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Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Offices
1801 CALIFORNIA STREET
SUITE 4200
DENVER, CO 80202-2642
COLORADO
United States
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Gerald Farano
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Jerry concentrates his practice on transactional matters in the power industry, advising clients on domestic and international M&A, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and energy and infrastructure development projects. He has considerable experience with energy-related mergers and acquisitions, both in the sale and purchase of privately and publicly owned power companies and in the sale and purchase of individual and portfolios of renewable, fossil fuel, and nuclear generation assets. His practice also includes advising clients on significant electric transmission and other energy infrastructure projects. He has been active in structuring, drafting, and negotiating agreements involving stock and asset sales; controlled and non-controlled energy investments, joint ventures, project development, engineering procurement, and construction; and acquisition financing on behalf of multinational companies and state-owned enterprises. Over the past decade he has advised clients on some of the world’s largest wind, solar and carbon capture projects.
Career
For more information, please visit https://www.gibsondunn.com/lawyer/farano-jerry-p/.
Education
JD, The George Washington University, 1991.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has a focus on complex and high stakes M&A transactions (public and private), project acquisition and investments, project development, joint ventures, capital market transactions and project financings. In terms of M&A, the transactions team have represented the acquirer or target in a number of large utility M&A transactions. In renewables, the firm has represented the acquirer, principal investor and issuer in numerous transactions involving utility scale solar and wind power projects. Peter J. Hanlon ‘s practice, based in New York, encompasses M&A, project investments, financings, public and private securities offerings and joint ventures. Nicholas H. Politan Jr. , is focused on domestic and cross-border energy related transactions including mergers and acquisitions, financings and project development. Gerald Farano, situated in Denver, is a member of the corporate transactions practice group and has experience in the sale and purchase of renewable and nuclear generation assets and in advising clients on significant electric transmission and infrastructure projects.
United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power
Headed by Peter Hanlon and Nicholas Politan in the New York office, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP‘s power and renewables team has a strong focus on transactional work including M&A, project investments and financing, and capital markets transactions. Hanlon and Politan each have significant experience in corporate transactions in the renewables space, including power transmission and storage, as well as wind and solar generation. Gerald Farano in Denver advises on joint ventures and strategic alliances in the sector, while Emad Khalil in New York has experience in overseas markets in the Middle East and Asia. Marwan Azzi, also in New York, is a key contact for work in the Latin American market, and represents private equity houses and infrastructure funds among others on private, domestic and cross-border acquisitions. George Stamas, who splits his time between New York and Washington DC, is also noted and well-versed in M&A.
Lawyer Rankings
- Energy transactions: electric power United States > Energy
- Renewable/alternative power United States > Energy
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- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Government > Government relations
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
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- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Finance > Project finance
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Government > Government contracts
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Antitrust > Merger control
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Industry focus > Sport
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- International Trade > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense