McGuireWoods LLP

The energy M&A and finance group at McGuireWoods LLP is a leading choice for utilities companies, independent power producers, developers, and private equity funds. Retail energy M&A, power purchase agreement structuring, and joint ventures are key areas of focus for the team, particularly in renewable and sustainable energy mandates. At the team’s helm are Joanne Katsantonis in Richmond and Brian Kelly in Baltimore. Katsantonis is a key advisor to public utilities and independent power producers in M&A, auctions, and transactions structuring; Kelly specializes in M&A, energy project and infrastructure development, project finance, and commodities transactions. In Baltimore, Heather Welch Arbogast is a stand-out practitioner for M&A, joint ventures, and structured commodity transactions for developers, power purchasers, sponsors, and investors. In Houston, Edmund Daniels is an expert in joint ventures for power plants and gas pipelines and the acquisition and disposition of natural gas and fuel pipelines.