Bio

Pete Hays is a commercial energy lawyer. His clients are public and private companies, equity and debt investors, developers and entrepreneurs in energy transactions, including upstream and midstream deals and new projects in the energy transition. He primarily advises on acquisitions & divestitures, joint ventures, project development and complex commercial contracts. Pete practices both domestically and internationally, onshore and offshore. He is board certified in Oil, Gas and Mineral Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. Pete has been focused on the energy sector for his entire legal career. Before starting private practice, he clerked for Chief Judge Hayden Head of the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas. In law school, he was a research clerk for Professor Ernest E. Smith, Rex G. Baker Centennial Chair in Natural Resources Law.