About Douglas
Douglas C. Atnipp is the Texas Co-Regional Managing Shareholder, Co-Managing Shareholder of the Houston office and Co-Chair of the firm's national Energy and Natural Resources Practice. Doug has more than 25 years of experience representing clients engaged in all facets of the energy business. He is involved in a wide range of energy-related transactions including energy finance, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and acquisitions and dispositions of energy-related assets. In addition to his energy work, Doug regularly advises clients not in the energy business on general corporate and finance transactions.Doug is listed in the 2003-2014 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, Natural Resources Law section, and he has been consistently selected by Texas Super Lawyers magazine and "Top 100 Lawyers in the City of Houston" in Energy Law every year since 2003.
Douglas C. Atnipp is the Texas Co-Regional Managing Shareholder, Co-Managing Shareholder of the Houston office and Co-Chair of the firm's national Energy and Natural Resources Practice. Doug has more than 25 years of experience representing clients engaged in all facets of the energy business. He is involved in a wide range of energy-related transactions including energy finance, joint ventures and strategic alliances, and acquisitions and dispositions of energy-related assets. In addition to his energy work, Doug regularly advises clients not in the energy business on general corporate and finance transactions.
Doug is listed in the 2003-2014 editions of The Best Lawyers in America, Natural Resources Law section, and he has been consistently selected by Texas Super Lawyers magazine and "Top 100 Lawyers in the City of Houston" in Energy Law every year since 2003.
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Awards & Recognition
- Lawyer of the Year: Oil and Gas Law, Houston (2021)
- Recognized: Natural Resources Law
- Recognized: Oil and Gas Law
- Practice Area: Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Special Focus: Oil and Gas
- Rated, AV Preeminent® 5.0 out of 5
- Top 100 Lawyers in the City of Houston, Texas Monthly, 2003-2005
- "Houston's Top Lawyers", H Texas Magazine, 2011
- Houston Business Journal "Who's Who in Energy," 2011-2013
- Super Lawyers magazine, Texas Super Lawyers, 2003-2013
- Chambers USA Guide, 2008-2013
- Chambers Global, Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional), 2011-2013