Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP‘s energy and infrastructure group offers assistance with structuring transactions, regulatory issues, and M&A deals, as well as financing, investments, and energy transitions for sponsors, financial institutions, lenders, and underwriters. The team has built a broad client roster comprised of noteworthy businesses from the financial services, energy, and infrastructure sectors such as BlackRock and Invenergy. Co-leading the departments in Houston and New York are Breen Haire and Eli Hunt respectively. Haire stands out for her aptitude handling acquisitions and dispositions, controlled auctions, and investments, while Hunt is adept at leading on joint ventures, reorganizations, and M&A. On the banking and credit transaction front, Houston’s Matthew Einbinder is the main contact in the practice, while New York-based Brian Chisling concentrates on federal and state regulatory issues. Other key practitioners in the group include Houston-based buyout and capital raising expert Shamus Crosby, and transmission and distribution specialist Javad Asghari, who is based between New York and Los Angeles and joined the team in April 2024 from Milbank.