{"id":52554,"date":"2025-10-09T13:44:32","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/?post_type=press_releases&p=52554"},"modified":"2025-10-09T13:44:32","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T13:44:32","slug":"akin-continues-energy-infrastructure-practice-growth-with-addition-of-leading-lawyers-in-new-york-and-washington-d-c","status":"publish","type":"press_releases","link":"https:\/\/my.legal500.com\/developments\/press-releases\/akin-continues-energy-infrastructure-practice-growth-with-addition-of-leading-lawyers-in-new-york-and-washington-d-c\/","title":{"rendered":"Akin Continues Energy & Infrastructure Practice Growth with Addition of Leading Lawyers in New York and Washington, D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"

(New York and Washington, D.C.) \u2013 Akin announced today that Ron Erlichman and Nick Atwood have joined the firm\u2019s market-leading energy & infrastructure practice as partners in the firm\u2019s New York and Washington, D.C. offices, respectively.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Joining from Linklaters, where Erlichman served as co-head of the firm\u2019s energy & infrastructure practice in the Americas, Erlichman and Atwood further strengthen Akin\u2019s premier energy & infrastructure platform advising clients on their most in-demand projects, including traditional and renewable power generation, battery storage, data centers, carbon capture, synthetic fuels and other energy transition projects as well as mining and other infrastructure transactions.<\/p>\n

Erlichman and Atwood focus their practice on the development, financing, acquisition and sale of energy & infrastructure projects, including conventional and renewable electrical power, energy transition projects, data centers, battery storage, hydrogen, synthetic fuels, carbon capture, utilization & storage (CCUS), transmission facilities, chemical and petrochemical facilities, terminals, and transportation projects. They advise sponsors, developers, lenders, private capital investors, and other project participants with respect to all phases of a project\u2019s life cycle.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith rapidly growing power needs driven by AI, data centers and electrification, our energy & infrastructure practice continues to see increasing client demand across a variety of transactions,\u201d said Akin co-chair Abid Qureshi. \u201cRon and Nick\u2019s experience will be a great benefit to our clients as they are developing and financing the next generation of the energy economy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cRon and Nick are versatile energy & infrastructure dealmakers who are widely respected in the industry and well known to our team,\u201d added corporate practice co-head Zachary Wittenberg.\u00a0 \u201cTheir experience across a wide range of cutting-edge energy projects and technologies is a terrific complement and will drive continued growth across our integrated energy offering.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have long respected the strength and breadth of Akin\u2019s energy platform and been impressed by its growth,\u201d said Erlichman on his move to the firm. \u201cNick and I are excited to work with our new colleagues, many of whom we have known and worked with professionally for years.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erlichman and Atwood are the latest additions to the firm\u2019s comprehensive energy & infrastructure platform, ranked by\u00a0Chambers USA<\/em>\u00a0in Energy: Oil & Gas, Energy Transition and Projects: Renewables & Alternative Energy, with Akin having recently added energy transactions partners\u00a0Charlie Ofner<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Trent Bridges<\/a>, capital markets partner\u00a0Bryan Flannery<\/a>\u00a0and private equity partner\u00a0Andrew Lehman<\/a>\u00a0in Houston, tax credits partner\u00a0Mary Alexander<\/a>\u00a0in Washington, D.C., energy partner\u00a0Rob Butler<\/a>\u00a0in London and projects & energy transition partners\u00a0Chadron Edwards<\/a>\u00a0in New York and\u00a0April Kim<\/a>\u00a0in California.<\/p>\n

About Akin\u2019s Energy & Infrastructure Practice<\/strong><\/p>\n

Akin is a leading advisor to companies and capital providers across the energy value chain. Our global, interdisciplinary team has market-leading experience across upstream, midstream, downstream, energy services and the spectrum of energy transition projects, including wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, bioenergy, carbon capture, renewable natural gas, landfill gas, hydrogen, ammonia and sustainable aviation fuel. We serve as trusted counsel to public and private energy companies, private equity, credit, infrastructure and other investors, and management teams worldwide. We help clients develop, finance, construct, operate, buy and sell energy & infrastructure projects and companies throughout the world.<\/p>\n

Akin is a leading international law firm with more than 900 lawyers in offices throughout the United States, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.<\/em><\/p>\n

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