Cesar G. Leyva

Mergers & Acquisitions

• Noble Energy in its US$13 billion sale to Chevron.
• A public company in its acquisition of all of the shares of a pure play Williston Basin private company for total cash consideration of US$465 million.
• A public company in the sale of a 1% overriding royalty interest from its leasehold in Washington County, Pennsylvania for US$300 Million.
• A special-purpose acquisition company in the negotiation of a definitive agreement for the purchase of Williston Basin assets from a public company for US$1.65 Billion.

Bankruptcy and Restructuring

• A portfolio company of an upstream private equity sponsor in the purchase of all of the leasehold and producing wells of Rex Energy for US$600.5 Million pursuant to Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code.
• Lilis Energy, Inc. in connection with the sale of all of its assets pursuant to Section 363 of the US Bankruptcy Code.

Private Equity Transactions

• A private equity sponsor in its US$1.7 billion line of equity investment in an E&P company.
• A private equity fund in multiple purchases of offshore oil and gas interests in the Gulf of Mexico.

Energy Transactions

• A private E&P company in the sale of its oil and gas interests in the Permian Basin.
• A public company in the sale of its interests in the Sleeping Giant field (Montana) and Russian Creek area (North Dakota) in the Williston Basin.
• The subsidiary of a public company in the sale of a FERC-regulated pipeline.
• A public company in the negotiation of several carbon sequestration agreements.