Ex-Big Law Partner’s Natural Gas Bet Pays Off With IPO Filing

December 20, 2024, 9:19 PM UTC

Venture Global Inc., a liquefied natural gas exporter co-founded by a former Hogan Lovells partner, has filed to list its shares publicly, putting an exclamation mark of success on now-billionaire Bob Pender’s bet on leaving Big Law a decade ago.

Venture Global operates a growing liquefied natural gas exporting business out of plants in Louisiana, raking in $7.9 billion in revenue in 2023, according to the filing on Friday with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. The company generated $3.4 billion in revenue through nine months this year.

The IPO was expected to be among the largest in the country ...

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