Energy: Electricity (Transactional) | USA

Latham & Watkins LLP is a distinguished international firm, renowned for the leading role it plays in both oil and gas and power transactional matters. It regularly acts on sophisticated deals for corporate, financial and sovereign industry participants. The firm also provides both electricity and oil and gas clients with a committed regulatory offering. It represents clients adeptly at FERC and before other energy regulatory bodies too.

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates is a distinguished power practice. It represents US and global energy market participants, including public and private companies, private equity firms, investment banks and governmental entities. The firm is particularly esteemed for big-ticket utility M&A deals. It also brings expert capability in holding company reorganizations, asset auctions and joint ventures.

Baker Botts L.L.P. is a very well-regarded energy firm with strength across transactional, regulatory and litigation settings. It is frequently retained by oil and gas, power and investor clients who are active in energy matters. The firm is strong in oil and gas acquisitions and sales, with particular expertise in the MLP market. It provides regulatory advice and FERC representation on pipeline and rate issues. The firm is noted for particular abilities in FERC rulemakings. It is also active in the power space, assisting traditional power, renewable energy and utility clients on a range of transactions.

Kirkland & Ellis is a rapidly developing team highlighted for its ability to handle complex transactions and capital markets matters across both the power and oil and gas sectors. It is able to offer support in M&A, joint ventures, PPAs and structured financings. Its clients include private equity funds, utilities, pipelines and power marketers. The firm is adept at assisting with all regulatory aspects of transactions in addition to broader FERC administrative litigation matters.

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is well-regarded for its representation of private equity houses, banks and other financial institutions on electricity portfolio transactions. It possesses experience dealing with complex tax arrangements and acquisition financings. The firm is notably strong in the areas of private fund formation and bond transactions. The firm's areas of focus include transmission, renewable energy matters and issues related to power utilities.

White & Case LLP is a well-regarded electricity group, highly capable of handling complex portfolio transactions for utility, IPP and private equity investors. The firm is noted for its work in multijurisdictional M&A and distressed sales. It offers substantial knowledge of power market structures and developing market rules. The firm has particular strength in renewable power transactions, such as those involving wind farms and solar power plants.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is a strong energy practice with capabilities across both power and oil and gas matters. The firm leads and arranges financing for big-ticket power transactions, with particular strength in the wind and solar spaces. It is also recognized for its capabilities in the power regulatory space covering rate, rulemaking and enforcement proceedings before FERC. The firm is further recognized for substantial strength in the oil and gas transactional space, regularly acting on upstream, midstream and downstream matters.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is a market-leading and impressively broad-based group with recognized ability across the full range of energy sectors. It is best known as one of the strongest and deepest nuclear regulatory teams in the country, frequently handling the largest and most complex of matters for utilities. The firm also offers clients a strong regulatory power practice with extensive capabilities in compliance and enforcement matters before FERC. It is noted for expertise in regulatory matters for oil and gas clients and extensive administrative and appellate litigation capabilities too. The firm supplements its sector-spanning regulatory expertise with broad capabilities in the acquisition, sale and financing of conventional and renewable power assets.

Sullivan & Cromwell LLP is highly regarded for work on sophisticated M&A transactions in the power space both domestically and abroad. It is retained by a wide range of clients including IPPs, utilities, private equity firms and banks. The firm is active on hydroelectric and wind power generation deals. It also offers a well-regarded mining practice that assists clients with cross-border mergers and financings. The firm's additional capital markets capabilities support its comprehensive industry practice.

Bracewell LLP is a leading firm with highly impressive expertise across the energy arena, particularly esteemed for its ability within the oil and gas regulatory space.It offers excellent capability in FERC and CFTC investigations, as well as representation of pipeline clients in FERC rate, tariff and jurisdictional matters. The firm is also able to assist large utility clients, transmission owners and private equity investors on regulatory power matters, along with electric cooperatives and municipal utilities. It is frequently seen on big-ticket transactions in both the power and the oil and gas space, handling matters for clients ranging from electric utilities and merchant transmission owners to upstream exploration companies and refineries.

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP is known for representing clients on power regulatory matters including FERC compliance and litigation and NERC issues. It possesses the ability to advise on the financial instrument side of energy work and has experience working with the CFTC. The firm is particularly noted for handling matters for electric cooperatives and clients in the renewable energy space. It is also sought after for its expertise in power transactions.

Mayer Brown LLP represented CDPQ as part of an investment vehicle composed of CDPQ, Invenergy, and funds managed by private equity firm Blackstone Infrastructure Partners in a $1.5 billion purchase of a renewables portfolio owned by American Electric Power.

McGuireWoods LLP possesses significant strengths across regulatory work in the power space. It maintains a robust FERC enforcement practice that counts many of the leading utilities as clients. The firm is noted for its work on regulatory compliance and market manipulation litigation. It also offers a highly knowledgeable regional transmission organization team that focuses on representing clients on market structure and rate issues. The firm has particular strength in relation to cost allocation and compensation issues. It is further recognized for advising on power sector transactions and wider corporate strategy for public utilities, independent power producers and investors.

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP adeptly handles a variety of transactions for clients in the power industry, including the purchase and sale of assets as well as joint ventures and other agreements. It is noted for developing transactional capabilities in the natural gas and LNG space. The firm offers further expertise in regulatory authorization and other proceedings before FERC and the DOE in regulatory proceedings connected with the siting and construction of LNG production, liquefaction and export facilities.

Sidley Austin LLP offers clients broad expertise in the energy space covering transactional, regulatory and litigation work. It is particularly well thought of in the oil and gas space with capability across upstream, midstream and downstream matters. The firm represents clients before FERC on regulatory approvals, enforcement and rate issues. It offers additional strength in power regulation and litigation, assisting clients participating in the generation, transmission and distribution and trading of electricity. The firm also offers capabilities in transactional matters for electricity clients.