Emery Choi focuses on strategic transactions across the energy and infrastructure sectors, with particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures.
Choi advises clients on the acquisition, divestiture and joint development of a broad range of energy assets, including upstream and midstream oil and gas assets and power infrastructure. He also counsels clients on complex domestic and cross-border M&A, private equity investments and other energy-related transactions.
Lawdragon Honors
| Honor | Year | Practice |
|---|---|---|
| The 2027 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers | 2027 | M&A, Energy |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Global Leaders in Energy | 2026 | Energy M&A |
| The 2026 Lawdragon 500 Leading Dealmakers in America | 2026 | M&A, Energy |
Before joining Skadden, Choi was a partner at another global law firm, where he advised on numerous high-profile transactions in the energy industry. Notable representations, both while at Skadden and prior to joining the firm, have included advising:
- Occidental Petroleum Corp. in:
- its $825 million sale of onshore oil and gas assets in Colombia to The Carlyle Group
- Net Power’s $1.46 billion business combination with Rice Acquisition Corp. II
- Devon Energy Corp. in its:
- formation of NDB Midstream LLC, a strategic partnership between WaterBridge NDB LLC, a portfolio company of Five Point Energy LLC, and WPX Energy Permian, LLC, a subsidiary of Devon Energy Corp
- $2 billion sale of certain non-core upstream assets to multiple buyers in east Texas, the Anadarko Basin, the northern and central Midland Basin and northern Oklahoma
- Apollo Global Management and Riverstone Holdings, among a consortium of investors, in the $7.15 billion acquisition of El Paso Corp.’s upstream assets
- Marathon Oil Corporation in its $3 billion acquisition of the Eagle Ford assets of Ensign Natural Resources
- The Carlyle Group in its:
- $400 million definitive drilling agreement to fund the development of EOG’s oil and gas assets in Ellis County, Oklahoma
- definitive drilling agreement to fund the development of Diamondback Energy’s oil and gas assets in Pecos County, Texas
- TPG Sixth Street Partners in its $500 million equity commitment to Eagle Land JV, a partnership with Glendale Energy Ventures