Biography
Omar Samji is a partner in Weil’s Private Equity practice and is based in Houston. Omar advises energy companies and investors in mergers & acquisitions, equity and debt financings, joint ventures, project development, and commercial arrangements in hydrogen, carbon capture & sequestration, energy storage, renewable fuels, and other energy transition areas. He also counsels clients on corporate governance matters. He is a frequent speaker on the topic of energy transition and energy infrastructure. Omar is recognized as a leading lawyer for Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional) in the U.S. by Chambers USA where clients describe him as a “very measured” lawyer who delivers “fantastic results.”
Experience*
Energy Transition
- StratosFuel in its financing and development of a hydrogen mobility fueling project
- Humble Midstream (a portfolio company of EnCap Flatrock Midstream) in its joint venture with Enbridge to develop a low-carbon hydrogen and ammonia production and export facility
- The Energy and Minerals Group (EMG) and Vision Blue Resources in their investment in Serra Verde, a Denham Capital portfolio company, that is developing an integrated rare earth element mining and processing operation
- NextEra Energy’s decarbonization venture in its acquisition and financing of multiple data centers
- Integrated Energy Company in its development of a hydrogen and ammonia production and export facility
- Private equity portfolio company in its development of a series of carbon capture facilities for commonly owned ethanol facilities
- Ethanol plant owner in its development of on-site carbon capture facilities and entry into a sequestration agreement
- Microgrid operator in its development of a renewable energy powered microgrid for a municipality
- Midstream company in its development of facilities to store carbon dioxide captured from amine treaters
- Publicly traded midstream operator in negotiations to provide carbon capture and sequestration services to natural gas producers
- ESM Acquisition Company in its $300 million public stock offering to seek to acquire a low carbon energy business
- SJ Industries in its joint venture with Captona to acquire and operate two fuel cell energy projects
Conventional Energy
- Titan Energy in its sale of substantially all its assets through a series of transactions post-chapter 11 restructuring
- DT Midstream (formerly DTE Pipeline Company) in multiple matters, including,
- its acquisition of an additional 26.25% equity interest in Millennium Pipeline Company and related financing
- its acquisition of private equity backed M5’s Louisiana assets for $2.65 billion
- its acquisition of private equity backed M3’s Appalachia assets for $1.3 billion
- its acquisition of a 30% equity stake in Stonewall Gas Gathering for $275 million
- Rangeland Energy in multiple matters, including,
- Its four equity commitments from EnCap Flatrock Midstream totaling $900 million
- its sale of Rangeland Energy I to Inergy
- its joint venture with Delek Logistics Partners
- its sale of Rangeland Energy II to Andeavor
- its sale of Rangeland Energy III’s STEPS facility
- WhiteHawk Income Corporation in multiple matters, including,
- its purchase of a 25% undivided interest in assets of Three Rivers Royalty and related financing
- its purchase of up to a 50% undivided interest in assets of Mesa Minerals and related financing
- Frontier Midstream IV (a portfolio company of Energy Spectrum Capital) in multiple matters, including,
- its joint venture with Concho Resources and development of the BCC system
- its sale of its 50% operating interest in Beta Holding Company to ConocoPhillips
- Phoenix Park Energy Marketing in its acquisition of Twin Eagle’s energy trading business
- American Energy Partners in multiple matters, including,
- its $4 billion joint venture with Energy Transfer Partners
- its $500 million joint venture with Regency Energy Partners
- The Energy & Minerals Group (EMG) in its $600 million joint venture with Tailwater Capital
- OGE Energy in its joint venture with CenterPoint and ArcLight to create an $11 billion master limited partnership
- Targa Resources Partners in two joint ventures with Sanchez Energy
Omar received his J.D. from Columbia University, where he was a Harlan Fiske Stone Scholar, and his B.Com. from McGill University.
Omar is active in the Houston community. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Performing Arts Houston, Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Fay School, a member of the Aga Khan Conciliation and Arbitration Board, and President-Elect of the Texas Association of Mediators. He is also a past member of the Texas Journal of Oil, Gas and Energy Law’s Advisory Board and the Law360 Energy Editorial Board.
*Includes matters handled prior to joining Weil.