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. Additionally, she is recognized as a leading energy lawyer by Chambers USA, where clients have described her as “extremely bright and efficient.”

Katy’s recent experience includes the representation of:

Representative Energy Matters

• WhiteWater in its joint venture with an affiliate of Targa Resources Corp. to construct Blackcomb Pipeline
• KKR in its $2 billion strategic partnership with HASI to establish CarbonCount Holdings 1 LLC to invest in sustainable infrastructure projects
• 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
• 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
• 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

Notable experience prior to joining Simpson Thacher includes advising on the following representative matters.

• Mitsui & Co. Ltd. In its acquisition of unconventional upstream oil and gas assets from Silver Hill Eagle Ford E&P, LLC 

• Sitio Royalties Corp. in its (i) acquisition of over 19,700 net royalty acres from Foundation Minerals for approximately US$323 million and (ii) acquisition of over 12,200 net royalty acres from Momentum Minerals for approximately US$224 million

• Neste Corporation in its US$1 billion investment in a renewable diesel joint venture with Marathon Petroleum
• Tellurian Production LLC in connection with its purchase of Haynesville Shale natural gas assets from privately held EnSight IV Energy Partners, LLC and EnSight Haynesville Partners, LLC

• Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, LLC in an overriding royalty interest transaction with Callon Petroleum Company

• Adelphia Gateway, LLC, a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources Corporation, in its acquisition of Interstate Energy Company LLC for US$165 million
• Reliance Midstream, LLC in its sale of all of the equity interests of Reliance Gathering, LLC to a joint venture between affiliates of Oryx Midstream and Diamondback Energy, Inc., for a purchase price of US$355 million
• Kimmeridge Energy Management Company, LLC, in its joint venture with Desert Royalty Company, LLC to create Desert Peak Minerals, a Delaware Basin pure-play mineral and royalty company, with over 70,000 net royalty acres on a 1/8th royalty-adjusted basis across eight counties in West Texas and southeast New Mexico
• Energy XXI Gulf Coast, Inc. in the US$322 million acquisition of Energy XXI by an affiliate of Cox Oil LLC
• 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 Corporation in the sale of certain upstream assets in the Eagle Form Shale to WildHorse Resource Development Corp. for $625 million

• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in the sale of certain upstream and midstream assets in the Marcellus Shale to Alta Marcellus Development LLC
• Kimmeridge Energy Management Co. in the sale of approximately 57,000 net acres in the Delaware Basin to PDC Energy, Inc. for approximately US$1.5 billion
• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in the sale of upstream and midstream assets in East Texas to Castleton Commodities International LLC for more than $1 billion

• Anadarko Petroleum Corporation in its joint venture with KKR, whereby KKR became a non-operated working interest partner with Anadarko in the development of Anadarko’s Eaglebine acreage

• Stonepeak Infrastructure Partners in an equity investment of up to US$500 million in Sage Midstream Ventures, LLC
• EPL Oil & Gas, Inc. in a US$2.3 billion acquisition of EPL by Energy XXI (Bermuda) Limited

Representative Consumer Products and Other M&A Matters

• Hero Cosmetics, Inc. in its acquisition by Church & Dwight Co., Inc. for US$630 million
• Amika and Eva NYC in their acquisition by Bansk Group
• Briogeo in its acquisition by Wella Company
• ILIA Inc. in its acquisition by Famille C, the Courtin-Clarins family holding company and owner of the Clarins brand
• Youth to the People, a skincare brand, in its acquisition by L’Oréal
• Aquis/K18, the haircare brand founded by husband and wife team Britta Cox and Suveen Sahib, in a minority investment by VMG Partners
• Alterna Professional Haircare in its acquisition by Henkel
• The seller of the TheraBreath mouthwash brand in its US$580 million sale to Church & Dwight Co., Inc
• Pacifica Beauty in a strategic investment by Brentwood Associates
• American National Insurance in its US$5.1 billion acquisition by Brookfield Asset Management Reinsurance Partners
• Bodega Latina Corporation in its acquisition of Smart & Final Holdings, Inc. from funds managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, Inc., for approximately US$620 million
• Drunk Elephant, a leading prestige skincare brand, in its US$845 million acquisition by Shiseido America Corporation
• Bodega Latina Corporation, a subsidiary of Mexican public company Grupo Comercial Chedraui, in its acquisition of the Fiesta Mart grocery store chain.
• TSG Consumer Partners LLC in the sale of IT Cosmetics, LLC to L’Oréal for US$1.2 billion
• TSG Consumer Partners LLC in the sale of DenTek Oral Care, Inc. to Prestige Brands Holdings Inc. for US$225 million

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.