Attorney Intel is pleased to announce The Top 25 Energy and Natural Resources Attorneys of 2025. These attorneys play a critical role in shaping the legal and regulatory frameworks that govern the world’s most vital industries, from oil and gas to renewables, utilities, and environmental infrastructure. Their work spans complex areas such as project finance, federal and state regulatory compliance, environmental litigation, permitting, land use, and cross-border transactions.
With backgrounds that include private practice, public service, and corporate counsel roles, this year’s awardees have deep experience helping energy and natural resources companies adapt to evolving legal requirements while advancing major infrastructure and clean energy projects. Their work not only supports business continuity and regulatory alignment but also ensures that investments, technologies, and partnerships are built on a sound legal foundation.
Among this year’s awardees is Mark Riedy, Partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton, who is recognized for his decades-long work in international energy and infrastructure project development and finance, advising clients across nearly 75 countries on complex transactions involving renewable and conventional fuels, electricity, chemicals, and energy storage. Tim Lundgren, Partner at Potomac Law Group, is noted for his role in shaping regulatory frameworks and facilitating the integration of emerging energy technologies, with experience guiding clients through both regulatory compliance and project development in a changing energy market. Lisa Rushton, Partner at Womble Bond Dickinson, is acknowledged for her experience in environmental litigation and compliance counseling, where she supports clients navigating site remediation, environmental liabilities, and evolving climate-related regulatory demands.
This year’s awardees were selected through a methodical process and careful consideration of each candidate’s career track record and industry contributions. Please join us in celebrating The Top 25 Energy and Natural Resources Attorneys of 2025.
1. Thomas Lorenzen
Partner, Crowell & Moring
Thomas Lorenzen is a Partner at Crowell & Moring LLP and co-chair of the firm's Environment & Natural Resources Practice Group. Crowell & Moring is an international law firm with operations in the United States, Europe, MENA, and Asia. Drawing on significant government, business, and legal experience, the firm helps clients capitalize on opportunities and provides creative solutions to complex regulatory and policy, litigation, transactional, and intellectual property issues.
During his decade-and-a-half at the Department of Justice, Lorenzen oversaw the federal government's legal defense of all of the U.S. EPA's rules and regulations. Lorenzen brings that deep understanding of the law, the courts, and the federal government to those seeking to navigate the complexities of the federal rulemaking process and comply with the vast array of federal environmental laws and regulations.
Lorenzen worked closely with the White House, EPA, and other federal agencies to develop many of the rules that he and his justice team later defended, and at Crowell, he continues to work closely and collaboratively with the federal executive branch to develop sensible and effective rules.
Previously, Lorenzen was a Partner at Dorsey & Whitney LLP and, before that, an assistant chief in the environment and natural resources division at the U.S. Department of Justice. Earlier in his career, he worked with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP as an associate. Lorenzen earned a JD in law from Harvard Law School and a bachelor’s degree in psychology from UCLA.
Thomas Lorenzen's Insight
“Consistently ranked as one of the top environmental and climate change lawyers in the nation and with over a decade’s experience at the Department of Justice supervising the legal defense of all EPA regulations, Tom Lorenzen has a deep understanding of both the federal rulemaking process and the breadth and limits of EPA’s regulatory authority. Tom has litigated or supervised many of the past two decades’ most significant environmental regulatory cases, including Massachusetts v. EPA and West Virginia v. EPA.”
2. Marc Campopiano
Partner, Latham & Watkins
Marc Campopiano is a Partner at Latham & Watkins. Latham & Watkins is a global law firm with more than 3,500 lawyers across offices in Asia, Europe, the Middle East, and the United States. Campopiano has extensive experience in obtaining governmental approvals and ensuring environmental compliance for major energy, infrastructure, and land use matters.
Campopiano has particular expertise with matters involving complex climate change, air quality, and land use issues. He represents real estate developers, energy companies, and utilities on a range of projects, including major residential and commercial development, renewable and traditional power generation, transmission lines, gas storage facilities, and cleantech development.
Campopiano formerly served as Local Chair of the Environment, Land & Resources Department in the Orange County office. Campopiano graduated from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law with a JD in environmental and energy law, from UC Santa Barbara with a master’s degree in environmental science and management, and from UCLA with a bachelor’s degree in environmental studies.
3. Mark Riedy
Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton
Mark Riedy is a Partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton. In his more than 45 years of practice, Riedy has represented clients in domestic and international matters, including energy and infrastructure, project development and debt and equity financing contracts, mergers and acquisitions, technology outsourcing, investment fund structuring and related investments therefrom, venture capital and private equity structuring and related contracts, and compliance with regulatory and legislative issues.
Prior to joining the firm, Riedy was an attorney in the Washington, D.C. office of an international law firm, where he co-led its Energy and Infrastructure Project Finance Practice and chaired its Asia Practice. Riedy first got his start in 2009 as a partner at Mintz Levin, his most recent position prior to joining Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton. Riedy graduated from the Georgetown University Law Center with a JD in law and from the University of Michigan with a bachelor’s degree in constitutional history.
Mark Riedy's Insight
“I am extremely honored to have been considered for this prestigious legal achievement award as one of The Top 25 Attorneys in Energy and Natural Resources of 2025. I am a Partner at Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP in Washington, D.C. and Chair its Energy, Project Finance & Clean Technologies Practice of approximately 40 attorneys. For 47 years, I have practiced in complex international project development and finance, private placement, M&A, investment fund structuring and related investments, along with regulatory and legislative compliance in approximately 75 countries for renewable and conventional fuels, electricity, chemicals, energy storage and infrastructure clients.”
4. Aryan Moniri
Partner, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom
Aryan Moniri is a Partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, having first joined the firm in 2008. Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and Affiliates is an international law firm that advises clients on a wide range of transactional, litigation, and regulatory matters. The firm works with corporations, financial institutions, government entities, startups, and nonprofit organizations, drawing on the experience of its attorneys across its 21 offices in major financial centers worldwide.
Moniri is the global head of the firm’s Energy and Infrastructure Projects Group. He advises clients in developing, financing, acquiring, and selling energy and infrastructure projects, both in the U.S. and internationally. Moniri regularly represents industry leaders in some of the most innovative transactions in the sector, as well as on a variety of ESG-related matters. Moniri earned a JD from the University of Virginia School of Law and a bachelor’s degree in economics and Spanish from the University of Virginia.
5. Jane Rueger
Partner, Perkins Coie
Jane Rueger is a Partner at Perkins Coie. With over 20 years of experience, Rueger practices in the Perkins Coie LLP Energy, Environment & Natural Resources Group. She draws on her deep knowledge of the electric and natural gas industries and markets to advise clients on transactional, litigation, and regulatory matters.
Her experience includes Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) litigation matters and settlements that involve electric or gas pipeline rates and RTO/ISO market structures. She also represents clients in non-public investigations into alleged violations under FERC’s market manipulation rules, the Federal Power Act (FPA), Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Natural Gas Policy Act (NGPA).
Rueger has been an active member of the Energy Bar Association (EBA) for many years. This year, she is serving as president of EBA. A published thought leader, Rueger regularly writes on topics relevant to the electric and natural gas industries, such as electric battery storage.
Before joining Perkins Coie, Rueger was a Partner at White & Case LLP. Earlier in her career, she worked with Dewey Ballantine LLP as an associate. Rueger graduated from Indiana University Bloomington with an MBA/JD in law and a master’s degree in business, and from Wellesley College with a bachelor’s degree in political science.
6. Ankur Tohan
Partner, K&L Gates
Ankur Tohan is Partner at K&L Gates. His practice focuses on energy infrastructure and natural resource development, compliance counseling, and defense of governmental and citizen enforcement actions. With an emphasis on renewable energy development and carbon management, Tohan advises a variety of industries on issues related to developing renewable power projects, carbon capture and sequestration projects, waste to energy projects, and carbon credit transactions, as well as advising clients on a broad range of complex regulatory, permitting, and enforcement matters, under federal and state laws.
Tohan first got his start in 2005 as an assistant attorney general in the Washington Attorney General's Office, before eventually rising to assistant regional counsel at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (Region 10), his most recent position prior to joining K&L Gates. Tohan graduated from Lewis and Clark Law School with a JD in law, from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a master’s degree in geography, and from the University of Vermont with a bachelor’s degree in psychology.
7. Tim Lundgren
Partner, Potomac Law Group
Tim Lundgren is a Partner at Potomac Law Group. Headquartered in Washington, DC, PLG is a new model law firm with more than 160 lawyers across over 25 states. Lundgren is co-chair of the Energy and Environmental group at Potomac Law and works out of Grand Rapids and Lansing, Michigan. His practice focuses on energy and environmental law, where he represents developers and lenders as Michigan counsel on the development of energy generation projects and also represents clients before the Michigan Public Service Commission, including energy suppliers and marketers, independent power producers, manufacturers, agricultural processors, public entities and institutions, and trade associations representing competitive power supply and business interests.
Previously, Lundgren was a partner in the energy, environment, and natural resources group at Varnum LLP. Earlier in his career, he worked with Battelle as a technical editor. Lundgren earned a JD in law from the University of Michigan Law School, a PhD in English literature and folklore from The Ohio State University, a master’s degree in English literature from the University of Colorado Boulder, and a bachelor’s degree in psychology and English from Hope College.
Tim Lundgren's Insight
“It’s an exciting time to be working in the energy industry, both on the regulatory side in facilitating the adoption of new and developing technologies into current regulatory structures, and in project development, where regulatory and market changes are affecting how energy production facilities are getting built and how and to whom they are able to sell their energy."
8. Pamela Wu
Partner, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Pamela Wu is a Partner at Morgan, Lewis & Bockius. Wu represents companies in the energy industry in a broad range of matters involving rates, market rules and regulation, and energy commodity trading before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC).
Wu advises clients seeking to reduce their carbon footprint through new infrastructure assets, clean energy technologies, and transacting carbon credits and carbon offsets. She is an active member of the firm’s Energy Commodity Trading and Compliance Working Group, Hydrogen Working Group, Electric Vehicles Working Group, and Renewables Working Group.
Wu advises clients seeking to transition their operations to achieve their climate and decarbonization goals. She counsels clients as they acquire, divest, invest in, and/or develop hydrogen assets and infrastructure, electric vehicle charging stations and infrastructure, renewable assets, electric generation and transmission assets, and natural gas facilities as they work toward their net-zero carbon emission goals. Wu provides guidance on related federal and state regulatory issues and implications and on structuring those investments and transactions to minimize regulatory compliance concerns, risks, and obligations.
Before joining Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Wu was a law clerk at Fannie Mae and before that a paralegal at Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP. Wu graduated from the American University Washington College of Law with a JD and from the University of Virginia with a bachelor’s degree in economics and music.
9. Lisa Rushton
Partner, Womble Bond Dickinson
Lisa Rushton is a Partner at Womble Bond Dickinson. Rushton has over 20 years of experience representing clients in environmental litigation and overseeing the investigation and remediation of site conditions. She counsels clients on compliance obligations and the implementation of environmental management systems and assists clients in the defense of claims relating to environmental liabilities and allegations of non-compliance.
Rushton first got her start in 1989 as a pharmaceutical sales representative at Roche. From there, she went on to Hopping Green Sams & Smith, before eventually rising to Partner at Paul Hastings, her most recent position prior to joining Womble Bond Dickinson. Rushton graduated from Tulane University Law School with a JD in environmental law and from Bucknell University with a bachelor’s degree in biology.
Lisa Rushton's Insight
“A crucial aspect of being an energy and natural resources lawyer today is being able to assist our clients in managing climate change dynamics, the energy transition and energy additionality demands, while running a business that must balance economic and environmental considerations.“
10. Dianne Phillips
Partner, Holland & Knight
Dianne Phillips is a Partner at Holland & Knight, having first joined the firm in 2003. Holland & Knight is a global law firm with more than 2,200 lawyers and other professionals in 34 offices throughout the world. Phillips is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Boston office, and she concentrates her practice in litigation, environmental, regulatory, and energy law.
