Across the country and around the world, Husch Blackwell clients are blazing new trails in energy production and sustainability – and we’re right there with them. As the national spotlight refocuses on renewable and alternative energy technology, we draw on our long history in traditional energy sectors to help developers, investors, owners and lenders forge the future.
Our Energy & Natural Resources law team includes former regulatory commissioners and legislators who have led key energy policies. Our attorneys have extensive experience guiding multinational energy companies through the complex business and regulatory issues facing today’s energy companies.
Strategic Transactions Between 2007 and 2017, we led our clients through energy mergers and acquisitions worth $21.8 billion. Although we have a keen focus on renewable power generation deals, which totaled $9 billion, our energy law experience spans the industry. Our mergers and acquisitions work also includes utilities, oil and gas companies, transmission companies and fossil fuel power generation.
Our team helped POET consolidate 26 bioprocessing plants in a massive transition via numerous mergers over a three-year period.
James Hoecker and Sylvia Bartells authored an article on an October 16, 2018 FERC order in the remand proceeding associated with Emera Maine v. FERC.
Full article: How FERC Aims to Change Transmission Rate Setting
Megan Caldwell discusses the history of asbestos use and its potential return, due to a proposed Significant New Use Rule proposed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Carlos Rodriguez provides expert analysis on potential changes affecting the Clean Air Act permitting process.
Emerging Environmental Law Trends Webinar Series
Meeting Texas’ Energy Needs as Renewable Energy Evolves and Grows
Webinar Series: Meeting Texas’ Energy Needs as Renewable Energy Evolves and Grows
Webinar Series: Meeting Texas' Energy Needs as Renewable Energy Evolves and Grows
Meeting Texas’ Energy Needs as Renewable Energy Evolves and Grows Webinar Series
Texas Legislative Preview
Topics and Trends: Renewable Energy Projects in 2018
New Directions: Renewable Energy in a Transforming Environment Webinar Series
Chauncey Lane spoke on an ABA Business Law Section panel sponsored by the Section's Mergers and Acquisitions Committee.
Topics and Trends: Renewable Energy Projects in 2018 Webinar Series
What Every Generator of Organic Waste Needs to Know: "Green Attributes" Can Make Biogas Economic for You!
Nearly 60 percent of the firm's 2020 partnership class is comprised of women.
The Gas & Power Institute presents a full program that covers timely topics relevant to the gas and power industry in light of the changing landscape of rules, regulation, legislation, and environmental requirements.
The firm has eight "Lawyers of the Year" and 11 attorneys appearing on the list for the first time.
The Court agreed that the relevant insurance statutes prohibited Dane County from imposing the insurance conditions in Enbridge’s permit.
Super Lawyers, a Thomson Reuters business, is a rating service of outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.
Closing of the transaction is expected to occur in late 2019 and is subject to customary closing conditions.
The webinar series will focus on the latest topics affecting the Texas energy industry and customers.
The $460 million transaction is expected to close during the summer of 2019.
Horn has more than four decades of public and private sector experience.
The arrival of Timothy Million and Randall Rios continues Husch Blackwell’s momentum in the Texas marketplace.
Ben Kass speaks on a panel entitled "Global Storage - Lessons from International Markets" at the Energy Storage Summit December 11-12, 2018
The Wisconsin Law Journal honored 28 Unsung Heroes, including Husch Blackwell paralegal Joslyn Benrud, at an event on December 5, 2018 at the Grain Exchange in downtown Milwaukee.
Husch Blackwell represented one of the world’s leading producers of ethanol in its sale of three plants across three states.
Adam Sachs contributes perspective on the ways lobbyists add value to the political system.
Husch Blackwell is recognized as a top litigation firm in the 2019 edition of Benchmark Litigation, with 28 attorneys across six offices listed.
Ten Husch Blackwell attorneys have earned rankings in the IFLR 1000, a directory of leading transactional attorneys. The firm also earned rankings in three state jurisdictions.
Chris Reeder discusses topics of note and how the annual Gas & Power Institute — and the industry at large — has evolved over the past two decades.
The Best Lawyers in America® has listed 143 Husch Blackwell attorneys in its 2019 directory. The firm has eight "Lawyers of the Year" and five attorneys appearing on the list for the first time.
Chauncey M. Lane joins the 43rd Leadership Dallas class.
Brian Hendrix comments on a case involving the federal government and coal companies.
Brian Hendrix comments on the implications of a recent ruling on mine safety.
James Hoecker comments on hot topics in the gas and power sector during the annual Energy Bar Association meeting.
Husch Blackwell partners with TREIA once again to present a webinar series focused on the Texas renewable energy industry.
James Hoecker comments on the Trump Administration’s $1.5 million infrastructure plan.
James Hoecker comments on a call to look at changes to the 1999 FERC policy regarding pipelines.
Husch Blackwell received recognition as a National Tier 1 firm in eight practice areas in the U.S. News & World Report and Best Lawyers 2018 “Best Law Firms” rankings released today.
“The commercial viability of our biofuel refining technology is made possible through international collaboration among world-class organizations. Husch Blackwell helped facilitate these relationships and the financing necessary to move our projects forward.”
“Thanks for Husch Blackwell’s help and great work on Phoebe Solar. Innergex would not have been able to do this complex project without you. We greatly appreciated your expertise on construction and real estate matters.”
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