Justin Stolte > Latham & Watkins LLP > Houston, United States > Lawyer Profile

Latham & Watkins LLP
811 MAIN STREET, SUITE 3700
HOUSTON, TX 77002
TEXAS
United States

Work Department

Justin T. Stolte is a partner in the Houston office of Latham & Watkins and serves as Global Chair of the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure Industry Group. 

Position

Mr. Stolte advises clients on strategic transactions across the energy sector, including:

  • Mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures
  • Joint ventures
  • Private equity and venture capital investments
  • General corporate matters

Mr. Stolte has broad experience in several energy sectors, including oil and gas, renewable energy, and energy infrastructure. He previously worked in business development, commercial, and engineering roles at Chevron Corporation and Apache Corporation; and, before joining Latham, served as Co-Chair of the energy practice group at another leading global law firm.

Career

https://www.lw.com/people/JustinTStolte

Languages

English

Memberships

Mr. Stolte is active in several professional organizations, including serving on:

  • The Executive Advisory Council of UT Austin’s McCombs Energy Initiative (MEI), including Co-Chairing the Midstream Committee
  • The Energy 2.0 Committee of the Greater Houston Partnership
  • The Advisory Board of the Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship

Education

  • MBA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology – Sloan School of Management
  • JD, University of Notre Dame Law School
    cum laude
  • BS, Colorado School of Mines
    With High Honors

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power

With experience in acting for major energy companies, developers, and investors on high-value and high-impact projects in wind, solar, storage, and CCS, Latham & Watkins LLP earns its strong reputation as a market leader in the renewables space. The team is led by New York-based global energy and infrastructure group (E&I group) vice-chair Eli Katz, who has broad expertise in project financing as well as a niche focus on tax issues related to the sector, and Houston’s E&I group global chair Justin Stolte with a broad expertise in transactions. Also in New York, project finance partner Matthew Henegar and Kelly Cataldo are particularly strong in offshore wind and projects in the US and Latin American market, with Cataldo advising clients on the whole range of construction, financing and investment. Key names on the West Coast include project finance experts Jeffrey Greenberg in Los Angeles and Omar Nazif in San Diego, who is well-versed in development and financing of domestic and international energy projects. In Houston, M&A attorney Ashley J. Nguyen is noted. The firm’s reach was extended significantly in 2022, with the arrival of global co-chair of the firm’s ESG-practice Sarah Fortt in Austin, ESG co-chair Betty Huber, and M&A expert Caroline Blitzer Phillips and Jason Webber in New York, as well as Ethan Schultz, who splits his time between Washington D.C. and Houston.

United States > Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas

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