Avocats – United States

J. Michael Portillo

Special Counsel

Baker Botts L.L.P.

J. Patrick Nevins

Patrick Nevins advises energy industry market participants on all aspects of major infrastructure project development, administrative litigation, and high-stakes regulatory matters and transactions. Drawing on over 30 years of experience, Patrick represents electric utilities, oil and liquids pipelines and shippers, and companies in all segments of the natural gas industry, including: LNG project developers, pipeline and storage companies, LDCs, marketers, and producers. Patrick also frequently represents investors, lenders, and others with interests in such regulated energy companies. He combines a business-focused approach with his sophisticated understanding of the energy regulatory landscape to guide clients with respect to commercial arrangements and regulatory approvals for major infrastructure projects, including: new and expanding gas pipelines, LNG projects, gathering and processing facilities, and NGL pipelines. Patrick represents clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), state regulatory commissions, the Department of Energy (DOE), and in the US Courts of Appeals concerning the judicial review of agency decisions. He also regularly provides regulatory and industry expertise to support major financing and M&A transactions in the oil, gas and LNG industries.

Latham & Watkins

J. Robert Sheppard III

Senior Associate

Hogan Thompson Schuelke LLP

J. Ryan McCarthy

Ryan McCarthy is a partner in the Boston office of Latham & Watkins. He has a broad-based corporate practice, representing public and private companies in connection with mergers and acquisitions, complex investments, carve-outs, auction processes, joint ventures, reorganizations and other general corporate matters.

Latham & Watkins

J. Scott McBride

Bartlit Beck LLP

J. Thomas Bashore

Partner

Ballard Spahr LLP

J. William Manuel

Partner

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

J.C. André

Partner - Litigation and Investigations

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

J.C. Boggs

Partner

King & Spalding

J.P. Jaillet

J.P. Jaillet, Co-Chair of Choate’s Litigation Department, focuses on financial litigation. J.P. represents insurers, reinsurers, lenders, and secured creditors in court and arbitration. In addition to his practice, J.P. serves as Choate’s Hiring Partner, where he helps lead firm-wide attorney recruitment.

Choate, Hall & Stewart

J.R. Smith

Partner

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

J.W Perry

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

J.W. Perry

Partner

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP

JD Marple

JD Marple is a partner in Latham & Watkins' Silicon Valley office and a member of the Corporate Department. His practice focuses on strategic counseling and negotiation advice with respect to technology transactions and outsourcing arrangements. Mr. Marple regularly structures and negotiates a wide variety of transactions, including strategic alliances, joint ventures, intellectual property asset acquisitions, patent and other intellectual property licenses, manufacturing, supply and distribution agreements, and marketing and advertising agreements.

Latham & Watkins

JR Lanis

JR Lanis is the firmwide co-leader of BakerHostetler’s Capital Markets and Securities and Corporate Governance practice. He advises clients on public company securities offerings and reporting, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate transactional and governance needs. He structures and negotiates public stock and debt offerings, tender offers, rights offerings, IPOs, all forms of mergers and acquisitions, licensing deals and other commercial matters. JR serves as outside counsel to numerous public companies, investment banks and registered investment companies and is experienced in listing and reporting for OTC, Nasdaq and NYSE-listed issuers. He represents strategic and private equity and family office-backed buyers and sellers of businesses and product lines. JR’s clients include publicly traded and privately held companies and investors in a variety of industries, including professional sports, food and beverage, technology, financial services, hospitality, entertainment and life sciences. In addition to his role as co-leader of the firm’s Capital Markets and Securities and Corporate Governance practice, JR leads the Los Angeles office’s Business practice team and chairs the firm’s West Coast Business Development Committee, which is responsible for client relationship, marketing and branding initiatives among BakerHostetler’s Los Angeles, Orange County, San Francisco and Seattle offices.

BakerHostetler

Jack Antoniou

Jack Antoniou is an associate in the Real Estate practice of Dentons Middle East. He has experience advising clients on a broad range of commercial real estate matters, with a focus on real estate finance transactions and within the energy, infrastructure and investment sectors. He provides practical and commercially focused legal advice to a diverse client base, including developers, investors, lenders and public sector entities. Jack has experience across all aspects of real estate law, including acquisitions and disposals, commercial leasing, development work and real estate finance. He has particular experience advising on real estate finance and large-scale energy and infrastructure projects, including battery energy storage systems (BESS), solar, wind and nuclear developments, as well as nationally significant linear projects. His expertise includes the negotiation of options and easements, often involving compulsory purchase considerations, and advising on mixed-use development arrangements.

Dentons

Jack Atkin

Commercial Litigation; Mass Tort, Toxic Tort and Product Liability Litigation

Kasowitz LLP

Jack Barufka

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Jack Clark

Jack is a partner in Thompson Hine’s Construction practice group, focusing on transactional “front end” representation of public-sector owners, private developers, investors, contractors and design professionals. He advises clients on a variety of construction and real estate development matters, including agreements for construction management, design-build, EPC, design services, acquisitions, leasing and public-private partnerships. He also provides contract drafting and negotiation, project-delivery method evaluation, compliance analysis, and insurance and risk management counseling services. Jack has a particular interest in affordable housing and public-private partnership (P3) projects, including counseling clients on the intricacies of state and local law impacting project bidding, award and management and overall deal structure. Jack’s experience includes representing clients from various industries on projects including mixed-use and multifamily residential developments, chemical and industrial plants, distribution warehouses, office buildings and sports stadia. During law school, Jack served as an extern for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), providing support for federal regulatory initiatives and reviewing project documents for new construction and renovation projects utilizing Federal Housing Administration (FHA)-insured financing, such as affordable housing, senior living centers and health care facilities.

Thompson Hine LLP

Jack Creedon

https://www.ropesgray.com/en/people/c/jack-m-creedon

Ropes & Gray LLP

Jack E. Lange

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Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP

Jack Fields

Of Counsel

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP

Jack Fitzpatrick

Jack Fitzpatrick is a partner in the Corporate Department at Paul Hastings and is based in the firm’s New York office. Jack specializes in leveraged finance transactions, specifically private credit and special situations investing. He represents private credit funds, special situation and opportunistic funds, business development companies (BDCs), hedge funds and other investment advisors, leading financial institutions and borrowers in LBOs, leveraged finance, unitranche, first lien/second lien, mezzanine, debtor-in-possession financings, rescues, exits, liability management transactions and other secured and unsecured lending transactions.

Paul Hastings LLP

Jack Hayes

Partner

Steptoe LLP