Weil advised Citi and another financial institution as financial advisors and as providers of committed financing for Occidental Petroleum Corporation – an international oil and gas exploration and production company with operations in the United States, Middle East and Latin America – in its $55 billion acquisition of Anadarko Petroleum Corporation. The transaction closed August 08. 2019.

The Weil team that advised the banks was led by Mergers & Acquisitions partner Michael Lubowitz, Banking & Finance partner Morgan Bale and Capital Markets partner Michael Hickey. The team also includes Executive Compensation & Benefits partner Sarah Downie; Tax partner Helyn Goldstein; Litigation partner John P. Mastando III; Environmental counsel Thomas Goslin; Real Estate attorney Leslie Smith; Banking & Finance associates Charles Driscoll, Max Maisonrouge and Vaishali Mahna; Capital Markets associates Michael Stein, and Stefan Tsourovakas; Litigation associate Lauren Jacobson; Regulatory associate Timothy C. Welch; and Tax associate Gary Silber.