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Energy issues present tremendous challenges and opportunities in both the fuels and power segments of the global energy industry. Covington lawyers and policy advisors offer an unmatched array of expertise and long experience in these critically important, interdependent and rapidly transforming industries.
We operate seamlessly across all our offices to deliver coordinated advice and representation in regulatory and legislative matters, litigation and arbitration, and transactional work that maximizes value for our broad range of clients.
Our energy clients span the entire spectrum of industry participants including the largest multinational and state-owned oil and gas companies, pipeline and transport companies, electric utilities and independent power producers, nuclear developers, a full range of solar, wind and other renewable energy companies, and companies with leading edge technologies in biofuels and clean transportation, energy efficiency, demand management and smart grid, and resource management.
We also advise venture capital firms, private equity firms, investment banks and commercial banks that provide investment capital to these businesses as well as leading trade associations for many of these industry segments.
For information regarding our diverse experience across the energy sub-industries please refer to the links below:
- Fuels
- Energy & Transportation Technologies
- Electric Power
Energy Company Russia Sanctions
Advice to leading U.S. and international energy companies on the scope and application of U.S. and EU sanctions against Russia in the context of new and existing projects and investments.
Representation of BP on Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Regulatory Considerations
Advised BP on its compliance with environmental, social, and economic conditions imposed by international public lenders in connection with financing of the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan pipeline.
Russia Oil and Gas Exploration Business
Baltic Petroleum in financing arrangements for joint venture with Siberian Energy Group to run Zauralneftegaz oil and gas exploration business in Russian Federation.
Representing Oil and Gas Companies on Export Control Regulations
Advising companies in the oil and gas sector on U.S. and EU export control regulations as relevant to doing business in Russia.
Advising on Financial and Energy Sector on U.S. and EU Sanctions
Counseling a major U.S. company on the operations of its Russian subsidiary in the wake of U.S. and EU sanctions, including advising it on the application of financial and energy sector sanctions to a range of ongoing and future projects.
Representation of Baltic Petroleum Ltd. in a Joint Venture
Advised Baltic Petroleum Ltd. in its joint venture with Siberian Energy Group to run the Zauaralneftegaz oil and gas exploration business in the Russian Federation.
Oil and Gas Joint Venture
Baltic Petroleum in financing arrangements for joint venture with Siberian Energy Group to run Zauralneftegaz oil and gas exploration business in the Russian Federation.
October 1, 2019, Law360
Law360 covered William Phillips, David Pinsky, Joshua Picker, Marney Cheek, and William Lowery’s representation of Naftogaz, Ukraine's state-owned oil and gas company, in its pursuit of documents from Gazprom's Dallas-based oil and gas reserves auditor as the company pursues litigation in the Netherlands to enforce a $2.56 billion arbitral award against the ...
April 23, 2019, Commercial Dispute Resolution
Commercial Dispute Resolution mentioned Covington as legal counsel to Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state-owned oil and gas company, advising the company in its victory over the Russian government that illegally expropriated the oil company’s assets in Crimea. David Pinsky described it as “an important day” for the oil company, explaining: “Russia targeted Naftogaz’s ...
March 1, 2019
WASHINGTON—Covington secured a major victory on behalf of Ukraine’s state-owned oil and gas company, NJSC Naftogaz of Ukraine, in an international arbitration against the Russian Federation. A tribunal sitting at the Permanent Court of Arbitration, in The Hague, concluded that Russia unlawfully expropriated Naftogaz’s assets in Crimea, in violation of Russia’s ...
How Russian Oil Giant Rosneft Could Claim U.S. Oil
March 9, 2017, CBS News
Mark Plotkin is quoted in a CBS News article regarding Rosneft’s potential right to claim an ownership stake in U.S. oil company Citgo Petroleum. Commenting on the CFIUS process and whether committee members with potential conflicts have recused themselves, Plotkin says, “We don’t know because of the nature of the CFIUS process, which is confidential.”
UK Votes to Leave the EU
June 24, 2016, Covington Alert
The UK has voted to leave the European Union in an advisory referendum. 52% leave - 48% remain. Were the UK to leave the EU, this would have significant implications for the UK and for international businesses operating in the UK. The longer term impact of the decision on the regulatory framework for the UK will depend, in part, on the relationship that the UK ...
David Pinsky Named Law360 'Rising Star'
April 21, 2016
New York — Law360 has named Covington international arbitration partner David Pinsky a “Rising Star.” This annual recognition honors top attorneys under the age of 40 “whose legal accomplishments belie their age.” Law360 recognized how Mr. Pinsky, who leads Covington’s arbitration group’s Russia and Eurasia initiative, helped develop the firm’s Russia-focused ...
- Law360
- Names Covington energy practice as one of the top five “Energy Practice Groups of the Year” (2014)
- Names Covington as an “Energy Group of the Year” (2013)
- Law360 - Most Valuable Players
- Energy: Steven Rosenbaum (2012)
- U.S. News - Best Law Firms, Energy Law, Tier 1 (2014-2015)
- The Best Lawyers in America (2017-2019)
- Energy: William Massey, Richard Meserve, and Mark Perlis
- Chambers Global (2017-2019)
- Energy - Electricity - Regulatory & Litigation (US)
- Energy & Natural Resources (US): William Massey and Mark Perlis
- Chambers USA (2017-2019)
- Energy: Electricity (Regulatory & Litigation) (Nationwide)
- Corporate/M&A and Private Equity (DC): Andrew Jack
- Energy/Electricity (Nationwide): William Massey and Mark Perlis
- Energy/Nuclear (Nationwide): Richard Meserve
- Legal 500 Latin America (2016)
- Energy: Litigation
- Legal 500 EMEA (2016)
- Belgium, EU Regulatory, Energy - Tier 1 ranking
- Belgium, EU Regulatory, Energy - Recommended Lawyer: Cándido García Molyneux
- Legal 500 US (2017)
- Energy: Litigation
- Energy: Litigation - Recommended Lawyers: Miguel López Forastier and Steven Rosenbaum
- Energy: Regulatory
- Energy: Regulatory - Recommended Lawyers: James Dean and William Massey
- Energy: Renewable/Alternative - Recommended Lawyers: Andrew Jack and Steven Rosenbaum
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