Stephen Szalkowski, partner, Latham & Watkins

Location: Houston

Education:

  • The University of Texas School of Law, 2007
  • Williams College, 2004

Practice Profile: Szalkowski's practice focuses on domestic and international energy transactions, with a particular focus on acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures in the upstream and midstream sectors. Since the beginning of 2018, he has advised on over 20 transactions with a combined deal value of over $9.5 billion. A recent example of his work is his representation of longtime client the Hess Corporation in the $255 million sale of its water business to Hess Infrastructure Partners, a joint venture between Hess and Global Infrastructure Partners. He also recently led the representation of Dow Chemical Company in its drilling joint venture with Devon Energy in connection with the development of certain of Devon's Barnett Shale assets.