Holland & Knight has strengthened its corporate oil and gas practice with the addition of Luke Burns, who joins as a partner in the firm’s Houston office. Burns, transitioning from Reed Smith, brings significant expertise in complex transactions across the LNG, oil and gas, and hydrogen sectors. His role will focus on advising clients on long-term sale and purchase agreements, liquefaction tolling agreements, terminal use agreements, and feed gas supply agreements within the LNG domain. The firm announced this strategic move in a press release on Tuesday.
Burns’s experience is expected to bolster Holland & Knight’s capacity to handle intricate transactional matters, coinciding with the increasing demand for legal services concerning energy transitions and market complexities. This development follows a broader trend in the legal industry, where firms are increasingly targeting lateral hires to enhance their sector-specific capabilities and competitive edge.
For more details on the announcement of Burns joining Holland & Knight, view the original coverage on Bloomberg Law.