King & Spalding LLP’s energy litigation practice excels in high-stakes disputes across the oil and gas sector. The team has a strong track record in traditional litigation while also leading the charge on emerging claims tied to the industry’s transition toward decarbonization and carbon capture technologies. Clients turn to the firm for its ability to navigate novel legal challenges that arise in the evolving low-carbon landscape. The practice is co-led by Houston-based Tracie Renfroe, a veteran trial and arbitration lawyer with 37 years of experience handling toxic tort, environmental, product liability, and commercial disputes. She is particularly adept at presenting complex scientific and technical issues, including ecotoxicology and regulatory compliance, in legacy oilfield contamination cases. Houston-based Elizabeth Taber brings extensive experience in mass torts, catastrophic injury claims, environmental contamination, and oil and gas disputes, frequently handling large-scale, multiparty, and multi-district litigation. San Francisco-based Charles Correll is a key practitioner specializing in complex commercial, mass tort, and environmental litigation, representing clients in domestic and international disputes in federal and state courts as well as before arbitration panels.
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Profil

Kernmandanten

  • Baker Hughes
  • Petersen Energía and Eton Park

Highlight-Mandate

  • Representing Petersen Energia in a long-running breach of contract dispute against Argentina involving arbitration and litigation. In 2023, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York awarded our client damages in excess of $16 billion.
  • Representing Baker Hughes Company and it's subsidiary Dresser, LLC in a bellwether trial alleging trichlorethylene (“TCE”) impacts to the environment surrounding a former Dresser valve manufacturing facility in Pineville, Louisiana.

Anwält*innen

Führende Partner*innen

Die stärksten Partner*innen ihres Praxisbereichs, die eine führende Rolle in signifikanten Mandaten einnehmen und weitreichende Anerkennung unter Wettbewerbern und Mandanten genießen.

Praxisleitung

Tracie Renfroe; Elizabeth Taber

Weitere Kernanwält*innen

Charles Correll; Craig Stanfield