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Bracewell LLP Offices
2001 M STREET, NW, SUITE 900
WASHINGTON DC 20036
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
United States
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Laura D. Sheldon
Work Department
Energy
Position
Laura Sheldon concentrates on US and cross-border transactions in the energy and infrastructure sectors, including the sale and purchase of renewable assets, as well as the development and infrastructure stages of energy projects. She advises clients on asset and stock purchase agreements, joint venture agreements, transition services agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, build-out agreements, project administration agreements, EPC agreements and other procurement and development agreements.
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Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
Bracewell LLP continues to work on both traditional power and large scale renewable projects, with an increased flow of battery storage and carbon capture instructions coming through the firm’s diverse pipeline of mandates. The group has seen an increased engagement with private equity funds, working with the likes of Arroyo Energy Investment Partners and Rockland Capital on natural gas and oil-fired power facilities. Debt and equity capital markets are another key feature of the firm’s practice, demonstrating a wide breadth of capabilities by advising on the underwriters, issuer, and investor side of multi-million and multi-billion dollar transactions. Team lead Ryan Holcomb operates out of Houston and is predominantly focused on traditional power projects, competently overseeing the transactional, regulatory and commercial aspects of complex, high-value deals. The New York-based trio of practice co-heads Catherine Hood, Todd Eckland and J. Anthony Terrell are integral figures to the firm’s capital markets offering, assisting energy and utility players across the full array of securities offerings. Energy M&A specialist Danielle Varnell is well-versed in both greenfield and brownfield developments and has had a concentrated focus on renewables and energy transition assets over the past twelve months, and is often supported by Laura Sheldon, with the duo advising from the firm’s Washington DC office. Associate Shannon Baldwin acts out of Houston and is noted for her engagement with an impressive breadth of practice matters, whereas associate Stephen McNamara is primarily concerned with capital markets work and sits in New York.
United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power
Perceived as ‘substantive experts’ in the energy sector, Bracewell LLP‘s sizeable energy group acts in the full range of deals in the renewables space, as well as supporting clients through the development of solar, wind, and power storage projects, among others. Clients include a variety of energy companies but the team also acts on the lender side of deals for banks and financial institutions. Alan Rafte and Ryan Holcomb at the Houston office oversee the department with Washington DC-based Danielle Varnell, who has particular experience in onshore and offshore wind, and solar and battery storage projects. Nicolai Sarad in New York counts MUFG as a client in renewables matters, while in Houston Fernando Rodriguez Marin is noted for cross-border matters involving Latin American jurisdictions. Natural resources lawyer Kevin Ewing is another contact to note in Houston, and younger partners Laura Sheldon and Steven Lorch, in Washington DC and New York respectively, are further key names.
Lawyer Rankings
- Energy transactions: electric power United States > Energy
- Renewable/alternative power United States > Energy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy regulation: oil and gas
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Finance > Project finance
Firm Rankings
- Energy > Energy litigation: electric power
- Energy > Energy litigation: oil and gas
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Environment > Environment: regulatory
- Insurance > Advice to policyholders
- Environment > Environment: litigation
- Environment > Environment: transactional
- Government > Government relations
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Finance > Capital markets: debt offerings
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Real estate > Construction (including construction litigation)
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: large deals ($1bn+)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense