Damien Lyster
Damien Lyster is a partner in the Energy Regulatory Practice Group in the Houston office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Damien represents companies in the energy industry in transactional and regulatory matters. He has advised clients on numerous transactional and state and federal regulatory issues related to investments in and the sale or acquisition of assets and entities in the natural gas, oil and conventional and renewable electric power industries. He has counseled clients with respect to the purchase and sale of commodities such as: hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel, renewable natural gas, traditional natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons; power sales and marketing; the transportation and sequestration of carbon dioxide, the production, gathering, transportation, terminaling and storage of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons. Damien has experience representing pipeline and storage companies and shippers in negotiating commercial agreements and pursuing applicable authorizations from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Texas Railroad Commission. He has worked with midstream and exploration and production companies in drafting and negotiating gathering, processing and transportation agreements. In addition, he works on matters involving FERC-regulated wholesale power market participants in regulatory and compliance matters. He has represented clients in administrative litigation before FERC, in FERC enforcement investigations, and in ratemaking proceedings before FERC and the Texas Railroad Commission. He has represented a range of clients, including gas and liquids transmission providers, owners of electric generation and power marketers before the Department of State, Department of Energy and FERC. · Kirkland & Ellis LLP
About
Damien Lyster is a partner in the Energy Regulatory Practice Group at Kirkland & Ellis LLP in Houston, representing companies in the energy industry on transactional and regulatory matters, including investments, sales, acquisitions, and regulatory issues involving natural gas, oil, conventional and renewable electric power, commodities such as hydrogen, sustainable aviation fuel, renewable natural gas, and liquid hydrocarbons, power sales and marketing, carbon dioxide transportation and sequestration, and the production, gathering, transportation, terminaling, and storage of natural gas and liquid hydrocarbons. He has experience with pipeline and storage companies, shippers, midstream and exploration and production companies, and FERC-regulated wholesale power market participants, handling commercial agreements, FERC and Texas Railroad Commission authorizations, administrative litigation, enforcement investigations, and ratemaking proceedings.
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Education
- University of Virginia School of Law, J.D., 2008, Managing Board, Virginia Law Review, Dillard Scholar
- University of Iowa, B.A., Economics, Russian & Global Studies, with Distinction and Honors, 2003