Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman, LLP‘s cross-disciplinary energy team includes key names Ben Clark and David McCullough, who bring extensive sector-focused M&A experience between them, and Don Lonczak, who joined from Bracewell LLP in August 2023 and is well reputed for his tax expertise. The trio join an already established team that features practice head Robert James, who operates out of San Francisco and is especially strong on energy transition mandates, and fellow practice lead and New York attorney Jeffrey Delaney, who possesses a formidable capital markets offering. Robert Nelson is the chief point of contact for the firm’s roster of marquee energy holding companies and investment funds and advises from San Francisco. Washington DC’s Elina Teplinsky has been predominantly engaged with nuclear-related transactions in recent work highlights, whereas Shellka Arora-Cox has focused on solar deals from New York.