
Under the leadership of Washington DC attorney Ron Tenpas, Vinson & Elkins LLP demonstrates the ability to advise across a wide array of regulatory and transactional mandates with notable strength on energy transactions, spanning carbon capture, sequestration, and renewable fuels mandates. George Hopkins is a key contact for the structured allocations of liability in mergers and acquisitions and the conduction of diligence and negotiations of environmental requirements in connection with asset sales and project financings and sits in the DC office, alongside counsel Corinne Snow who handles disclosures for debt and equity offerings and environmental terms in agreements. Over in the Houston office, Matthew Dobbins routinely advises private equity funds and financial institutions on environmental liability management.
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Key clients
- New Fortress Energy LLC
- Magellan Midstream Partners, L.P.
- Genera PR LLC (a subsidiary of New Fortress Energy LLC)
- NFEnergia, LLC and NFE Power PR LLC (subsidiaries of New Fortress Energy LLC)
- Enbridge, Inc.
- Endeavor Energy Resources, L.P.
- Waste Management, Inc.
- Stonepeak Partners LP
- Apollo Global Management, Inc.
- Energy Transfer, LP
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Practice head
Ronald Tenpas
Other key lawyers
George C. Hopkins; Corinne Snow; Matthew Dobbins; Brandon Tuck