
Global law firm Clifford Chance advised affiliates of Talos Energy and Ridgewood Energy as buyers on their acquisition of Shell Offshore Inc.’s interest in the Na Kika and Coulomb fields for a total combined purchase price of US$1.7 billion.
The team was led out of Houston by partners David Sweeney and Joclynn Marsh, with environmental support from partner Ty’Meka Reeves-Sobers and associate Kami McFarland, regulatory support from partner Marcia Hook, securities support from partner Om Pandya, tax support from partner Todd Lowther and associate Kade Moural, antitrust support from Joseph Ostoyich, and corporate and oil and gas support from associates Edward Vaunder, Thomas Shattuck, Sophia Navedo-Quinones, Trumond Best and law clerk Javier Melendez.