Energy and natural resources issues present tremendous global challenges and opportunities. Covington lawyers and policy advisors bring to bear an unmatched array of expertise and long experience in these critically important, interdependent and rapidly transforming industries.
Our clients span the entire spectrum of industry participants including the largest multinational and state-owned oil and gas companies, pipeline and transport companies, major electric utilities, mining and mining equipment firms, nuclear developers, a full range of renewable energy companies and investors and financiers to all of the foregoing.
We operate seamlessly across all of our offices in North America, Europe and Asia to deliver coordinated advice and representation in regulatory and legislative matters, litigation, and transactional work that maximizes value for our broad range of clients.
Representative Matters
Oil & Gas
- Multinational oil & gas majors, independents and crude oil refiners in international commercial and treaty arbitrations, including serving as lead counsel for a major energy company seeking multi-billion dollar compensation for the expropriation of assets in Latin America.
- All of the major oil and gas trade associations in defending multiple district court and court of appeals lawsuits raising environmental challenges to continued exploration and development in the Gulf of Mexico.
- Oil and gas exploration and production companies in over $20 billion in recent M&A transactions and over $2 billion in recent capital markets financings.
- A range of multinational and domestic energy companies on FERC, CFTC, FCPA, and trade control investigations, litigation, enforcement and compliance matters.
- Policyholders in litigation securing insurance coverage for oil spills and other energy related claims.
Electricity
- Electric utilities, independent power producers and developers in over $30 billion in recent project and capital markets financings and over $60 billion in M&A transactions.
- Clients with respect to regional transmission organizations, power markets, transmission investment, implementation of smart-grid technologies, demand response and FERC and CFTC enforcement and compliance.
- Financial firms, energy companies and sovereign wealth funds in obtaining energy regulatory approvals at FERC and the NRC for significant energy transactions, including the largest leveraged buyout in US history.
Renewables & Cleantech
- Multiple solar energy companies in capital markets transactions, project financings, M&A transactions, and transactions involving loan guarantees under Department of Energy programs, and advising on generation interconnection policies and procedures.
- Several prominent algal-based biofuels joint ventures.
- Wind energy companies in capital raising, including an initial public offering, and in regulatory issues for off-shore projects.
- A 515 (and growing) member coalition before FERC, Congress, the Department of Energy and state utility commissions with respect to electricity competition, demand response and renewable energy policy, and a coalition of energy industry participants in efforts to develop a federal "green bank" to promote renewable energy investment.
Mining
- Globally recognized mining and mining equipment companies in antitrust, commercial, corporate, environmental, insurance, securities and regulatory compliance matters.
Accolades
- The Best Lawyers in America (2012)
- Energy: Robert Fleishman, William Massey, and Richard Meserve
- Chambers USA - America's Leading Business Lawyers (2011)
- Antitrust - Firm (D.C.): Thomas Barnett, Deborah Garza, and Alan Wiseman
- Climate Change - Firm (Nationwide): Rubén Kraiem
- Energy/Electricity - Firm (Nationwide): William Massey
- Energy/Oil & Gas - Firm (Nationwide): Robert Fleishman and William Massey
- Insurance - Policyholder - Firm (Nationwide, D.C. and California): David Goodwin, Mitchell Dolin, and others
- International Arbitration - Firm (Nationwide): Oscar Garibaldi and Eugene Gulland
- International Trade - Export Controls & Economic Sanctions - Firm (Nationwide): Peter Trooboff and Peter Flanagan
- The Legal 500 (2010)
- Litigation - Energy: William Massey, William Collins, Andrew Jack, Steven Rosenbaum, Robert Fleishman, and Oscar Garibaldi
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