Monika Kluziak is a member of the Corporate Practice in Greenberg Traurig’s Dallas office. She represents public and private companies and private equity sponsors in complex domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic investments. Her practice spans multiple industries, with particular focus on the energy, infrastructure, and industrial sectors.
Monika has advised on transactions across Asia, Europe, and Latin America. She counsels clients through the full spectrum of deal structures, including asset and equity acquisitions and dispositions, public and private mergers, carve-outs, de-SPACs, and take-private transactions.
Known for her commercial judgment and precise execution, Monika partners closely with clients to structure and negotiate transactions, seeking to advance their strategic objectives while mitigating operational and regulatory risk. She also advises executives and boards on corporate governance, compliance, and transactional risk management matters.
Concentrations
• Mergers and acquisitions
• Private equity
• Corporate and securities
• Corporate governance
• Joint ventures / strategic alliances
Experience
Representative Matters
• Representation of a global energy company in the acquisition of the Gulf of Mexico business held by an international oil and gas producer valued at approximately $2 billion.°
• Representation of a publicly traded energy company in divestiture of its carbon capture and sequestration business to a global integrated energy company.°
• Representation of a renewable fuels company and its affiliated master limited partnership in the take-private of the partnership.°
• Representation of a publicly traded independent oil and gas company in its all-stock merger with a U.S. upstream energy company valued at approximately $5.7 billion.°
• Representation of a publicly traded utility company in divestiture of its natural gas distribution businesses in Louisiana and Mississippi to a private equity infrastructure investor for approximately $1.2 billion.°
• Representation of an international energy services company in its all-stock business combination with another global oilfield services provider valued at approximately $2.1 billion.°
• Representation of a U.S. energy company in strategic sale of non-core Permian assets.°
• Representation of an international chemical manufacturer in the sale of its ammonia manufacturing facility to a U.S.-based fertilizer producer for a total value of US$1.675 billion.°
• Representation of the new energies division of a global energy major in various strategic transactions.°
• Representation of a global energy and petrochemical company in multibillion-dollar joint venture and development agreements with an Australian oil and gas company to align ownership interests and co-develop shared upstream assets on Alaska’s North Slope.°
• Representation of a space technology company in a business combination with a special purpose acquisition company.°
• Representation of a publicly traded 3D printing company in a merger with another additive manufacturing company.°
• Representation of a hydrogen technology company in a business combination with a special purpose acquisition company.°
• Representation of an infrared imaging technology company in a business combination with a special purpose acquisition company.°
• Representation of a clean technology company in a business combination with a digital infrastructure-focused special purpose acquisition company.°
• Representation of a privately held exploration and production company in its sale of assets to a publicly traded energy company for $2.15 billion in a combination of cash, stock, and deferred payment consideration.°
• Representation of a privately held oil and gas company in the sale of its assets in the Williston Basin to a privately held operator.°
• Representation of a sovereign wealth investment platform in its acquisition of an equity stake in a global container leasing company from a Canadian pension fund.°
• Representation of a publicly traded diagnostics company in its acquisition of a clinical diagnostics manufacturer using a combination of cash and newly issued shares.°
• Representation of a publicly traded foodservice equipment manufacturer in an all-cash sale to a global industrial equipment company for approximately $3.5 billion.°
• Representation of a publicly traded foodservice equipment manufacturer in the divestiture of one of its commercial refrigeration brands.°
• Representation of a global chemical and specialty materials company in its acquisition of a polymer powders business.°
• Representation of sellers in an equity sale of a valve manufacturing company to a private equity buyer and related rollover transaction.°
• Representation of a publicly traded offshore drilling contractor in a $12 billion combination transaction with another offshore drilling company.°
• Representation of an energy-focused private equity firm in a portfolio company’s acquisition of midstream assets located in Alabama and Mississippi from a bankrupt energy partnership in a 363 sale.°
• Representation of a publicly traded exploration and production company in $1.7 billion merger with another oil and gas producer.°
• Representation of a South Korean energy company in the $1.05 billion divestiture of its interest in Peruvian gas fields to a South American exploration and production company.°
• Representation of a publicly traded independent oil and gas company in its acquisition of another upstream partnership and assets of a private energy operator.°
• Representation of a publicly traded specialty contracting services company in its acquisition of a private infrastructure services business from a private equity sponsor and other interest holders.°
• Representation of an aerospace and defense-focused private equity firm in its acquisition of a surface finishing technologies company and a related plating services company.°
• Representation of an affiliate of a publicly traded alternative asset management firm in its definitive agreement to purchase an impact investment platform.°
• Representation of a global investment bank as financial advisor in a private energy company’s acquisition of another upstream operator.°
• Representation of an independent financial advisory firm as financial advisor in an incentive distribution rights simplification transaction and in a separate gas gathering transaction.°
• Representation of a strategic buyer in a development and option agreement related to a seller’s liquid biopsy technology.°
°The above representations were handled by Ms. Kluziak prior to her joining Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
Recognition & Leadership
Professional & Community Involvement
• Member, State Bar of Texas
