Vanessa Richelle Wilson Wilson > Akin > Washington DC, United States > Lawyer Profile
Akin Offices
Robert S. Strauss Tower
2001 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006-1037
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Vanessa Richelle Wilson Wilson
Work Department
Partner; Corporate – Projects & Energy Transition
Position
To learn more about Vanessa, please visit her profile here: https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/vanessa-richelle-wilson
Career
Clerkships: U.S.C.A., 5th Circuit
Bar Admissions: District of Columbia
Languages
English
Memberships
Affiliations and Public Service: Founding Board Member and Former President, Greater New York Chapter, Women’s Energy Network.
Education
- J.D., Tulane University Law School, summa cum laude, 1994
- B.A., University of New Orleans, 1991
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power
(Leading lawyers)
DLA Piper’s Energy and Natural Resources sector team is led by Washington DC-based Vanessa Richelle Wilson, an experienced project financing and transactional partner with a particularly strong depth of expertise in the increasingly significant areas of carbon storage and hydrogen power generation. The team acts for clients including energy companies, infrastructure funds, and investors, with Northeast transactional tax practice lead Drew Young in New York a key contact for clients seeking advice on tax equity financing. Boston’s Jameson Calitri is recommended for his experience with energy transactions, including related regulatory matters. Of counsel Andrea Chambers came to the Washington DC office from Covington & Burling LLP in June 2022, extending the firm’s capabilities in regulatory advice.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Government > Government relations
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- International Trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
Firm Rankings
- Investment fund formation and management > Alternative/hedge funds
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Industry focus > Native American law
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Government > Government contracts
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- International Trade > CFIUS
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization