Jay Hughes

Jay focuses his practice on public and private mergers and acquisitions as well as energy transactions and financings, primarily in the oil and gas, power, and renewable energy industries.

M&A Practice Jay advises public and private companies in the structuring, financing, negotiation and consummation of business acquisitions, distressed asset acquisitions, divestitures and mergers ranging in size from several million dollars to fifteen billion dollars.

Energy Transactions and Finance Jay has considerable experience and knowledge advising clients in the power sector, including both fossil fuel and renewables (wind and solar in particular). He regularly advises publicly traded and privately held energy companies on matters involving acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures, project development, mineral conveyancing, and transactions associated with upstream operations and oilfield services.

He also advises utilities, developers, and private equity and infrastructure funds in the sale and acquisition of a range of power assets, including nuclear, gas-fired, combined-cycle, hydro, coal, solar, wind, renewable natural gas and other alternative fuels.

While earning his undergraduate degree from the University of Richmond, Jay studied abroad at the Central American Institute for International Studies in San Jose, Costa Rica.