Bracewell LLP’s environmental, lands, and resources group stands out for its expertise in the energy, chemical, and infrastructure sectors, having recently acted for Phillips 66 on its acquisition of the remaining ownership interest in WRB Refining LP from subsidiaries of Cenovus Energy Inc. Jason Hutt co-heads the practice from Washington DC and is recommended for his work on enforcement defense, having acted on matters relating to the EPA’s national enforcement initiatives. Co-heading the practice from the firm’s Austin office, Timothy Wilkins works closely with clients on environmental compliance audits. Taylor Stuart represents energy, infrastructure, and industrial clients in regulatory and litigation matters related to offshore wind development, midstream, and downstream energy from the DC office. The office is also home to Kevin Voelkel, a name of note for assistance with a host of regulatory, enforcement, and policy matters.
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‘Bracewell brings practicality and great context for assessing risks. They explain risk succinctly for deal people. They assist in getting the transaction completed with the right terms to protect the client's interests. So many lawyers are zero risk and create chaos during deals. Bracewell excels at avoiding this type of chaos.’
‘Jason Hutt, Timothy Wilkins, Kevin Ewing, Kevin Voekel, Taylor Stuart as well as the whole team work collaboratively and excel at assisting in creating risk management strategies to get the deal completed and protect the client. They work collaboratively with all due diligence streams, the client and the target. They are successful in creating the right arguments and explanations to get the correct terms in place.’
Key clients
- Beowulf Electricity & Data
- Phillips 66
- Equinor Wind Services LLC
- DNB ASA
- Apache Corporation
- Rockland Capital, LP
- Competitive Power Ventures
- PPL Corporation
- Underwriters for DTE Energy Company
- Kinder Morgan
- Southern Natural Gas Company, LLC
- AEP Transmission Company LLC
- Republic Services
- Par Pacific
- PSC Group LLC
Work highlights
Represented Beowulf Electricity & Data LLC in its acquisition by TeraWulf Inc. for approximately $52.4 million in cash and stock.
Advises Kinder Morgan and certain subsidiaries in revising and updating environmental disclosures and risk factors in SEC filings, which included the 2024 10-K annual report for Kinder Morgan, Inc.
Represented Phillips 66 in its definitive agreement to acquire the remaining 50 percent ownership interest in WRB Refining LP from subsidiaries of Cenovus Energy Inc. for total cash consideration of $1.4 billion, subject to customary purchase price adjustments.
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Practice head
Jason Hutt; Timothy Wilkins
Other key lawyers
Taylor Stuart; Kevin Voelkel; Kevin Ewing