Bracewell LLP

Bracewell LLP is adept at a broad array of sophisticated financing structures related to energy and infrastructure projects, with its lawyers demonstrating a wealth of knowledge on PPPs and ‘the relevant credit agreements’. Practice specialities include social infrastructure, transportation, water and renewable energy projects. Thomas Tomlinson and G. Alan Rafte co-chair the firm’s energy project finance team out of Houston. Tomlinson has a deep knowledge of developing both conventional and renewable energy projects, while Rafte is a leading figure for oil and gas pipelines and midstream facilities. Alongside Tomlinson, Nicolai Sarad spearheads the infrastructure project finance team and offers expertise on significant PPP projects in the United States. Other stand-out practitioners in New York include Jeris Diana Brunette, who focuses on senior and subordinated debt financings and commercial lending for renewable energy projects, and Fernando Rodriguez Marin, who assists with infrastructure and renewable energy PPP projects. In San Antonio, Blakely Fernandez is adept at structuring projects which involve public benefits and incentives.