David L Schwartz

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David Schwartz retired from the partnership in November 2023. David has extensive experience representing entities involved in electric generation, transmission and distribution, electric and gas marketing and trading, and gas transportation and distribution. He is the former Global Chair of the Energy Regulatory & Markets Practice and former Co-Chair of the Global Power Industry Group.

David has been active in the formation of the developing electricity markets in the United States; led transactional and regulatory teams in mergers and acquisitions and divestitures of energy companies and assets; litigated contract, rate, and transmission access disputes; and drafted federal and state energy legislation. He also has extensive experience in negotiating power purchase and sale agreements, electric transmission agreements, natural gas transportation agreements, energy management agreements, and electric and gas interconnection agreements.

David regularly advised clients on energy matters before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), various state public utility commissions, the US Department of Justice (DOJ), the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Department of Energy (DOE).

At the time of his retirement, David was a member of the American Bar Association and has held leadership positions in the Energy Bar Association.