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Offshore Energy | USA

USA - Nationwide

This section covers transactional and contentious work in a specific offshore energy context. This includes oil rigs, terminal facilities, renewable energy infrastructure and maritime offshore services. Clients may include energy companies and financial institutions.

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Band 1

  1. Bracewell LLP
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    Bracewell LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 1 | 2 Years Ranked
    Bracewell LLP houses an accomplished group that frequently represents a diverse client base of midstream companies, financial institutions and manufacturers in offshore wind and oil and gas matters. Bracewell's attorneys are experienced with joint ventures and market entry, along with financings of major offshore energy projects. The team is also noted for its strength in guiding clients through the evolving federal regulatory landscape.
  2. Holland & Knight LLP
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    Holland & Knight LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 1 | 2 Years Ranked
    Holland & Knight LLP has a comprehensive offshore energy practice across oil and gas work, maritime contracting and offshore wind development. The team is particularly noted for its regulatory expertise in the offshore wind sector, with considerable strength in planning, permitting and policy issues. The firm's oil and gas team covers E&P regulatory advice, platform decommissioning and asset sales. The group also advises on all manner of vessel charter, management and services agreements.
  3. Latham & Watkins LLP
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    Latham & Watkins LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 1 | 2 Years Ranked
    Latham & Watkins LLP is a juggernaut in the offshore energy space, skillfully guiding global clients through both the biggest-ticket transactions and most complex regulatory proceedings. Offering experienced counsel on offshore oil and gas matters and on maritime issues, the firm is particularly highlighted for its pedigree in the offshore wind space. Latham & Watkins' attorneys have advised on joint venture formation, permitting, and project development and finance work for some of the most significant offshore wind projects in the USA.
  4. Vinson & Elkins LLP
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    Vinson & Elkins LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 1 | 2 Years Ranked
    Vinson & Elkins LLP is a leading firm in the offshore energy space, offering clients a full-service practice and near unparalleled depth of experience in the energy sector, particularly on the oil and gas side. The firm excels in work at the confluence of maritime and energy work, with considerable abilities in admiralty litigation. Vinson & Elkins' attorneys are notable for their work pertaining to FPSO, FLNG and other offshore facilities as well as taking on supply vessel and offshore wind-related matters.
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Band 2

  1. Blank Rome LLP
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    Blank Rome LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Blank Rome LLP leverages its exceptional maritime practice to service clients in the offshore energy space. The team offers clients expertise in joint venture formation and regulatory matters relating to the manning of offshore energy projects and related vessels.
  2. Jones Walker LLP
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    Jones Walker LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Jones Walker LLP is recognized as a go-to firm for offshore energy work in the USA. The team acts for an array of notable energy clients, including oil and gas majors and power companies, on transactional and regulatory matters.
  3. Kirkland & Ellis LLP
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    Kirkland & Ellis LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Kirkland & Ellis LLP is home to a huge energy team able to turn its hand to large and sophisticated transactions in the offshore energy space. Kirkland & Ellis's attorneys work with multinational corporations and investment management companies on big-ticket financings, business formations and acquisitions in the offshore space. The group is active across both the oil and gas and offshore wind sectors.
  4. Liskow
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    Liskow
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Liskow demonstrates particular expertise in the offshore oil and gas space. The firm acts for a variety of clients, including major oil and gas companies and private equity funds. Its lawyers have wide-ranging experience across disputes, compliance and lease work.
  5. Mayer Brown LLP
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    Mayer Brown LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Mayer Brown LLP has a strong offering in the offshore energy sector, drawing on its considerable expertise in renewable project financing and development work. The team is well placed to advise energy companies and financing parties.
  6. Milbank LLP
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    Milbank LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 2 | 1 Years Ranked
    Milbank LLP is widely appreciated as one of the leading energy project finance firms in the nation. The team's broad-based project capability extends to the offshore wind space in which Milbank has featured in some of the largest capital raises and transactions in the sector. The firm's practitioners are particularly well known for their representation of lending parties.
  7. Perkins Coie LLP
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    Perkins Coie LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Perkins Coie LLP is highlighted for its considerable practice in the offshore wind space. The team is well known for its regulatory expertise with particular acumen in securing environmental approvals, as well as handling siting and permitting work for large projects. The firm also manages policy-related work for major sector clients.
  8. Sidley Austin LLP
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    Sidley Austin LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Sidley Austin LLP is a go-to resource for large energy and infrastructure companies developing offshore wind projects in the USA. The team is well placed to handle permitting and environmental challenges to large projects as well as big-ticket transactions. Sidley Austin is further noted for its expertise in maritime terminaling and offshore LNG-related issues.
  9. White & Case LLP
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    White & Case LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    White & Case LLP has a respected offshore energy practice and regularly advises clients on complex joint ventures, financings and asset sales in the space. The team is highly regarded for counseling energy companies engaged in both wind and oil and gas offshore energy projects in jurisdictions throughout Africa and Latin America.
  10. Winston & Strawn LLP
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    Winston & Strawn LLP
    Offshore Energy
    2024 | Band 2 | 2 Years Ranked
    Winston & Strawn LLP is recommended for its extensive offering in the offshore space, most notably for its Jones Act and broader maritime expertise. The firm also counsels clients on project development, finance and transactional matters. The team is also noted for its frequent representation of offshore energy clients before regulatory bodies.