Archie Fallon > Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP > Palo Alto, United States > Lawyer Profile

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP‘s practice remains prolific in private equity transactions, supervising a large volume of upper middle-market and bulge-bracket deals from its offices across the United States and abroad. Wide geographic breadth and sector expertise enables the team to advise on a diverse array of platform deals, add-on acquisitions, take-private transactions, and portfolio company mergers, including a growing number of transactions in sectors such as energy and healthcare as well as investments in the industrials and tech sectors. Jeffrey Poss is a key contact for the latter and recently advised Cetera on a $1.2bn take-private acquisition of fintech company Avantax. Poss co-leads the practice from New York with Neil Townsend, who is an expert on structuring, negotiating and implementing leveraged buyouts. Key contacts in Houston include energy transactions experts Sarah McLean, who joined from Shearman & Sterling LLP in January 2024, and Archie Fallon. New York lawyer Matthew Rizzo is a specialist for private equity buyouts in the healthcare sector.

From its Houston, New York and Washington DC offices, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP routinely handles a mixture of energy-related transactions spanning the upstream, midstream and downstream sectors. In addition to advising on the acquisition and divestiture of upstream and midstream assets, joint ventures and drilling partnerships, the team also handles financing and capital markets projects in the energy sector, including syndicated debt restructuring and structured energy commodities.  The ‘exceptional’ Archie Fallon leads the team and represents private equity funds and corporate clients in a variety of energy transactions, while Brad Honeycutt is the go-to choice for upstream and midstream North American oil and gas companies. Tan Lu joined the firm from Vinson & Elkins LLP in early 2023, bringing expertise in upstream and midstream acquisitions and divestitures. All mentioned attorneys are based in Houston. Jay Hughes left the team in January 2024.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP‘s power and renewable energy practice represents a range of utilities companies, independent power producers, investors, and developers in a spectrum of transactional and regulatory matters concerning power and renewable generation assets. The team is led by Houston lawyer Archie Fallon, renowned for his representation of private equity funds and corporate clients in strategic transactions – primarily within the energy, infrastructure, and technology sectors. In New York, Eric Pogue chairs the firm’s global power and renewable energy group, while Washington DC’s Jorge Kamine focuses his capabilities on the debt and equity financing of projects, as well as the structuring, acquisition, and divestment of investments in a diverse array of energy and infrastructure projects. Samantha Leavitt in New York and Amanda Rosenberg in Los Angeles are both distinguished for their expertise in the development, financing, sale, and acquisition of renewable and clean energy assets. Former practice co-head Jay Hughes left the firm in January 2024.