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Caldwell Boudreaux Lefler PLLC

Houston, TX, US • 20 - 49 Employees
Legal/Attorney

Caldwell Boudreaux Lefler (CBL) attorneys have a long history in the liquids pipeline industry and in helping our pipeline clients navigate a challenging and evolving energy regulatory environment, at the federal and state levels. We bring an unrivaled breadth of experience to each regulatory issue, transaction, and development project, providing our clients with up-to-date understandings of regulatory developments that affect them.The hallmarks of CBL's practice are continuity, innovation, and value. Our team has roots that go deep – tracing back as far as the early days of the Trans Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) in the 1970s – and wide – working with crude, refined products, natural gas liquids, and biofuels and handling projects across all the major production areas. Our practice is closely focused on the needs of the liquids pipeline industry, but, within that area, we cover the waterfront:•We have significant experience with pursuing FERC and state rate cases and administrative litigation, having handled over a dozen major FERC rate hearings.•Our clients look to us for informed, thoughtful regulatory counseling and tariff advice, drawing upon our team's wide experience to help our clients find creative solutions to even the most challenging issues.•Our knowledge of regulatory issues that can affect projects and transactions is broad and current, driven by our extensive involvement in liquids infrastructure and M&A/capital markets matters. •With a strong appellate background, our team can deploy a comprehensive understanding of regulatory and litigation options in advising our clients.•As the liquids energy transportation markets continue to evolve, we can offer our clients the distinct advantage of our thorough understanding of the multimodal transportation environment (including strong experience with rail regulation and the STB) and of the rate-setting options available, including market-based rate authority.