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Mergers and Acquisitions
- Counsel to Vectren Corporation in its $8.1 billion merger with CenterPoint Energy, Inc.
- Counsel to a global independent power producer in the sale of 973MW of peaking generation plants to Rockland Capital
- Counsel to Southern Company Gas in its $1.7 billion sale of Elizabethtown Gas to South Jersey Industries, Inc.
- Counsel to Westar Energy, Inc. in its $12.2 billion combination with Great Plains Energy Incorporated (initially announced as an acquisition; restructured as a merger of equals)
- Counsel to Verde Energy in its sale to Spark Energy, Inc.
- Counsel to a global independent power producer in the sale of DPL Energy Resources to IGS Energy
- Counsel to a global independent power producer in the sale of its retail electric subsidiary, MC Squared Energy Services, LLC to Wolverine Trading, LLC
- Counsel to Vectren Corporation in the $296 million sale of its coal mining operations to Sunrise Coal Company
- Counsel to a global independent power producer in the divestiture of its 50% interest in Silver Ridge Power, a solar generation company with operations in the United States, Europe and India
- Counsel to UNS Energy in its $4.3 billion merger with Fortis Inc.
- ProLiance Energy, in the restructuring and sale of its natural gas marketing business to an affiliate of Energy Transfer Partners, L.P.
- Counsel to a global independent power producer in the sale of two gas-fired generating plants in Pennsylvania and New Jersey
- Counsel to Public Service Enterprise Group in the sale of two 1000 megawatt gas-fired combined cycle generating plants for a total of $687 million
- Counsel to a major Mexican financial services company in a bid for a Mexican asset management company
- Counsel to AGL Resources Inc. in its $3.1 billion acquisition of Nicor Inc.
- Advised a major Canadian property and casualty insurance company in the acquisition of a U.S. property and casualty insurer
- Advised RWE AG in the development of a 750,000t per annum wood pellet facility in Georgia (€120 million aggregate investment)
- Advised a state-owned oil company in its bid to acquire a publicly traded global fuel supply company
- Advised a state-owned oil company in its bid to acquire a 235,000 bbl/d oil refinery
- Counsel to Puget Energy in its $7.4 billion acquisition by a consortium of long-term infrastructure investors
- Counsel to Energy East Corporation in its $8.1 billion merger with Iberdrola S.A.
- Counsel to Public Service Enterprise Group in the $1.2 billion sale of its Chilean subsidiaries, the SAESA Group
- Counsel on regulatory matters to MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company in its terminated acquisition of Constellation Energy Group
- Counsel to RWE AG in its $500 million acquisition of a 50 percent interest in the LNG business of Excelerate
- Counsel to Peoples Energy in its $1.5 billion merger with WPS Resources
- Special regulatory counsel to MidAmerican Energy Holdings in its $9.1 billion acquisition of PacifiCorp from Scottish Power plc
- Counsel to AGL Resources Inc. in its $690 million acquisition of NUI Corporation
- Counsel to a group of private investment funds in the acquisition of an interest in Michigan Electric Transmission Company
- Counsel to the Constellation Energy Group in Connection with the restructuring of its joint venture with Goldman Sachs & Co. and the separation of its generation from its retail operations
- Counsel to Potomac Electric Power Company in its $2.2 billion acquisition of Conectiv
- Counsel to PacifiCorp in its $14.6 billion merger with Scottish Power Limited
Counsel to Financial Advisors
- Counsel to Morgan Stanley & Co. as financial advisor to UIL Holdings in its $4.8 billion combination with Iberdrola USA
- Counsel to Lazard Frères as financial advisor to the Conflicts Committee of TerraForm Power, Inc. in the $2.3 billion acquisition of Vivint Solar, Inc. by TerraForm and SunEdison Inc.
- Counsel to Lazard Frères as financial advisor to the Conflicts Committee of TerraForm Power, Inc. in the $2.4 billion acquisition of First Wind Holdings by TerraForm and SunEdison Inc.
- Counsel to a major global financial institution as financial advisor to Wisconsin Energy in its $9.1 billion acquisition of Integrys Energy
- Counsel to a major global financial institution as financial advisor in Exelon in its $6.7 billion acquisition of Pepco Holdings
- Counsel to J.P. Morgan Securities as financial advisor to Duke Energy Corporation in its $26.6 billion merger with Progress Energy, Inc.
- Counsel to Lehman Brothers Inc. as financial advisor to Exelon Corporation in its $13 billion proposed merger with Public Service Enterprise Group