“Christopher Cross is Co-chair of the firm's energy, oil and gas practice group. He is praised by clients for his 'deep insight and understanding of business issues.'"

- Chambers Global 2013

Chambers Global 2012 and The Legal 500 US 2012

Christopher G. Cross

New York
  • 885 Third Avenue
  • New York, NY 10022-4834
  • USA
 
 

Christopher Cross is a partner in the New York office of Latham & Watkins. Mr. Cross is a corporate and finance transactional lawyer and is Co-chair of the Energy, Oil & Gas Industry Group. He is also a member of the Africa, Latin America, Mergers & Acquisitions, Private Equity, and Project Finance Practices. Mr. Cross represents companies, government institutions, sovereign and private equity funds, and lenders in international joint venture, acquisition, project development and financing transactions, primarily in the energy, extractive industry and infrastructure sectors. Mr. Cross has executed transactions in more than 30 developing markets in addition to the core Americas, European and Asian markets.

Mr. Cross was recognized in Chambers Global and The Legal 500 US as a leading energy and projects lawyer.

Mr. Cross's experience includes representation of:

  • An energy-focused private equity fund in the sale of a US$900 million interest in the Bakken formation
  • A private equity fund sponsor in a US$400 million gas pipeline development and club project financing with international and local banks in Mexico
  • A water technology company in the creation of a strategic joint venture in Asia and the development and financing of FPSO's
  • The joint venture of an international mining company and the government of a West African country in the development of rail and port infrastructure
  • The sponsor of a 200MW PV solar project in California
  • A Francophone North African national oil company in a variety of upstream E&P, downstream refining, methane, fertiliser and petrochemical joint venture projects
  • A European integrated energy company in connection with the negotiation of a hydrocarbon exploration and production agreement with a North African national oil company and certain matters related to doing business in a conflict zone
  • The Government of an African OPEC-member state in the creation of a sovereign wealth and budgetary stabilization fund
  • A significant private equity/pension fund investor in connection with several acquisitions in diverse commodity, financial sector and energy targets in West Africa
  • An OPEC-member Middle Eastern national oil company in connection with the greenfield development, PMC/FEED, technology acquisition, feedstock, marketing, operations and international/local bank co-financing of four (4) world-scale high complexity refineries and associated petrochemical derivative extensions with a range of international partners and ECA, Islamic and commercial bank lenders
  • An international investor in a Brazilian joint venture for the development and financing of a bio-fuel and bio-plastic production facility