Porter & Hedges LLP

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We defend a variety of product manufacturers and sellers in product liability matters, including complex multiparty product liability litigation. We have represented numerous companies based outside the U.S. and U.S. companies with foreign subsidiaries such that we are well familiar with the challenges presented by international discovery including European blocking statutes and privacy laws.

For those industry players entering the renewable energy market, we provide full-service support, as development and financing are only half the battle. Clients face issues including employment, corporate structure, governance, joint venture and the protection of technology and intellectual property rights. Our goal is to partner with you and prepare for such issues in advance. To do this, our formidable team draws upon the experience of lawyers in our firm to provide valuable advice on pertinent issues and it helps you prepare appropriately to protect your business.

Our lawyers have substantial experience working with the issues surrounding CCS including those being handled under various state, regional and national climate change programs. We have worked with clients in dealing with the legal issues that develop at different stages of the CCS business, including compression and transportation, storage locations and construction, and injection into underground formations.

In every transaction, we provide clients with attorneys who truly know the industry and understand both the business challenges and opportunities at stake. Our integrated energy team has represented clients in transactions with a combined value of more than $30 billion.

We assist financially distressed companies in evaluating the full range of options open to them, taking into account each company's unique financial and market circumstances in order to arrive at the strategic option that best fits each client's desired outcome. We have experience in both true restructurings within the bankruptcy context, through the negotiation, filing and confirmation of a plan of reorganization, and liquidation, through court-sanctioned sales.

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