Cindy Matherne Muller is a partner and participates in the Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources and Maritime industry teams. She represents a broad range of companies, from large multinational EPC contractors to private equity portfolio companies, doing business in the energy and construction industries, on capital projects and commercial transactions, and compliance functions.
Cindy has more than 27 years of legal and executive experience as general counsel; vice president, legal; and chief compliance officer, advising global oilfield service companies. As a result of this client-side experience, she has broad knowledge of issues facing general counsels, a distinct understanding of energy and construction industry legal and business issues, and brings efficient, practical solutions to her clients. She has significant transactional experience, including drafting and negotiating domestic and international engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) agreements, related subcontract, and master service agreements. She also has maritime transactional and regulatory experience, which includes advising on Jones Act ownership and compliance issues and coastwise trade regulations. Her transactional experience includes work onshore and offshore involving drafting and negotiation of charter parties, contracts of affreightment, and construction and decommissioning agreements.
In the corporate arena, she has drafted, developed, and implemented entire compliance programs and policies for international service companies and has advised on domestic and international joint ventures and M&A transactions.
