Jeffrey S. Oliver

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Jeffrey Oliver has extensive experience counseling clients on merger control and competition enforcement matters in Washington D.C. and every other major antitrust jurisdiction in the world.  Mr. Oliver has significant expertise in the oil & gas industry, having successfully counseled energy companies on important transactions and government investigations in numerous jurisdictions.  Clients have including Shell, HollyFrontier, Valero, Magellan, Halliburton, Tallgrass, Enable, Koch, Maersk, Southern Company, Arch Coal and many others.  Mr. Oliver began his career in the FTC’s Mergers III division, which is responsible for merger control in the midstream and downstream sectors.  At Mergers III, Mr. Oliver participated and led investigations into mergers among major MLPs, investigated alleged anticompetitive conduct in the gathering, processing, storage, and pipeline transportation of natural gas and natural gas liquids, and investigated multiple refinery and pipeline acquisitions in varying markets across the United States.