Christopher Peponis

Practice Areas

Chris Peponis represents sponsors and developers at various stages of energy and infrastructure project development, with a particular focus on energy transition, decarbonization, gas, and renewable energy projects.

Chris advises clients on project development and transactions across the energy and infrastructure sectors, including:

- Liquefied natural gas (LNG), including small-scale LNG

- Gas-to-power

- Gas pipelines

- Biodiesel

- Petrochemicals

- Natural gas liquids (NGLs)

- Hydrogen

- Renewable power generation

- Shipping

He leverages extensive global LNG and maritime experience and a background in chemical engineering to help clients navigate greenfield and brownfield LNG liquefaction projects, floating liquefaction, and onshore and offshore (floating storage unit (FSU) and floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU)) regasification terminals.

Before joining Latham, Chris worked as a catalytic cracking and hydrofluoric acid alkylation process engineer, commodity trader, and in-house counsel for Shell, in Australia, Canada, Europe, and the US.