Breenen Keene > McGuireWoods LLP > Richmond, United States > Lawyer Profile
McGuireWoods LLP Offices
GATEWAY PLAZA
800 EAST CANAL STREET
RICHMOND, VA 23219
VIRGINIA
United States
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Breenen Keene
Career
Brennen serves as co-lead of the firm’s renewable energy team. He assists clients with land-use and transactional matters related to a wide range of real estate development projects, including renewable energy projects, industrial projects, and commercial/mixed-use projects in Virginia and nationally. In addition to his national practice on real estate transactional matters for energy projects, Brennen has significant experience representing clients on land use matters for power generation projects in Virginia and other states.
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power
Utilities and infrastructure funds in particular flock to McGuireWoods LLP multidisciplinary team for assistance on major transactions in the renewables space, including joint ventures, acquisitions, and the purchase, development, and sale of assets including solar and wind generation facilities. The firm is especially active in the Southeast, with M&A and energy transactional chair Michael Woodard and renewable energy sector co-chair Breenen Keene, both based in Richmond and noted for their expertise in the range of transactional work, as well as real estate and land-use guidance, respectively. The team, with Woodward as lead counsel, recently represented Dominion Energy on contracts with a value of approximately $7bn to construct the Coastal Virgina Offshore Wind project. Renewable energy sector co-chair Durham McCormick in Houston has a strong focus on tax structuring, while Timothy Callahan in Chicago is a key contact for energy-sector M&A.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Transport > Rail and road: litigation and regulation
Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Industry focus > Education
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Transport > Aviation and air travel: finance
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Tax > Not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax exempt organizations)
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: consumer products (including tobacco)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: pharmaceuticals and medical devices
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Transport > Shipping: litigation and regulation
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Finance > Fintech
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Intellectual property > Trade secrets (litigation and non-contentious matters)
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Finance > Project finance
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Dispute resolution > Leading trial lawyers
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings