Houston, Texas  ·  Energy & Infrastructure Advisory
Strategic Advisory for
Energy, Infrastructure,
and Capital Deployment

We help clients navigate complex opportunities across LNG, data center infrastructure, project development, strategic transactions, and emerging energy systems.

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Years Experience
LNG
Primary Anchor
Global
Market Reach
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LNG Strategy
Project Development
Strategic Transactions
Emerging Energy Systems
Capital Deployment
Cross-Border Advisory
Energy Transition
Our Foundation

Built on Commercial Reality

Advice shaped by real market engagement, stakeholder alignment, and project execution realities.

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Deep Sector Experience

Senior advisory experience across LNG, energy infrastructure, strategic transactions, and evolving power markets. Commercially grounded at every stage.

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Commercial Perspective

Advice shaped by real market engagement, stakeholder alignment, and project execution realities. Not theory — practised judgment.

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Strategic Network

Access to relationships across developers, investors, corporate counterparties, and international energy markets spanning North America, Asia, and beyond.

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Execution-Oriented Approach

Focused on helping clients move from opportunity assessment to practical commercial progress. Strategy is only as good as its path to action.

A Deliberate
Advisory Platform

One Step Advisors works with investors, developers, family offices, corporate stakeholders, and strategic partners facing complex energy and infrastructure decisions.

We help clients assess opportunities, shape commercial strategy, position projects for investment, and engage effectively across the market. Our core focus includes LNG, project development, strategic transactions, energy transition strategy, and emerging systems.

Commercially grounded at every stage to opportunities where strategic clarity and experienced judgment matter.

One Step
Our Services

Four Pillars of
Senior Advisory

We advise clients on strategic, commercial, and investment decisions across the energy and infrastructure landscape. Tailored, senior-led, and forward-focused.

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Strategic Advisory

We help clients evaluate opportunities, test strategic direction, and make better-informed decisions in dynamic and often complex markets. Market entry, opportunity assessment, and commercial advisory for evolving energy markets.

Market EntryOpportunity AssessmentCommercial Strategy
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Project Development & Commercial Structuring

We support the development of energy and infrastructure opportunities from early-stage concept through commercial definition, partner alignment, and project positioning.

Project FramingPartner CoordinationDevelopment Support
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Transactions, Capital & Market Access

We advise on transactions and capital-related opportunities where commercial clarity, market insight, and careful positioning are critical to success. Investor preparation, due diligence support, and strategic engagement.

Investor ReadinessTransaction SupportPartner Engagement
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Energy Transition & Emerging Systems

We work with clients pursuing opportunities linked to the changing energy landscape, including LNG, hydrogen, lower-carbon fuels, emerging power systems, and next-generation infrastructure models.

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Leadership

Equal Partners,
Shared Authority

Led by experienced commercial professionals with deep exposure to energy markets, project development, and cross-border stakeholder engagement.

Paul Matthews
Managing Partner
Paul Matthews

Paul Matthews is a senior energy executive with more than 28 years of experience in commercial origination, capital formation, and strategic transactions across global energy and infrastructure markets. He advises at the intersection of AI data center infrastructure, LNG, hydrogen, and industrial energy systems, helping clients turn complex opportunities into credible commercial outcomes.

At One Step Advisors, Paul leads client strategy, opportunity positioning, and transaction advisory, working across developers, asset owners, technology platforms, and investors. With experience spanning the U.S. Gulf Coast, the Middle East, India, Europe, and Asia, he brings a practical combination of market insight, commercial structure, and execution discipline.

Alongside Co-Managing Partner Rakhi Oli, Paul helps clients commercialize next-generation energy solutions and advance critical infrastructure with clarity, speed, and purpose.

Rakhi Oli
Co Managing Partner
Rakhi Oli

Rakhi Oli is a global executive and board member with more than 22 years of experience across energy, technology, and infrastructure. Her leadership spans EPCC contractors, developers, OEMs, and startups, with particular depth in LNG, data centers, hydrogen, CCUS, and broader energy transition sectors. Her experience includes negotiating contracts exceeding $10 billion and supporting the development of more than 75 MTPA of infrastructure globally.

At One Step Advisors, Rakhi focuses on commercial strategy, execution, and the advancement of complex opportunities. She advises C-suite leaders on growth, M&A, startup commercialization, and strategic partnerships, helping clients move with clarity, discipline, and speed.

She also serves on multiple advisory boards and is a consistent advocate for innovation, decarbonization, and commercially grounded growth.

LNG Strategy Advisory Infrastructure Capital Transactions
Selected Experience

Proven Across
Complex Engagements

Representative examples of the strategic support we provide across energy, infrastructure, and capital markets.

LNG Commercial Strategy

Advised around commercial positioning and stakeholder strategy for LNG-related opportunities. Helped clarify commercial direction and strengthen market positioning with potential partners and offtake stakeholders.

Energy Infrastructure Development

Supported the framing and advancement of energy infrastructure opportunities requiring early-stage strategic definition and commercial coordination. Improved project clarity and development pathway credibility.

Strategic Transactions Advisory

Provided advisory support on transaction-related opportunities involving market insight, commercial positioning, and strategic engagement with investors or counterparties. Strengthened decision-making and transaction readiness.

Energy Transition Positioning

Worked with clients assessing opportunities linked to the evolving energy mix, including lower-carbon fuels, hydrogen-related themes, and emerging infrastructure models.

Capital and Partner Readiness

Advised clients preparing for investor engagement, strategic partnerships, and market-facing discussions around growth and project opportunities. Improved messaging and quality of commercial engagement.

Cross-Border Stakeholder Engagement

Supported engagement strategies involving international counterparties across North America, Asia, and other energy markets. Aligned expectations for complex commercial discussions.

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