Katy Lukaszewski

Katy Lukaszewski is a Partner in the Firm’s Energy and Infrastructure Practice. Based in the Houston office, Katy represents companies and private equity sponsors on a variety of corporate transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, with a focus in the energy, infrastructure and consumer products sectors. Katy was named a Lawyer “On The Rise” by Texas Lawyer and “Next Generation Partner” in Energy: Oil and Gas by Legal 500. Additionally, she is recognized as a leading energy lawyer by Chambers USA, where clients have described her as “extremely bright and efficient.”

Katy’s notable experience (including prior to Simpson Thacher) includes representing:

• KKR and GTR in a multi-billion dollar European built-to-suit data center platform
• Sixth Street in the agreement by affiliates of bp to sell non-controlling interests in its Permian and Eagle Ford midstream assets to funds managed by Sixth Street for approximately $1.5 billion
• WhiteWater in the formation of a joint venture with MPLX LP and ONEOK, Inc. to construct the Eiger Express Pipeline, through their existing joint venture with MPLX, ONEOK and Enbridge Inc. for the Matterhorn Express Pipeline.
• WhiteWater in its sale, together with affiliates of Diamondback Energy, of 55% of the interests in BANGL, LLC to MPLX LP for $715 million
• Kimmeridge in the sale of a 24.1% interest in Kimmeridge's SoTex to Mubadala Energy
• WhiteWater in an agreement to sell certain interest in Matterhorn Express Pipeline to I Squared, MPLX LP and Enbridge Inc.
• WhiteWater in its joint venture with an affiliate of Targa Resources Corp. to construct Blackcomb Pipeline
• KKR in its $2 billion strategic partnership and additional $1 billion commitment with HASI to establish and invest in CarbonCount Holdings 1 LLC’s sustainable infrastructure projects
• ISQ Whistler Holdings, a portfolio company of WhiteWater Midstream and I Squared Capital, in the formation of a strategic natural gas pipeline joint venture with Enbridge Inc. and Marathon Petroleum
• Vanguard Renewables, a portfolio company of BlackRock’s Diversified Infrastructure business, in its joint venture with TotalEnergies to develop, build and operate Farm Powered® renewable natural gas projects in the United States
• A fund managed by Blackrock’s Global Infrastructure business and Capital Power Investments LLC in their announced joint purchase of Harquahala Generation Company, LLC
• Sitio Royalties in its $150 million acquisition of D-J Basin assets
• Kimmeridge in its agreement with KTG to acquire approximately 30,000 acres of upstream assets from a private seller
• Reliance Energy, Inc. in the sale of certain of its upstream oil and gas assets in the Midland Basin to Concho Resources Inc. for US$1.625 billion
• Anadarko Petroleum in multiple acquisitions including its sale of certain upstream assets in the Eagle Form Shale to WildHorse Resource Development Corp. for $625 million; sale of certain upstream and midstream assets in the Marcellus Shale to Alta Marcellus Development LLC; sale of upstream and midstream assets in East Texas to Castleton Commodities International LLC for more than $1 billion and joint venture with KKR, whereby KKR became a non-operated working interest partner with Anadarko in the development of Anadarko’s Eaglebine acreage

Katy received her J.D. with honors from The University of Texas Law School in 2011 and her B.A., summa cum laude, from Southwestern University in 2008. She is admitted to practice in Texas.