Bracewell LLP provides clients with a coast-to-coast regulatory practice that covers climate change, infrastructure development, particularly within the renewable energy sphere, ESG, hazardous waste, chemicals and contamination in addition to incident response. The group is co-led from Washington DC by Jason Hutt , who specializes in energy and environmental matters, and Jeffrey Holmstead , an experienced climate change lawyer, whose extensive experience in the Clean Air Act secures him a spread of work from the energy and industrial sectors. Over in Austin, Timothy Wilkins is a name to note for matters relating to the energy transition and ESG, while Brittany Pemberton, of the Washington DC office, attracts clients from the industrial and energy sectors for her experience handling regulatory compliance and enforcement mandates.

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Key clients

  • Equinor Wind
  • Texas Eastern Transmission, L.P.
  • Vanguard Renewables
  • Republic Services, Inc.
  • The Dow Chemical Company
  • City of Chicago
  • Gulf Coast Sequestration
  • US Chamber of Commerce
  • Sinclair
  • Wyoming Refining Company
  • Cheniere Energy, Inc.

Work highlights

  • Counsel to Par Pacific, representing the company on all of its environmental compliance, permitting and enforcement needs.
  • Counsel to Equinor Wind, a global energy company, concerning its offshore wind business in the United States.

Lawyers

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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Jason B. Hutt, Jeffrey R. Holmstead

Other key lawyers

Sara Burgin, Kevin Ewing, Kevin Collins, Ann Navaro, Matthew Paulson, Whit Swift, Timothy Wilkins, Brittany Pemberton