Morgan Lewis is a recognized leader in the energy and finance arena in the United States and abroad. Our Energy Transactions Practice combines transactional experience, industry expertise and regional knowledge with the firm’s worldwide resources in such practice areas as project development, power sales, energy regulation, construction contracting, project financing and related structured financing.
Energy deregulation has brought unprecedented changes in most U.S. markets. In such dynamic markets, Morgan Lewis has been uniquely positioned to advise its clients, which include domestic and international energy companies, public utilities (investor-owned and government-run), independent power producers and generators, financial institutions and power project developers.
The Energy Transactions Practice at Morgan Lewis has been in the forefront of some of the most complex and significant transactions in the energy industry. Drawing upon the firm’s depth of expertise in the energy industry, each team of lawyers handles every aspect of development, construction, federal and state regulatory compliance, environmental compliance, contracting and financing for multi-million- and multi-billion-dollar power projects. A team of lawyers is assigned to each transaction to combine industry knowledge and regional experience with the legal skills relevant to the transaction. The teams are often small and are designed to focus on the transaction at hand while drawing on other legal specialties within the firm as needed. When appropriate, we assemble large teams of lawyers experienced in handling complex transactions. This flexibility provides the focused service necessary to complete transactions in a timely, cost-efficient manner.
The members of the Energy Transactions Group supply clients with valuable expertise in a number of related areas, including: Project Development, Construction Contracting, Equity Investment and Securities Offerings, Project Insurance, and Taxation. Additionally, the Energy Transactions Group can draw upon industry-specific transactional experience in virtually every major energy industry: Electric, Nuclear, Oil & Natural Gas, and Water.