Jorge Kamine > Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP > New York, United States > Lawyer Profile

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP‘s power and renewable energy practice represents a range of utilities companies, independent power producers, investors, and developers in a spectrum of transactional and regulatory matters concerning power and renewable generation assets. The team is co-led by Houston lawyer Archie Fallon, renowned for his representation of private equity funds and corporate clients in strategic transactions – primarily within the energy, infrastructure, and technology sectors, alongside New York’s Samantha Leavitt. In New York, co-head Eric Pogue chairs the firm’s global power and renewable energy group, while Washington DC’s Jorge Kamine focuses his capabilities on the debt and equity financing of projects, as well as the structuring, acquisition, and divestment of investments in a diverse array of energy and infrastructure projects. Amanda Rosenberg in Los Angeles is distinguished for her expertise in the development, financing, sale, and acquisition of renewable and clean energy assets. Former practice co-head Jay Hughes left the firm in January 2024.

Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP has been building its Latin America expertise in recent years, with a notable emphasis on private equity investments, strategic M&A deals and transactions linked to energy and infrastructure assets. Insurance is another key sector for the firm. It now has a strong emphasis on Brazil through native Brazilian and New York-based partner Anna Martini Pereira, although she is also active in deals across the region, including transactions in the financial institutions, technology and consumer goods sectors. Washington DC, New York and Houston-based Jorge Kamine provides further senior expertise in energy and infrastructure transactions. Former Latin America department head Maria-Leticia Ossa Daza left the firm in May 2024. Since the conclusion of research, the firm has hired a group of 11 capital markets and M&A specialists from Mayer Brown (effective as of August 2024), including five partners and six associates, to the firm’s Chicago office; among them capital markets expert Jennifer Carlson has considerable experience of Latin America.