Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP advised South Korea’s SK E&S in a binding 20-year Liquefaction Tolling Agreement with Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P. for 2.2 million tons per annum of capacity in the third train of Freeport LNG’s proposed natural gas liquefaction and LNG loading facility on Quintana Island, Texas.

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King & Spalding advised  Freeport LNG Expansion, L.P., in the company’s agreements to enter into binding 20-year liquefaction tolling agreements (LTAs) with SK E&S LNG, LLC and Toshiba Corporation, each for a base quantity of 2.2 million tons per annum (mtpa), commencing upon completion of construction of the third train of Freeport LNG’s proposed natural gas liquefaction and LNG loading facility on Quintana Island near Freeport, Texas.

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Cassandra Mott has been  hired by international law firm Thompson & Knight, according to a press release this week.  The partner will join the firm’s Houston finance practice group.

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King & Spalding recruited energy lawyer M. Kathryn Marietta to its global transactions practice as a partner in its Houston office. Marietta formerly was assistant general counsel of Apache Corporation.

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The law firm of Thompson & Knight LLP is pleased to announce the expansion of its Finance Practice Group with the addition of Cassandra Mott as a Partner in the Firm’s Houston office.

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Paul Hastings LLP, a leading global law firm, announced today that the firm represented NuStar Logistics, L.P., a wholly owned operating subsidiary of NuStar Energy L.P. (NYSE: NS), in connection with its public offering of $300 million 6.75% senior notes due February 1, 2021, which closed on August 19, 2013.

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Porter Hedges recently announced the recruitment of Jeremy Mouton.  The partner is an important hire for the Houston firm’s Energy practice and bring years of experience in the Houston legal market.

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International law firm McDermott Will & Emery LLP represented ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC (“ArcLight”) in connection with a $430 million dividend recapitalization term loan B facility for Bronco Midstream Funding, LLC (“Bronco”).  The transaction closed on August 15, 2013.

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On Wednesday, August 14th, World Point Terminals, LP completed its initial public offering of 8,750,000 common units representing limited partner interests at the public offering price of $20.00 per common unit. World Point sold 3,871,750 common units and a subsidiary of the sponsor sold 4,878,250 common units in the offering. World Point also granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 1,312,500 additional common units. After a six-day road show, the offering priced on August 8th, and the common units began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “WPT” on Friday, August 9th.

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Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP represented Atlantic Power Corporation, John Hancock Life Insurance Company (U.S.A.) and Rockland Capital, LLC in their sale of Gregory Power Partners, L.P. to NRG Energy, Inc.

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