Mr Myles Reynolds > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP
1445 ROSS AVENUE
SUITE 3700
DALLAS, TX 75202
TEXAS
United States

Work Department

Project Finance and Development, Energy and Infrastructure, Oil, Gas and LNG, Power and Utilities Capital Markets, Sustainability and Corporate Clean Power, Energy M&A, Energy, Energy Regulation, Renewable Energy and Clean Power, Pipeline

Position

Partner and chair of the firm’s Energy Regulatory practice

Career

Mr. Reynolds is a Partner at Hunton Andrews Kurth and the Practice Group Leader of the firm’s Energy Regulatory practice. He regularly represents electric utilities, natural gas utilities and midstream companies, as well as other energy companies regulated by governmental agencies, including the Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Railroad Commission of Texas, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and other state regulatory commissions. He represents clients in litigated administrative proceedings, including those associated with cost of service-based rates, certificates of convenience and necessity and facility siting, complaints, rulemakings, and approvals for sales, mergers, and changes in operational control. Mr. Reynolds also assists clients with greenfield project development, legislative initiatives, regulatory compliance, commercial transactions related to ongoing business, large corporate transactions (including financings and mergers and acquisitions), and post-closing business transitions.

Memberships

Admitted to the Texas State Bar

Education

  • JD, Certificate in Environmental Law, Tulane University Law School, 2001
  • BA, Geology and Environmental Studies, Washington and Lee University, 1996

Lawyer Rankings

United States > Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represents integrated oil and gas companies, natural gas pipeline companies, producers and developers of LNG facilities before the FERC, as well as the EPA and the DOE. This includes handling investigations and rate cases, in addition to all aspects of environmental issues surrounding oil and gas permitting, construction and operations. In the firm’s Washington DC office, environmental law expert Deidre Duncan jointly leads the team alongside Dallas-based Myles Reynolds, who frequently acts for natural gas utilities and midstream companies. San Francisco’s Shannon Broome is another key contact in the group.

United States > Energy > Energy regulation: electric power

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represents clients in routine and contested federal and state regulatory proceedings, while providing regulatory guidance to support a variety of commercial transactions, including mergers, acquisitions and financings, as well as asset transfers and corporate transactions. Lawyers such as Ted Murphy (Washington, DC) and Kevin Jones (New York and Richmond) have experience in matters involved with FERC and state regulators, including the Public Utility Commission of Texas. The firm also has regional capability with matters involving FERC, and regularly acts for electric utilities in defense of actions brought under the Clean Air Act. Myles Reynolds, based in Dallas, focuses on counseling and representation of electric and natural gas utilities, as well as energy companies regulated by the state and feral agencies. Tab Urbantke advises clients on regulatory implications and risks of project development, capital market and commercial energy transactions.

United States > Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP represents integrated oil and gas companies, natural gas pipeline companies, natural gas producers and developers of LNG facilities on a broad range of disputes. The energy litigation practice regularly acts for clients before FERC, as well as appellate courts, federal bankruptcy courts and state courts. The team advises on all aspects of environmental issues relating to oil and gas permitting, construction, operation and maintenance, as well as defending against administrative, civil and criminal enforcement matters. Additionally, audits, compliance and enforcement issues are commonly handled by the group, as well as oil pipeline regulatory mandates. Washington DC-based Deidre Duncan, who specialises in natural resources and water law, leads the practice alongside Dallas’ Myles Reynolds, who acts for natural gas utilities and midstream companies, and Houston-based Michael Morfey.