Based in New York, Sarah Fitts leads ArentFox Schiff‘s energy practice alongside the Washington, DC-based Antonio Rivera. The practice regularly advises the utilities sector and independent power producers, and has an emerging focus on renewable and alternative energies in the electric power sphere. Fitts is a specialist across the spectrum of energy projects, from M&A and designing corporate structures to project development and finance.

Across developing, financing, building, operating, selling, and acquiring infrastructure and energy projects, Steptoe LLP advises the full spectrum of stakeholders in the electric power space. The team’s focus is on renewable assets, with a niche in sustainability and green loan financing. New York-based Philip Corsello co-heads the practice alongside Daniel Mullen and Timothy Moran in Washington, DC.

With a focus on the energy sector, the power, utilities, and renewables practice at Baker Botts L.L.P. is a top choice for leading power, utilities, and renewables companies across the United States. Mega-utility mergers, capital markets transactions, bankruptcy restructurings, and power asset auctions are some of the key areas in which the team excels. Elaine Walsh in Washington DC, a key contact for energy M&A, divestitures and investments, and the development of electric generation and fuel transportation projects, and Michael Didriksen in New York, a project development and M&A expert in the renewables, conventional power, storage, and transmission sectors, lead the practice. In San Francisco, Dino Barajas specializes in project development and finance, with an emphasis on Latin American projects and M&A. William Lamb supports the practice’s ability with power and utility companies in M&A and strategic acquisitions from Houston. Timothy Taylor, focused on advising utility companies with securities and corporate transactions, and Carlos Marquez, experienced in representing private equity firms in project finance and development and M&A, are also key contacts in Houston.

The energy M&A and finance group at McGuireWoods LLP is a leading choice for utilities companies, independent power producers, developers, and private equity funds. Retail energy M&A, power purchase agreement structuring, and joint ventures are key areas of focus for the team, particularly in renewable and sustainable energy mandates. At the team’s helm are Joanne Katsantonis in Richmond and Brian Kelly in Baltimore. Katsantonis is a key advisor to public utilities and independent power producers in M&A, auctions, and transactions structuring; Kelly specializes in M&A, energy project and infrastructure development, project finance, and commodities transactions. In Baltimore, Heather Welch Arbogast is a stand-out practitioner for M&A, joint ventures, and structured commodity transactions for developers, power purchasers, sponsors, and investors. In Houston, Edmund Daniels is an expert in joint ventures for power plants and gas pipelines and the acquisition and disposition of natural gas and fuel pipelines.

A key advisor to some of the largest conventional and renewable energy companies in the US, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe acts on both the buy-side and sell-side for power portfolios and single assets. The team has expertise in developing EPC and O&M contracts, PPAs, and frequently advises clients on the sale of wind and solar portfolios, battery storage projects, natural gas plants, and increasingly on data centers. The energy and infrastructure is led by Kyle Drefke and John Eliason in Washington, DC, Dahl Thompson in Houston, Louise Gibbons in San Francisco, and Teresa Hill in Seattle. Thompson specializes in acquisitions, sales, developments, and financings of renewables, portfolios, and platforms; Gibbons is a key contact in energy transition projects and for renewable energy developers; and Hill is an expert in PPAs and sustainability initiatives. In San Francisco, Kristin Seegar supports the practice’s ability in acquisitions and joint ventures in solar and energy storage projects. Houston-based Bradford Gathright is a key contact for private equity investments and transactions in electric power generation facilities. Blake Winburne left the practice in 2025.

Bracewell LLP‘s power and electricity transactional practice is led by Ryan Holcomb in Houston and Danielle M. Varnell in Washington DC. The group focuses on energy M&A, project development, and structured commodity transactions, representing developers, independent power producers, private equity funds, and utilities companies. In Houston, Troy Harder handles the finance side of the practice. Holcomb is a key advisor for acquisitions and divestitures of assets and companies, joint ventures, and structured commodity transactions for electric power and conventional energy clients. Varnell is experienced with development stage and operating projects and portfolio acquisitions and divestitures, particularly across electric transmission projects, including onshore and offshore wind, solar and battery storage, and CCS. Specializing in corporate finance, Harder is a key contact for underwriters in electric power financing and transactional mandates. Other key practitioners include Shannon Baldwin in Houston, a specialist in advising clients on M&A, JVs, and master limited partnership dropdown transactions.

Norton Rose Fulbright’s transactional electric power team works across acquisitions, development, financing, and divestitures. The practice frequently works cross-practice with its real estate, tax equity, and energy regulatory teams. Becky Diffen, experienced in M&A, joint ventures, and renewable energy, energy storage, power generation, and transmission project development, co-leads the practice from Austin. Co-leading the team from New York is Kessar Nashat, a key advisor for debt and equity offerings in energy and infrastructure, in addition to M&A. Elizabeth Sluder supports the practice’s equipment procurement and EPX contracts and built-transfer agreements expertise from Los Angeles. Other key contacts include Sameer Ghaznavi in Chicago, experienced in representing private and public companies, developers, utilities, and sponsors in acquisitions and sales of energy and infrastructure projects.

Utility companies, independent power producers, developers, and investors choose Sidley Austin LLP‘s electric power transactions team for its experience across financing, capital markets, and corporate transactional mandates. The team can advise on the full-cycle of transactions, from structuring tax-equity investments and cross-border M&A to issuing debt and equity in public and private markets. Cliff Vrielink in Houston, Tara Higgins in New York, and Kenneth Irvin in Washington DC, lead the practice. Higgins is a key contact for power transactions, with extensive experience in conventional power, hydroelectric, solar, and wind renewable projects. In Los Angeles, Andrea Wang Lucan supports the practice’s ability with energy project development and finance, including joint ventures, M&A, and equity and debt financing. DC-based Noreen Phelan is experienced in advising private equity funds, government entities, and major developers on renewable and conventional power assets. Also in DC, Sarah Tucker is noted for her ability on both regulatory and transactional power mandates.

