Ranked in 2 Practice Areas
4

Band 4

Energy: Oil & Gas (Regulatory & Litigation)

USA - Nationwide

14 Years Ranked

4

Band 4

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Provided by John S Decker

USA

Practice Areas

John represents companies in the energy industry in transactional and regulatory matters, primarily focused on the natural gas and electric power industries. He is one of a handful of lawyers in the country who is ranked by Chambers USA for his regulatory work in both electricity and oil and gas.

John has worked on numerous domestic and international transactions involving the production and transportation of natural gas and liquefied natural gas, the development of gas-fired power plants, and the sale or acquisition of electric power and natural gas assets.

He has also represented natural gas pipeline owners, liquefied natural gas importers, investor-owned utilities, owners of qualifying facilities, exempt wholesale generators, electric power marketers, and municipalities before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Department of Energy (DOE). John also counsels clients on commercial and regulatory issues in the domestic retail electricity market.

Career

Duke University, AB, 1991; University of Virginia, JD, 1994, Order of the Coif. Admitted to practice: Maryland, 1994, District of Columbia, 1996; US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. Joined Vinson & Elkins in 1994.

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