providing secured financing for acquisition of businesses, real estate and real estate development projects.
- Represented owners, purchasers and licensees in various transactions involving the purchase, sale, licensing and marketing of technology and intellectual property assets and rights.
- Represented consumer product manufacturer in preparation and negotiation of dealer agreements and international distribution agreements.
- Represented U.S. and international food and beverage companies in the preparation and negotiation of product supply and co-manufacturing and co-packing agreements.
- Represented Texas based restaurant entrepreneur in transaction with third party for nationwide development of themed restaurants.
Professional History
- Partner, Locke Lord LLP
- Senior Counsel, Enron Energy Services (August 1997 - 1999)
- Associate, Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon, LLP (October 1991 - July 1997)
Professional Affiliations & Achievements
- Member, State Bar of Texas
- Member, Houston Bar Association
- Named, The Best Lawyers in America, Derivatives Law
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