John Crossley and Brogan Sullivan in Kansas City, and Kimberly Frank in Washington DC, lead K&L Gates’ energy transactions practice. Advising on the acquisition and disposition of energy generation projects and the sale and purchase of projects and portfolios across the US, with a particular focus on nuclear energy and tax equity and finance, is a key focus for the team. Crossley specializes in advising on developing, buying, and selling renewable projects throughout the US, while Sullivan focuses on transactional and tax equity financing mandates for renewable energy clients. Jim Goettsch is a key contact for energy infrastructure work, especially in the domain of M&A, joint ventures, and project finance in the thermal and renewable power generation sectors in Kansas City. DC-based Martha Pugh supports the practice’s ability with energy transition tax credits.

In the electric and power space, Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP covers corporate and project finance, power and utilities capital markets, and energy M&A. Sales and disposals for electric and gas utility companies, corporate restructurings, debt and equity finance, and corporate and regulatory mandates for independent energy operators are the team’s specialisms. Washington DC-based Jeff Schroeder, skilled in project finance, development, and asset, stock, and portfolio acquisitions, leads alongside the oil and gas specialist, Carl von Merz, in Houston. Geoffrey Lorenz is a key contact for the acquisition, financing, and development of electric-generating facilities deploying renewable energy, also based in DC. From New York, Douglas Dua specializes in advising clients with renewables, energy storage, nuclear, and CCUS mandates. In DC, Alexandra Hamilton handles the environmental and regulatory side of energy and power transactions for the team.

Renewable and conventional energy companies across the United States choose Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP’s energy transition team for its longstanding experience across the electric power sector. The team works across M&A, joint ventures, and financing, with a growing focus on advising companies on renewable and nuclear energy mandates related to data centers. From Washington, DC, David McCullough and Jeff Merrifield lead the team. For electric power transactions, San Francisco-based Alicia McKnight, and Washington DC-based Elina Teplinsky and Michael Lepre are the key contacts. McKnight specializes in M&A and financing for international and domestic energy and infrastructure projects; Teplinsky is a key advisor to nuclear owner-operators, reactor and equipment suppliers, investors, and technical consulting firms; and Lepre has extensive experience in nuclear power and advising vendors of uranium fuel and nuclear power plant components in transactions.

Investors, lenders, and developers alike turn to Troutman Pepper Locke LLP‘s energy team for its experience advising on the development, sale, purchase, financing, and operation of renewable and electric power assets. John Leonti in Los Angeles, a key advisor for complex transactions in the solar, storage, gas, and wind sectors, leads the team alongside New York-based Christine Byrnes, who specializes in the financing, development, acquisition, and restructuring of renewable energy transactions. Also in New York, Craig Kline is a key contact for utility-scale and distributed solar, wind, storage, and hybrid asset projects. Andrew Schifrin supports the practice’s infrastructure and energy-related M&A and project development and finance ability from New York. Todd Coles is a stand-out practitioner in Washington DC, experienced in project financing and corporate transactions related to the power and energy sectors.

The energy team at Dentons handles large, cross-border and domestic M&A across the electric power sector, especially those related to data centers. Private equity firms, real estate funds, and major data center operators are key clientele for the team, with projects spanning the US, UK, Europe, and Asia. Clinton Vince, based in Washington DC, leads the team, specializing in energy project development and litigation. DC-based Peter Thieman is another key contact on the team, focusing on advising domestic and global renewable and conventional energy companies across M&A, project development and finance, and regulatory proceedings. Also in DC, Andrew Mina is experienced in energy regulatory mandates and transactions, with a focus on data center development.

With a practice focus on renewables, including biomass, carbon capture, geothermal, hydrogen, and wind projects, the energy team at Linklaters LLP regularly advises clients across the electric power transactional value chain. Project finance and development, acquisitions, divestments, and joint ventures are all within the team’s ambit. The team is led by Marius Griskonis from New York, who specializes in project and portfolio transactions. Elena Rubinov, a key advisor on M&A and private equity transactions in the energy, renewables, and infrastructure sectors, is another stand-out practitioner on the team based in New York. In Washington DC, Michael Rodgers supports the team’s ability with sponsors, lenders, and investors for solar, hydro fuel cell, and carbon capture projects.

McDermott Will & Schulte‘s transactional energy team advises clients across power and energy asset transactions, commercial deals, and energy company M&A, especially in power and renewables projects. The firm’s merger with Schulte Roth & Zable in August 2025 further strengthened the team’s transactional ability. Leading the practice are Edward Zaelke in Los Angeles, Philip Tingle in Miami, and Carl Fleming and Christopher Gladbach in Washington, DC. Zaelke specializes in M&A, project finance, and private equity in renewable transactions, while Fleming is a key advisor to blue-chip and energy clients in M&A. Gladbach provides the group support on renewable energy transactions. Other key practitioners include the New York-based Jonathan Ching, a finance specialist with experience in PPA and energy mandates.

With a growing position in the Texas energy market, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP‘s transactional electric power practice has seen the arrival of a handful of expert energy lawyers in the past year, including Blake Winburne in July 2025. The practice focuses on tax equity and credit sales, commodities agreements and structuring, M&A, equity financings, joint ventures, and project financing. From Houston, Winburne, a veteran transactional lawyer with electric power generation and transmission assets, leads the team alongside Houston-based Archie Fallon and Dallas-based Eric Pogue. Fallon is a key contact for private equity funds in transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors, and Pogue has extensive experience in renewable energy transactions.