Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP
Client SatisfactionPillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP‘s cross-disciplinary energy and infrastructure projects team continues to provide counsel on a diverse range of both conventional and renewable energy projects. This includes areas such as mobility and transportation, land use, energy storage, and electric vehicles and mobility. The team is jointly led by Robert James in San Francisco and Jeff Merrifield in Washington DC. In San Francisco, Bob Nelson serves as a trusted advisor for major domestic electric utility companies, while Washington DC-based Elina Teplinsky leads the firm’s energy industry group and is routinely assisted by New York’s Shellka Arora-Cox. From the San Francisco office, Alicia McKnight is recognized for advising Chevron, a long-time client of the firm, on various geothermal and solar power transactions.
Key clients
- APG Asset Management NV
- Chevron New Energies
- SK and SK Innovation
- TeraWatt Infrastructure
- Duke Energy
- CleanChoice Energy
- Nikola Corporation
- NorthStar Group
- Cameco Corp
- Oklo, Inc.
- Brookfield Renewable Energy
- Orsted
- Tenaska
Work highlights
- Represented Chevron New Energies in a joint venture with Sweden-based investment firm Baseload Capital to develop geothermal projects in the US.
- Represented Dutch pension manager APG Asset Management in its purchase from Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners of a major stake in a solar project.
- Advised SK and SK Innovation on its investment in TerraPower.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Robert James, Jeff Merrifield