Mr Tab Urbantke > Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP > Dallas, United States > Lawyer Profile
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices

1445 ROSS AVENUE
SUITE 3700
DALLAS, TX 75202
TEXAS
United States
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Mr Tab Urbantke

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
Position
Partner
Career
Tab represents and counsels some of the largest energy companies in Texas and the United States, including electric utilities and gas utilities, power generators, mining companies, qualified scheduling entities/power marketers, retail electric providers, and other energy sector clients. He regularly advises clients of the regulatory implications and risks of project development, capital market, and commercial energy transactions. His experience includes both rulemakings and administrative litigation/appeals involving a variety of rate cases, licensing matters, complaints, and merger proceedings before numerous state and federal agencies, including the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), the Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC), the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ), the State Office of Administrative Hearings, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Texas Reliability Entity (Texas RE), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and several state public utility commissions. He also leads negotiations for clients on a variety of transactional matters. Additionally, Tab has significant experience advising clients on legislative strategy, drafting and advocacy efforts.
Memberships
Admitted to the Texas State Bar
Education
- JD, Baylor Law School, Order of the Barristers, 2002
- MPPA, Baylor University, 2002
- BA, Political Science, Baylor University, 1998
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Industry focus > Energy regulation: electric power
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is the ‘”go-to“ firm for state regulatory matters in Texas’. The team is praised for being ‘highly responsive and willing to go the extra mile as needed’. It regularly represents clients in routine and contested, federal and state regulatory proceedings, and provides regulatory guidance to support a variety of commercial transactions. Additionally, the group has extensive NERC capabilities including representing clients in compliance audits. Based in Washington DC, project finance specialist Jeffrey Schroeder jointly leads the team with Myles Reynolds in Dallas; Reynolds primarily advises electric utilities, natural gas utilities and midstream companies. In Dallas, Tab Urbantke and counsel Lauren Freeland are also recommended. John Shepherd, previously at FERC, joined the Washington DC office in March 2021.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Industry focus > Environment: regulatory
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Industry focus > Environment: litigation
- Industry focus > Insurance: advice to policyholders
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: electric power
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: electric power
- Industry focus > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Industry focus > Energy: renewable/alternative power
- Media, technology and telecoms > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions): defense
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Industry focus > Energy litigation: electric power
- Industry focus > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Project finance