Bracewell LLP‘s power and electricity transactional practice is led by Ryan Holcomb in Houston and Danielle M. Varnell in Washington DC. The group focuses on energy M&A, project development, and structured commodity transactions, representing developers, independent power producers, private equity funds, and utilities companies. In Houston, Troy Harder handles the finance side of the practice. Holcomb is a key advisor for acquisitions and divestitures of assets and companies, joint ventures, and structured commodity transactions for electric power and conventional energy clients. Varnell is experienced with development stage and operating projects and portfolio acquisitions and divestitures, particularly across electric transmission projects, including onshore and offshore wind, solar and battery storage, and CCS. Specializing in corporate finance, Harder is a key contact for underwriters in electric power financing and transactional mandates. Other key practitioners include Shannon Baldwin in Houston, a specialist in advising clients on M&A, JVs, and master limited partnership dropdown transactions.
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Key clients
- CPV Power Holdings, LP
- CPV Group
- Rockland Capital, LP
- Standard Solar Inc.
- Marubeni Power America, Inc.
- Beowulf Electricity & Data
Work highlights
Advised CPV Power Holdings, LP on project development and M&A matters for the CPV Basin Ranch Energy Center, a 1,350-MW thermal generation facility in the Permian Basin.
Advised Rockland Capital, LP in its sale of 100 percent of its indirect equity interests in (1) Redback Power, LLC; (2) Phoenix Power Holdings, LLC and Texas Peaker Power, LLC; and (3) AEV Projects LLC to NRG Texas LLC.
Represented the underwriters in DTE Electric Company’s public offering of $1.3bn of general and refunding mortgage bonds.
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Practice head
Ryan Holcomb; Danielle M. Varnell; Troy Harder
Other key lawyers
Hans Dyke; Jason Lewis; Todd Eckland; Laura Sheldon; Parker Lee; Shannon Baldwin; Frank Lee