White & Case LLP regularly acts on complex structured transactions that involve both substantial conventional power and renewable asset portfolios, particularly gas fired and nuclear projects which remain a key theme of the group’s pipeline of work. With a diverse spread of clients, the team is active on behalf of PE outfits, particularly regarding investment in early stage outfits through to the eventual sale and reinjection of capital back into the energy space. Michael Shenberg, head of US power and utilities and operating out of New York, is a key figure in some of the practice’s most prominent client relationships, such as Caline Corporation, EnCap Investments, and JERA Americas. Fellow New York practitioner Ipek Candan Snyder carries out considerable foreign investment work, often instructed by Asian asset managers and Middle Eastern clean energy developers on traditional power, battery storage and renewable deals. Houston’s Morgan Hollins provides corporate governance advice alongside her deep expertise in M&A, private equity and joint ventures, while Mingda Zhao, also in Houston, has predominantly worked with NRG Energy, Inc over the past twelve months on their energy and digital infrastructure acquisitions. Jeff Davies lends tax equity expertise from Washington DC, while Hayden Baker joined in New York from Troutman Pepper in 2023 and brings further M&A and financing capabilities. Arthur Scavone has retired.

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Key clients

  • Calpine Corporation
  • Sempra Energy
  • NRG
  • Broad Reach Power
  • Onward Energy
  • JERA Americas
  • LS Power
  • Avangrid Renewables
  • I Squared Capital
  • TotalEnergies SE
  • Schneider Electric
  • EnCap Investments

Work highlights

  • Represented NRG Energy, Inc in its $5.2 billion all cash acquisition of Vivint Smart Home, Inc inclusive of the assumption of VVNT’s debt, from Blackstone Group Inc.
  • Represented EnCap Investments L.P in its sale of Broad Reach Power LLC, a portfolio company of EnCap, to the French multinational utility company ENGIE.
  • Represented Schneider Electric Industries SAS on the €723 million sale of its , Telemecanique Sensors to YAGEO Corporation.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Michael Shenberg

Other key lawyers

Ipek Candan Snyder, Morgan Hollins, Mingda Zhao, Jeff Davies, Hayden Baker