
The energy transactional team at Latham & Watkins has a market-leading electricity transactions practice, with expertise across power generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure, offshore and onshore wind, solar, energy storage, and nuclear power. The practice specializes in high-profile M&A, secured lending, corporate finance, and project development. David Owen, a specialist in complex M&A and JVs in the wind, solar, and battery storage sectors, and David Kurzweil, a veteran with power-related M&A, lead the practice from New York. In Houston, Trina Chandler supports the practice’s ability with power and renewables, energy transition mandates, and the infrastructure sector. Also in Houston, Lauren Anderson is a key contact for energy-related private equity and M&A transactions. The New York-based Caroline Phillips strengthens the practice’s ability to serve public and private companies and private equity firms across the power and renewables, energy transition, and infrastructure sectors. Christopher Cross co-chairs the New York team’s corporate practice, supporting private equity firms and corporates in high-stakes energy and infrastructure transactions. The Washington DC-based Ethan Schultz is a key practitioner for renewable energy and cleantech infrastructure transactions.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Client satisfaction: NPS ®
Testimonials
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- ‘David Owen and Marc Klepner are fantastic to work with. They are highly knowledgeable, thorough, provide good advice, and are always highly responsive. They also do a good job of balancing legal concerns with commercial realities.’
- ‘The Latham team is highly knowledgeable, commercial and responsive. They strike a good balance between providing important advice and protecting their client on key legal matters. They are a pleasure to work with.’
Key clients
- Vistra Corp.
- Fibrebond Corporation
- Potomac Intermediate Holdings II, LLC
- Calpine Corporation
- Avangrid, Inc.
- Just Energy (U.S.) Corp.
- Orsted A/S
- Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners
- Doral Group Renewable Energy Resources Ltd
Work highlights
Advised Calpine Corporation in its $26.6bn acquisition by Constellation.
Advised Vistra Corp. in its acquisition of seven modern natural gas-fired power plants from Lotus Infrastructure Partners, totaling approximately 2,600 MW of capacity.
Advising Ørsted in negotiating a power purchase agreement with Montana-Dakota Utilities Company for the Badger Wind project in North Dakota.
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Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
David Owen; David Kurzweil
Other key lawyers
Trina Chandler; Caroline Phillips; Ethan Schultz; Lauren Anderson; Christopher Cross; Marc Klepner