Phillips' practice focuses on brownfields redevelopment and remediation, including former military installations, former manufactured gas plants (MGPs), per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) sites, and vapor intrusion sites. She regularly advises developers, lenders and investors in real estate transactions involving contaminated property, enforcement defense, citizen suits, regulatory compliance, due diligence, Massachusetts Brownfields Tax Credits, and complex project development and permitting matters, including those under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), among others.
Phillips regularly advises clients—including municipalities, industry and construction contractors—subject to federal and state environmental regulation, including the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), the Clean Water Act (CWA), the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and the Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA), as well as many state law counterparts.
Phillips previously served as assistant general counsel for Suez LNG North America LLC and its subsidiary, Distrigas of Massachusetts LLC. Earlier in her career, she was a partner at Sherburne, Powers & Needham, P.C., which later merged into Holland & Knight LLP. She holds a JD from Albany Law School and a bachelor’s degree in human development and family studies from Cornell University.
11. Aaron Crane
Partner, Hogan Lovells
Aaron Crane is a Partner at Hogan Lovells and is the Administrative Partner for the Houston office. With over 15 years of experience at the firm, Crane's clients rely on him to provide frank advice and find practical, business-oriented solutions to their most difficult problems and disputes, especially those involving business and complex commercial litigation in the energy sector.
An experienced litigator, Crane has advised and represented clients in state and federal court, administrative and regulatory hearings, and arbitral proceedings. He represents a wide variety of stakeholders in the industry, including drilling contractors, exploration and production companies, and petrochemical refiners, marketers, producers, and associated entities.
Previously, Crane was an Associate at Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP. He graduated from the University of Texas School of Law with a JD and from Vanderbilt University with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics.
12. Amina Dammann
Partner, King & Spalding
Amina Dammann is a Partner at King & Spalding. King & Spalding is an international law firm that represents a broad array of clients, including half of the Fortune Global 100, with 1,300 lawyers in 24 offices in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia.
Dammann has extensive experience representing multinational corporations in the automotive, energy, and pharma sectors. Her practice includes defending clients in governmental investigations and enforcement actions, as well as in federal and state court litigation.
Dammann has many years of experience representing German and U.S. blue chip companies in both U.S. and German proceedings, as well as in transnational matters. A particular focus of her practice is on advising German companies facing litigation or governmental investigations in the United States. This includes representing German clients before U.S. agencies such as the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the California Air Resources Board (CARB); it also involves coordinating parallel proceedings in the United States and Germany.
Dammann has over 20 years of experience and first got her start in 2003 as an associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, before eventually rising to associate at Dewey & LeBoeuf, her most recent position prior to joining King & Spalding. She holds degrees from Harvard and the University of Texas School of Law and has also obtained the two German state exams in law as well as a doctorate in law from Frankfurt University.
13. Pablo Ferrante
Partner, Mayer Brown
Pablo Ferrante is a Partner in Mayer Brown’s Global Oil and Gas Group, who concentrates his practice on domestic and international corporate projects and transactions, with a focus on Latin America.
Previously, Ferrante was an attorney at Thompson & Knight LLP and before that an attorney at Brons & Salas, Buenos Aires. He has extensive experience representing oil and gas companies in domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures, and in the negotiation of exploration, drilling, production, operating, transportation, processing, and storage agreements and other contracts commonly used in the industry.
Ferrante also has significant experience representing financial institutions and companies across a wide range of industries in cross-border financings and business transactions across Latin America, as well as advising companies on compliance with anti-corruption and embargo laws.
Ferrante earned an LLM in law from the Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law and a bachelor's degree in law from Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina.
14. Ekin Senlet
Partner, Barclay Damon
Ekin Senlet is a Partner at Barclay Damon. Senlet has been practicing energy and regulatory law for over a decade. She serves as Barclay Damon’s Regulatory Practice Area co-chair and primarily concentrates her practice on regulatory issues. She routinely represents clients in administrative proceedings and evidentiary hearings before the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC).
Senlet helps domestic and international developers navigate the environmental review and siting processes required for offshore and onshore wind, solar, hydropower, energy storage, and biomass and other complex development projects. She also routinely assists clients in the new accelerated siting process before the Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES).
Senlet additionally works closely with energy service companies (ESCOs) participating in the electric and gas retail marketplace in New York. She provides legal counsel on issues related to ESCO licensing, marketing practices, and regulatory compliance with the requirements established by the PSC, including the New York Uniform Business Practices (UBP) and relevant PSC orders.
Before joining Barclay Damon, Senlet was a sales and marketing associate at Procter & Gamble. Senlet graduated from the Syracuse University College of Law with a JD in law, from the Syracuse University Maxwell School of Citizenship with a master’s degree in international relations and public administration, and from Orta Doğu Teknik Üniversitesi / Middle East Technical University with a bachelor’s degree in economics.
Ekin Senlet's Insight
“One of the most gratifying parts of my energy and regulatory law practice is helping my global energy and telecommunications clients navigate the complexities of federal and state regulations and environmental laws to bring their assets and infrastructure projects to life.”
15. Michael Masri
Partner, Kirkland & Ellis
Michael Masri is a Partner in the New York office of Kirkland & Ellis LLP. Masri is a transactional lawyer whose principal areas of practice are tax and energy and infrastructure. He regularly advises his clients on all aspects of the tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act from a project development and financing perspective, from a mergers and acquisitions perspective, and from a private equity fund formation perspective.
Masri also leads a tax equity practice representing developers and investors in tax equity financings across the renewable energy and energy transition sector, including tax equity financings for wind, solar, battery storage, offshore wind, geothermal, hydrogen, electric vehicles and chargers, renewable natural gas, clean fuels, and carbon sequestration projects.
Masri first got his start in 2001 as an auditor at Deloitte. From there, he went on to Columbia University as a treasury manager, before eventually rising to partner at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, his most recent position prior to joining Kirkland & Ellis. Masri graduated from the Fordham University School of Law with a JD and from Baruch College with a master’s and bachelor’s degree in accountancy, accounting, and finance.
16. Lela Hollabaugh
Partner, Bradley Arant Boult Cummings
Lela Hollabaugh is a Partner at Bradley, having first joined the firm in 2011. Hollabaugh has served as the lead trial lawyer in more than a dozen jury trials, as well as more than two dozen bench trials, arbitrations, and administrative hearings. She advises leading natural gas pipeline companies and other infrastructure clients on issues involving location, land acquisition, construction, and operations.
Recently, she co-authored an amicus curiae brief to the U.S. Supreme Court in support of the industry’s position on the scope of the Natural Gas Act and the state’s 11th Amendment immunity. Hollabaugh is currently advising on several large-scale pipeline projects in the east. She also represents leading pharmaceutical, medical device, and other manufacturers in matters ranging from individual lawsuits to mass tort cases. She is actively involved in products liability and mass tort matters around the country.
Previously, Hollabaugh was a Partner at Waller Lansden Dortch and Davis. Hollabaugh earned a JD from the University of Tennessee College of Law and a bachelor’s degree in accountancy from the Haslam College of Business at the University of Tennessee.
17. Jeremy Pettit
Partner, Sidley Austin
Jeremy Pettit is a Partner at Sidley Austin. Pettit’s practice focuses on mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, joint ventures, and other transactions in the energy and infrastructure industries. His clients include public companies and private equity funds and their portfolio companies, as well as developers, exploration and production companies, and midstream companies.
He advises his clients on a wide variety of transactions in the energy and infrastructure space, including acquisitions and divestitures transactions, joint ventures, farmins/farmouts, and structured equity and financing investments for companies in the upstream and midstream oil and gas, oil field services, industrial and specialty chemicals and materials, manufacturing, and renewables/low-carbon sectors.
Before joining Sidley Austin, Pettit was an attorney at Vinson & Elkins, and before that, the vice president of the GWIM banking COO group at Merrill Lynch. Pettit holds a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School.
18. Lewis Popoff
Partner, Baker McKenzie
Lewis Popoff is a Partner at Baker McKenzie, where he previously served as the director of knowledge management for the Firm’s North America Corporate and Securities practice group from 2005 to 2010. Baker McKenzie is a global law firm with offices in more than 40 countries, advising clients on cross-border legal and business matters.
Popoff focuses on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions, with an emphasis on cross-border transactions, including inbound and outbound investments to and from the United States. He has acted for several major domestic and non-U.S. healthcare, industrial, mining, packaging, and technology companies on significant transactions throughout the world.
Earlier in his career, Popoff was an associate at Miller, Canfield, Paddock & Stone and at Katten Muchin Zavis. He holds a JD from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law, an MBA from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, and a bachelor's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan.
19. Sven Volkmer
Partner, White & Case
Sven Volkmer is an International Disputes Lawyer and Partner in White & Case's international arbitration practice, based in New York. Volkmer represents private and sovereign clients in arbitrations around the globe, across industries (including oil and gas, renewables, insurance, telecoms, water supply, and foreign investments) and under all major arbitration rules.
Volkmer’s counsel work covers the full range of disputes, including those arising from mergers and acquisitions, shareholder agreements, licensing agreements, supply agreements, and other commercial transactions. He also supports clients with pre-dispute risk assessments and foreign investment planning.
Volkmer graduated from the New York University School of Law with an LLM in international legal studies and from Queen Mary University of London with a bachelor’s degree in English and European law.
20. Julie Barry
Partner, Prince Lobel Tye
Julie Barry is a Partner at Prince Lobel Tye. Barry is a trial and appellate attorney with more than 30 years of experience in state and federal courts, including the Massachusetts Appeals Court, Superior Courts, Land Court, Probate Court, and the U.S. District Court and First Circuit Court of Appeals. She represents developers, commercial and residential property owners, businesses, and individuals.
Barry first got her start in 1997 as an associate at Anderson & Kreiger LLP, before eventually rising to Partner at Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, her most recent position prior to joining Prince Lobel Tye. Barry graduated from Suffolk University Law School with a JD and from the University of South Florida with a bachelor’s degree in biology and natural sciences.
Julie Barry's Insight
“I have had the great fortune of being able to devote the majority of my practice to environmental law and related real estate issues in the great state of Massachusetts. Little did I know more than 30 years ago when I decided the best way to put my BA in Natural Sciences to use would be to enroll in law school, that the law would provide the opportunity to have such a meaningful local effect, particularly as we continue to address climate change and resiliency in the face of a drastically changing federal regulatory environment.”
21. James Rogers
Partner, Akerman
James Rogers is a Partner at Akerman. He is an experienced trial attorney who handles complex commercial litigation, focusing on the industrial and energy sectors, trade secrets, restrictive covenants, unfair competition, insurance coverage, and price redetermination proceedings.
Rogers first chaired multiple trials and arbitrations in Texas, Florida, Missouri, California, and internationally on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants. He represents clients in oil and gas, energy, petrochemical, accounting, insurance, aviation, and products liability disputes. In addition, he provides guidance on matters pertaining to the enforcement of commercial security rights, lien litigation, wrongful foreclosures, construction, and asset acquisition disputes.
He received his JD from the University of Houston and a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and classical languages from Texas A&M University.
James Rogers' Insight
"Growing up in Galveston, Texas, I was surrounded by refineries, petrochemical plants, offshore platforms and rigs, and all the facets of both energy production and natural resources. It fascinated me to see exactly what it takes to make this country, and the entire world, run at the level it does – which is what energy and natural resources are all about. I am honored to be considered for this award, and it is a reflection on our entire firm and the clients we have the privilege of representing."
