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Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP Offices
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1445 ROSS AVENUE
SUITE 3700
DALLAS, TX 75202
TEXAS
United States
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Mr Tab Urbantke
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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 utility and energy companies in Texas and the United States, including electric utilities, gas utilities, retail electric providers, qualified scheduling entities/power marketers, generators, mining companies, 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 rulemaking proceedings and administrative litigation involving a variety of rate case, licensing, sale/transfer/merger, and compliance proceedings before numerous state and federal agencies. Tab has represented clients before the Public Utility Commission of Texas and the Railroad Commission of Texas for over 20 years. He also practices before the State Office of Administrative Hearings, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and several state public utility commissions. Tab also regularly leads negotiations for clients on a variety of commercial energy transactions. In addition to his energy regulatory practice, Tab has significant experience in 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 > Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP fields a team that is praised for its ‘deep bench with experienced leadership’ and handles federal and state regulatory proceedings for clients in the electric power sector in addition to providing regulatory support for M&A deals and other energy transactions. Notably, the firm possesses in-depth experience with a number of federal and state authorities such as FERC, the Public Utility Commission of Texas, and ERCOT. Myles Reynolds counts rate cases, certificate proceedings, and regulatory compliance in his advisory portfolio and leads the practice out of the firm’s Dallas office. In New York, Ted Murphy is a go-to lawyer for clients including ISOs, RTOs, and electric utilities seeking advice on matters concerning market design and regulatory issues. Tab Urbantke, based in Dallas, is ‘highly knowledgeable of the industry’ and regularly handles the regulatory aspects of project developments while also advising on energy-related transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Structured finance: securitization
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: litigation
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Finance > Capital markets: high-yield debt offerings