With expertise in development and financing, energy transition, and power and renewables transactions, the energy and infrastructure practice at Paul Hastings LLP is a good choice for businesses from the energy and financial services sectors. The department also has strengths in partnerships, tax equity, and debt capital markets which, together with its cross-border capabilities, have amassed a strong client roster which is made up of notable banks, green energy companies, and asset management groups. Heading up the team in New York are project finance and development experts Robert Freedman and Gregory Tan. Both Freedman and Tan have extensive experience advising sponsors, lenders, and financial institutions on limited recourse and structured financings, restructuring, and acquisitions and dispositions. In Houston, Luis Gomar is the main contact in the group and concentrates on M&A, asset acquisitions and divestitures, and joint ventures, alongside equity products, fund formations, and investments.
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‘Rob Freeman and David Avila are an effective and affable team. They know what they are doing and they are good people with which to work. ’
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Key clients
- Société Générale
- AES
- Mizuho
- MUFG
- Natixis
- NextEra
- PG&E
- Santander
- SMBC
- Spearmint Energy
Lawyers
Practice head
Robert Freedman; Gregory Tan
Other key lawyers
Luis Gomar; David Avila