22. Bill Bice
Partner, Milbank
Bill Bice is a Partner at Milbank, having first joined the firm in 1995. Bice’s practice focuses on the development, financing, acquisition, disposition, and restructuring of power generation (conventional and renewable) and transmission projects as well as other energy and infrastructure projects. His clients include developers, lenders, asset owners, hedge funds, and private equity funds involved in the energy and infrastructure sectors.
He has worked on projects ranging from wastewater treatment in Rhode Island to hydroelectric and flood control facilities in Pangasinan, Philippines, to low-income housing in Louisiana. Bice earned a JD from the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and a bachelor’s degree in economics and public policy studies from Duke University.
Bill Bice's Insight
“As a lawyer working in a critical practice area that touches on some of the great issues of our time – including energy security and climate change – I have discovered that the path to addressing such challenges lies in the continued, thoughtful cooperation of professionals in multiple sectors who are willing to act in a manner that sees shared objectives attained without undue strife or conflict.”
23. Kimberly Magrini
Partner, Ballard Spahr
Kimberly Magrini is a Partner at Ballard Spahr. With 14 years of experience, Magrini serves as counsel to investment banking firms, investors, developers, municipalities, issuers, and trustees in all types of public finance and municipal securities transactions. Her experience also includes representing a variety of 501(c)(3) organizations, including hospitals and other health care organizations, colleges and universities, and museums.
Magrini co-leads the firm's Buyside Representations Team and represents prospective purchasers and bondholders in primary offering transactions and ongoing matters covering a wide range of transactions, including distressed financings, high-yield offerings, bioenergy and recycling facilities, economic development projects, secondary market transactions, and municipal bankruptcies and workouts. Magrini holds a JD and a master’s degree from Drexel University and a bachelor’s degree from Penn State University.
Kimberly Magrini's Insight
"Throughout my career, I have had a passion for environmental work and helping finance projects that improve our infrastructure and efficiency. From financing bioenergy, renewable energy, and recycling facilities, to green infrastructure, green bonds and social bonds, environmental, social, and governance financing initiatives and designations, and disclosure considerations, I strive to ensure my work supports a breadth of projects."
24. Mark Hanna
Partner, Scott, Douglass & McConnico
Mark Hanna is a Partner at Scott, Douglass & McConnico. He works as an advisor, advocate, and problem solver for clients in the Texas energy industry. Hanna helps energy companies navigate complex legal and regulatory issues, with a practice that focuses on energy companies of all sizes, from private-equity backed startups to members of the Fortune 500.
Hanna’s work in the energy field has included issues related to oil and gas, lithium extraction, carbon storage, renewables, and pipelines. He has extensive experience practicing before administrative agencies, including the Texas Railroad Commission and the Texas General Land Office. Hanna has also appeared in state and federal courts across Texas in a variety of lawsuits, including claims related to energy, business, environmental, surface use, and title disputes.
Mark holds a degree in electrical engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and has been working with energy clients for two decades. He has served on the boards of directors for The Contemporary Austin and Arthouse at the Jones Center. Mark is currently a member of the SMU Dedman School of Law’s Emerging Leader Board of Directors.
25. Alison Ashford
Partner, Seyfarth Shaw
Alison Ashford is a Partner at Seyfarth Shaw. She is co-chair of the firm's Construction practice and leads the team from the perspective of the front-end delivery of projects. Through this role, she is able to highlight the firm's strong capabilities in representing stakeholders on a broad range of developments, and brings particular attention to Seyfarth's breadth of transactional major project experience.
Ashford has 23 years of experience and first got her start in 2002 as a lawyer at Clayton Utz, before eventually rising to special counsel (energy, mining, and infrastructure) at Baker & McKenzie, her most recent position prior to joining Seyfarth Shaw. Ashford graduated from the University of Melbourne with a bachelor’s degree in commerce.
Alison Ashford's Insight
“I have played a central role in some of the largest energy (including renewable energy) and natural resource projects across the United States and the Asia-Pacific region. I have counseled both developers and contractors in negotiating the project agreements required to develop significant energy and natural resource assets, while combining my legal and communications skills to support stakeholders during the delivery phase of these complex projects”.
