Houston Partners Bill Swanstrom and Terry Radney Quoted by Texas Lawyer on 2022 Activity Levels Throughout the Energy Sector

Bill Swanstrom and Terry Radney, Co-Chairs of Locke Lord’s Energy Practice Group, were quoted by Texas Lawyer, weighing in on the strong year for midstream deals, infrastructure projects, renewables and energy transition initiatives, despite the slowdown in M&A activity.

“When people talk about energy M&A being down, that’s mostly referencing traditional oil and gas being down. Midstream M&A has been very active this year…driven on the buy side [by] the desire to consolidate,” said Swanstrom.

“Activity in the energy space has returned to pre-pandemic levels, but the mix includes more energy transition work,” Radney notes. “Work on the upstream side is a little slow, but strategic acquisitions will continue,” he said.

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