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Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional | Global

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Band 1

  1. Norton Rose Fulbright
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    Norton Rose Fulbright
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 1 | 5 Years Ranked
    Norton Rose Fulbright has an extremely highly regarded LNG practice, with an impressive renewables offering to match. Its attorneys are active in conventional oil and gas projects, plus big-ticket LNG financing and developments, both domestically and abroad. The firm is well regarded for work in the PPP arena and is active on several transportation-focused projects for both bidders and investors. It can call on a global network of offices to assist on multijurisdictional deals. The team continues to assist clients on high-profile wind and solar project financings. The firm offers further strengths advising on the sale and acquisition of project companies, single projects and portfolios in the conventional and renewable power sectors.
  2. Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
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    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 1 | 5 Years Ranked
    Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP offers clients a broad projects practice with particular strengths in PPP and renewable power developments. It takes a leading role representing sponsors and developers on complex PPP negotiations. The team is recognized for notable capability in transit and aviation PPPs. The firm is well versed in issues surrounding tax equity planning in the renewables space. It has possesses considerable prowess handling acquisitions and sales of single projects and portfolios. The firm is also active on conventional power development.
  3. Vinson & Elkins LLP
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    Vinson & Elkins LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 1 | 5 Years Ranked
    Vinson & Elkins LLP is a Texas-based powerhouse highly regarded for its focus on the energy industry. The team is well known for its superb representation of the most significant oil and gas multinationals and energy-focused private equity funds. It has talented project counsel that understand the market, regulatory landscape and industry inside out. The team acts on behalf of developers, governments, lenders, borrowers and suppliers. It's strengths include the development of downstream oil and gas processing plants, LNG facilities and hydroelectric facilities. The firm also has market-leading capabilities in the acquisition and sale of single projects and portfolios in the conventional and renewable power sectors. It is further recognized for considerable strength in renewable energy projects across all asset classes.
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Band 2

  1. A&O Shearman
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    A&O Shearman
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 2 | 4 Years Ranked
    A&O Shearman is well known for acting on a large number of innovative PPP projects across the USA. It possesses substantial expertise across transportation, energy and social infrastructure sectors. The team offers market-leading representation to sponsors, lenders and public sector clients. Its capabilities include PPP financed projects including railways, highways, bridges as well as various social infrastructure. The firm is further noted for PPP work in South America and other developing markets. It's attorneys advise clients on both secondary trades in brownfield assets as well as greenfield project development matters. The firm possesses enviable expertise in the agency finance space and is frequently sought to assist with the most complex financing and development matters on behalf of export credit agencies, development finance institutions and multilateral agencies. The firm is well regarded for its strength in mining work across the globe.
  2. Milbank LLP
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    Milbank LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Milbank LLP is one of the strongest and most focused projects firms operating in the USA today, frequently advising on some of the most complex and innovative project financings. The firm possesses strength across the full range of project financing and development, with particular skill representing big-name lenders. It has strength in Latin America, the USA and further afield. The team frequently provides advice to debt and equity investors, private sponsors and government lenders on sophisticated cross-border matters. The firm leverages its international expertise in mining and other sectors to represent development finance institutions, export credit agencies and multilateral development banks.
  3. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
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    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is well thought of for the depth of its bench and level of understanding concerning renewables projects. The firm is well versed in warehouse and tax equity structuring. It is active on solar and wind financings throughout the USA. It has additional strength in the conventional power space, assisting significant clients with the development, financing, acquisition, and disposition of power projects throughout the USA. The firm is able to draw on expertise of practitioners stationed across a nationwide and international network of offices.
  4. Sidley Austin LLP
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    Sidley Austin LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 2 | 4 Years Ranked
    Sidley Austin LLP has a growing presence in the development, financing, acquisition and sale of energy infrastructure, both domestically and internationally. It represents sponsors and lenders across the LNG value chain in the development of a wide range of facilities. The firm has a growing presence in the renewables space particularly concerning the A&D of solar and wind single assets and portfolios.
  5. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
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    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP & Affiliates has a highly regarded projects group offering clients a broad projects practice that has equal experience representing lenders and developers. The team is active on conventional power, midstream and downstream oil and gas, and renewables project development. It is also noted for expertise in the development of electric transmission line projects. The firm provides clients with key financing and M&A advice and support from an international network of offices. It is frequently involved in projects across the USA, Europe and Africa. The firm has additional strength in the LNG sector.
  6. White & Case LLP
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    White & Case LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 2 | 5 Years Ranked
    White & Case LLP is routinely retained by lenders and sponsors on a wide variety of project financing and development. The team is particularly adept at managing large and diverse sets of interests in LNG, conventional oil and gas and power work. It is very well thought of on downstream oil and gas. The firm is active on international work, particularly in Latin American markets. It has additional capabilities in the acquisition and sale of wind and solar project assets and portfolios at varying stages of development. The firm possesses further strength in PPP work and world class agency finance expertise. The firm provides expert representation to top development banks and export credit agencies in project financings across the globe. It adeptly handles PPP financing of transport and social infrastructure.
  7. Latham & Watkins LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 2
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Band 3

  1. Bracewell LLP
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    Bracewell LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 3 | 5 Years Ranked
    Bracewell LLP has a skilled oil and gas practice that is frequently seen on upstream and midstream asset development. One of its major strengths is gas and liquids pipeline finance and construction. The firm is also competent on downstream projects covering refineries and petrochemical facilities. The firm regularly handles the sale and acquisition of portfolios and single asset renewable energy projects. The firm has further capabilities in the PPP space handling projects such as schools, highways and higher education utilities.
  2. Greenberg Traurig, LLP
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    Greenberg Traurig, LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 3 | 2 Years Ranked
    Greenberg Traurig, PA possesses significant strength handling the acquisition and sale of wind and solar projects. The team is capable of advising on single asset and portfolio transactions. In addition to the firm's renewable energy expertise it has experience in the conventional power space.
  3. Linklaters
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    Linklaters
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 3 | 1 Years Ranked
    Linklaters is notably active in the renewable energy space. The firm undertakes an array of A&D and project financing work pertaining to wind and solar assets. The team offers expert counsel to both developers and lenders.
  4. Mayer Brown LLP
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    Mayer Brown LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 3 | 2 Years Ranked
    Mayer Brown LLP is best known as one of the leading PPP teams in the country. It offers superb representation to numerous public bodies as well as private sponsors and lenders. The team is highly capable across all major infrastructure areas including roads, ports, airports and general transit, as well as social infrastructure projects. The firm also provides clients with strong knowledge of the renewables and tax equity space, with particular strength in Latin America.
  5. Winston & Strawn LLP
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    Winston & Strawn LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 3 | 2 Years Ranked
    Winston & Strawn LLP is well regarded for its renewables project development, financing and transactional work. The team are equally strong on wind and solar generation matters. The firm actively represents lenders, investors and developers in the USA with a full-service approach catering to the growing corporate and industrial presence in the sector. The firm has further capabilities handling PPP-backed infrastructure projects, particularly in the transportation sector.
  6. Foley & Lardner LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 3
  7. McDermott Will & Emery LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 3
  8. McGuireWoods LLP
    Projects: Power & Renewables: Transactional
    2024 | Band 3