Energy and Natural Resources

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $600 million registered high‑yield notes offering of Murphy Oil Corporation, a worldwide oil and gas exploration and production company. The transaction closed on October 3, 2024.

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $1.8 billion registered senior notes offering of Phillips 66 Company, an energy manufacturing and logistics company with midstream, chemicals, refining, marketing and specialties businesses. The transaction closed on September 11, 2024.

Cravath represented the sales agents in connection with the at‑the‑market offering of common stock totaling up to $1 billion of Essential Utilities, Inc., a holding company for regulated utilities providing water, wastewater and natural gas distribution services to an estimated five million people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Indiana, Virginia, West Virginia and Kentucky.

Cravath represented the underwriters in connection with the $500 million senior notes offering of Essential Utilities, Inc., a holding company for regulated utilities providing water, wastewater and natural gas distribution services to an estimated five million people in Pennsylvania, Ohio, Texas, Illinois, North Carolina, New Jersey, Kentucky, West Virginia, Indiana and Virginia. Essential Utilities, Inc. was formerly known as Aqua America, Inc. The transaction closed on August 15, 2024.

Cravath represented Occidental Petroleum Corporation in connection with its $5 billion registered senior notes offering. The proceeds of the offering were used to finance its acquisition of CrownRock. Occidental Petroleum Corporation, an international energy company, is one of the largest oil and gas producers in the United States. The transaction closed on July 26, 2024.

On November 13, 2024, Cravath partner David J. Perkins, co‑head of the Firm’s Private Equity Practice, was featured as a 2024 Private Equity MVP by Law360, which highlighted his role representing clients on private equity investments across multiple asset classes, including Amentum in its Reverse Morris Trust merger with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber and Intelligence businesses, as well as Brookfield Renewable Partners in its $8 billion acquisition of Westinghouse. In the profile, Dave discussed how much he enjoyed working with private equity clients and appreciated their approach to problem‑solving on particularly challenging transactions. Dave also spoke about Cravath’s longstanding commitment to training associates and younger partners as part of the Firm’s growing Private Equity Practice.

On November 9, 2024, Cravath of counsel Will Kim participated in the 2024 National Asian Pacific American Bar Association (NAPABA) Convention, an annual gathering of Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander attorneys, judges, law professors and law students, which was held from November 7‑10 in Seattle, Washington. Will spoke on a panel entitled “Revolutionizing Power - It Affects Us All!,” which reviewed recent developments in the energy transition, its future trajectory and intersection with diverse areas of the legal profession, the current state of clean energy initiatives, barriers and challenges in the path toward decarbonization and opportunities for practitioners in this rapidly developing area.

On September 5, 2024, Cravath was named the recipient of the New York Law Journal’s 2024 “Litigation Department of the Year” award in the General Litigation category, the publication’s highest firmwide honor for litigation practice. The Firm was honored at the New York Legal Awards for a period that saw it earn numerous major successes on behalf of clients across industries, including Epic Games in an antitrust trial victory against Google, Robinhood in the sprawling and high-profile “meme stock” litigation and PG&E in its successful defense against a putative class action involving wins in multiple courts.

On May 14, 2024, Cravath partner Nicholas A. Dorsey participated in the International Bar Association’s 8th annual Global Entrepreneurship Conference, which was held from May 13‑14, 2024, in Madrid, Spain. Nick co‑chaired a workshop entitled “Selected Financing and Other Topics Relevant for Closely Held Companies,” which examined artificial intelligence and big data; blockchain technology and digital assets; foreign direct investment controls; current sectors, including digital health, energy/renewables and fintech; and trends in private equity and venture capital.

On February 12, 2024, Cravath was featured by Law360 as a “Mergers & Acquisitions Practice Group of the Year,” receiving the distinction for the eleventh time in thirteen years. The profile highlighted the Firm’s role representing the Snyder Family in its sale of the Washington Commanders to Josh Harris and partners, WestRock in its $20 billion combination with Smurfit Kappa, Brookfield Renewable in its and Cameco’s $7.875 billion acquisition of Westinghouse and Biogen in its $7.3 billion acquisition of Reata Pharmaceuticals.