Fraser F. Wayne

Fraser F. Wayne
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Fraser F. Wayne

Fraser F. Wayne

Partner

Fraser F. Wayne
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Fraser F. Wayne

Fraser F. Wayne

Partner

Fraser F. Wayne

Partner

Denver

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Biography

Fraser Wayne is a member of the firm's Energy, Environment and Infrastructure and Technology Practice Groups. His practice focuses on acquisitions, divestitures, strategic joint ventures and project development involving renewable and non-renewable energy assets. He is a frequent author and presenter on energy trends, developments and concepts. 

Fraser regularly works with private equity sponsors, infrastructure investors, and utilities in transactional matters across the energy transition space, including advising on build-transfer transactions for utility scale solar, wind and battery storage projects, behind-the-meter solar projects, industrial cogeneration projects, renewable natural gas projects, energy and/or capacity purchase agreements, REC agreements, Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) agreements, module and turbine supply agreements, asset management agreements, scheduling coordinator agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, and shared facilities agreements. 

Fraser also maintains an active oil and gas practice, with focus on transactional work in the upstream and midstream oil and gas space. 

Fraser has experience across North America and is qualified to practice law in Alberta (Canada), Colorado, and Texas.

Civic Involvement & Honors

  • American Bar Association
  • Canadian Bar Association
  • Texas Bar Association
  • Law Society of Alberta (inactive)
  • Houston Bar Association – Oil, Gas and Mineral Law Section
  • Association of International Petroleum Negotiators (AIPN)

  • Infocast Solar and Wind Investment and Finance Summit
  • CELF Energy Law Fundamentals
  • Petroleum Joint Venture Association Land Agreements Overview
  • Rocky Mountain Mineral Law Foundation Human Rights Issues in the Extractive Industry
  • Canadian Association of Petroleum Landmen Oil and Gas Contract Writing and Interpretation

Admissions

  • Colorado, 2023

    Texas, 2016

    Alberta (inactive)

Education

  • University of Calgary, J.D., 2016
  • University of Houston, J.D., 2016
  • University of British Columbia, B.A., 2012

Related Practice Areas

  • Brownfields

  • Citizen Suits/NIMBY

  • Clean Air Act

  • Clean Water Law

  • Compliance Audits and Internal Investigations

  • Cost Recovery Litigation (Superfund/CERCLA and State equivalents)

  • Criminal Enforcement

  • Endangered Species (ESA)

  • Environmental Review (NEPA and State EIS laws)

  • Hazardous Materials Transportation (HMTA)

  • Environment

  • Real Estate

  • Ethylene Oxide Team

  • ESG & Energy Transition

  • Hazardous Waste (RCRA)

  • Insurance Counseling

  • Oil Spills

  • Pesticides (FIFRA)

  • Reporting Requirements (EPCRA, CERCLA, Prop 65 and other state laws)

  • Safe Drinking Water (SDWA)

  • Solid Waste and Landfills

  • Toxic Substances Regulation (TSCA)

  • Transactional Work, Including SEC Disclosures

  • Underground Injection Control (UIC)

  • Water Rights

  • Wetlands

  • Mobile Source Emissions and Fleet Management

Resources

Publications

Industry Update: Biden Administration Issue Moratorium on New Federal Oil and Gas Leasing, Kirkland & Ellis Energy & Infrastructure Blog

Implications for the Energy Industry in Light of the U.S. Supreme Court Decision in McGirt v. Oklahoma, Kirkland & Ellis Energy & Infrastructure Blog

Special Considerations for Protecting Interests under Water Agreements in Bankruptcy, Kirkland & Ellis Energy & Infrastructure Blog

Unprecedented Solutions to Unprecedented Challenges: A North American Response to the Oil Crisis, Kirkland & Ellis Energy & Infrastructure Blog

Surging Discounts for Canadian Oil Reignite Talk of the Bitumen Bubble, Financier Worldwide

Canadian Oil Sands Industry: Watch This Space, Financier Worldwide

The Inconvenient Joint Operating Agreement, The Negotiator

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