Renewable and conventional energy companies across the United States choose Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP’s energy transition team for its longstanding experience across the electric power sector. The team works across M&A, joint ventures, and financing, with a growing focus on advising companies on renewable and nuclear energy mandates related to data centers. From Washington, DC, David McCullough and Jeff Merrifield lead the team. For electric power transactions, San Francisco-based Alicia McKnight, and Washington DC-based Elina Teplinsky and Michael Lepre are the key contacts. McKnight specializes in M&A and financing for international and domestic energy and infrastructure projects; Teplinsky is a key advisor to nuclear owner-operators, reactor and equipment suppliers, investors, and technical consulting firms; and Lepre has extensive experience in nuclear power and advising vendors of uranium fuel and nuclear power plant components in transactions.
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Client satisfaction: Lawyer & team quality
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Key clients
- Kozloduy NPP New Build
- 92 Ventures
- NorthStar Group Services, Inc.
- Huture Ltd.
- Abilene Christian University
Work highlights
Advising NorthStar Group in its acquisition of the 1600-acre Vallecitos Nuclear Center in California from GE Hitachi.
Advised 92 Ventures, a Copenhagen-based nuclear-focused investment firm, in its investment in Steady Energy, a Finnish innovator in small modular reactor (SMR) solutions.
Practice head
David McCullough; Jeff Merrifield
Other key lawyers
Alicia McKnight; Elina Teplinsky; Michael Lepre
