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Anna Rachel Biegelsen
Position
Anna Biegelsen advises energy marketing and trading firms, as well as financial institutions that participate in US energy markets, on regulatory, enforcement, compliance, and transactional matters.
Anna helps clients navigate a broad spectrum of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) enforcement inquiries and regulatory proceedings relating to:
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- Allegations of market manipulation and violations of FERC orders and market rules
- Complaint proceedings
- Market-based rate applications and related proceedings
- Regional transmission organization (RTO) and independent system operator (ISO) tariff amendments
- Acquisition and disposition of FERC-jurisdictional facilities under section 203 of the Federal Power Act (FPA)
- Petition for declaratory order
- Certificiation of Qualifying Facility (QF) and Exempt Wholesale Generator (EWG) status and related issues under the Public Utility Holding Company Act (PUHCA)
Her extensive experience includes successfully resolving several nonpublic investigations, as well as obtaining a FERC decision not to pursue further action against an individual defendant at the order to show cause phase of a market manipulation investigation. She also works with clients to implement compliance programs and develop trainings on the Federal Power Act, the Natural Gas Act, and FERC regulations.
Before joining Latham, Anna advised clients on FERC and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) matters at another global law firm.
Anna is a member of the Energy Bar Association.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
(Leading associates)Latham & Watkins LLP
has decades of experience advising leading utilities, generation and transmission owners, developers, sponsors, lenders, and underwriters on complex energy regulatory matters across the US. Leveraging its global platform, the firm assembles multidisciplinary teams to address a wide range of regulatory challenges. The team regularly handles market manipulation claims, tariff compliance, and other enforcement actions, as well as administrative litigation before FERC and state commissions. The practice advises on a range of related matters including acquisitions, major project finance, power purchase agreements, and generation and transmission development. The energy regulatory practice is co-led by Natasha Gianvecchio, who focuses on regulatory issues, energy market developments, and negotiating long-term power purchase agreements, and Tyler Brown, who advises on electric generation, transmission, energy storage, and natural gas and oil transportation, with significant FERC litigation experience. Anna Biegelsen has over a decade of experience guiding clients through FERC enforcement and regulatory proceedings, while James Blackburn represents independent transmission companies, renewable developers, and utilities before FERC and state commissions. All referenced team members are based in Washington DC.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading associates United States > Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy regulation: electric power United States > Energy
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- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: global offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- International trade and national security > CFIUS
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Commercial lending: Advice to bank lenders
- Intellectual property > Copyright
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Finance > Fintech
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Dispute resolution > M&A litigation: defense
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: transactional
- Antitrust > Merger control
- International trade and national security > National Security
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: licensing
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (International Trade Commission)
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
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- M&A/corporate and commercial > Shareholder activism
- Industry focus > Sport
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
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- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Telecoms and broadcast: transactions
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- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Venture capital and emerging companies
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- M&A/corporate and commercial > Corporate governance
- International trade and national security > Customs, export controls and economic sanctions
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Dispute resolution > International litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Finance > Commercial lending > Advice to direct lenders/private credit
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense