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… of WashingtonIllinois – Christina Egan of ChicagoNorth Carolina – Jason Cowley of CharlotteVirginia – Benjamin Hatch of Norfolk; John Adams and Laura Colombell Marshall of Richmond Private Equity: BuyoutsIllinois – Geoffrey C. Cockrell of Chicago Product Liability & Toxic TortsVirginia – Andrew F. Gann Jr., Samuel L. Tarry Jr. and J. Tracy Walker IV of Richmond Product Liability: Toxic TortsNationwide – Samuel L. Tarry Jr. of Richmond Projects: Power & Renewables (Transactional)Nationwide – Michael Woodard of Richmond Projects: Renewables & Alternative EnergyNationwide – Timothy …

The Institute for Energy Law (IEL) selected McGuireWoods partner Miles Indest as the recipient of the 2025 Outstanding Young Energy Professional Award. The honor recognizes an energy professional under the age of 40 for exceptional achievements in the field. IEL presented the award to Indest at its National Young Energy Professionals Conference held April 2, 2025, in Las Vegas. A member of McGuireWoods’ Commercial Litigation Department and Trade Secrets Practice Group, Indest represents energy and …

McGuireWoods successfully defended client Devon Energy in a $70 million tort dispute, winning a complete defense verdict on Nov. 14, 2024, following a two-week trial in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. After a trial that included more than 600 exhibits and testimony from 16 witnesses, the jury needed just 15 minutes to rule in Devon’s favor. Enable Mississippi River Transmission LLC sued Devon, alleging that Devon wrongfully …

… Defendants; Project Finance Law; Public Finance Law; Real Estate Law; Securities / Capital Markets Law; Tax Law; Trademark Law; Trusts and Estates; Utilities Law San Francisco:Banking and Finance Law;Securitization and Structured Finance Law Washington, D.C.: Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Litigation; Employment Law - Management; Energy Regulatory Law; Environmental Law; Land Use & Zoning Law; Litigation -Construction; Litigation -Environmental; Litigation - Labor & Employment; Litigation - Real Estate; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation …

… in-court and out-of-court restructurings. Brooks H. Spears (Commercial Litigation, Tysons) litigates complex cases in courts throughout the country, principally for clients in the real estate, hospitality and construction industries. Jonathan T. Tan (Environmental & Mass Tort, Richmond) represents clients in product liability and consumer class action matters in state and federal courts across the country. He has experience serving as national coordinating counsel for product manufacturers in high-exposure product liability matters …

… physicians, lawyers, architects, teachers, professors and research scientists. She also helps foreign companies and organizations establish U.S. operations and transfer key executives. McGuireWoods earned national Tier 1 rankings for labor and employment litigation and employment law in the 2024 edition of Best Law Firms. The firm also was recognized as a leader in labor and employment disputes and employee benefits in the 2024 edition of Legal 500 United States.

… Lauren E. Sutphin, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law; Frank Talbott V, Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions - Defendants, Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants; Jonathan T. Tan, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants; Evan X. Tucker, Commercial Litigation; Jennifer Dvorak Valaika, Administrative / Regulatory Law; Davis M. Walsh, Product Liability Litigation - Defendants; Brooke Weedon, Commercial Litigation; Robert B. Wynne, Mergers and Acquisitions Law SAN FRANCISCO – Krunal K. Patel, Banking and Finance Law; Jenny …

… Richmond; Samuel Tarry of Tysons Project financeBrian Kelly of Baltimore; Timothy Callahan of Chicago; Durham McCormick of Houston; D. Brennen Keene and Doug Lamb of Richmond Real estate financeWilliam Seligman and Alice Youngbar of Century City; Dennis Mensi and Craig Harmon of New York Tax: not-for-profit (nonprofit and tax-exempt organizations)Gerald V. Thomas II of Atlanta; Jean Gordon Carter of Raleigh; Michele McKinnon and Alec Sauble of Richmond Tax: U.S …

… Jonathan Blank and James Neale of Charlottesville Litigation: Medical Malpractice DefenseNorth Carolina – Mark Anderson of Raleigh Litigation: SecuritiesGeorgia – Cheryl Haas of Atlanta Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government InvestigationsIllinois – Christina Egan of ChicagoVirginia – Benjamin Hatch of Norfolk; John Adams and Laura Colombell Marshall of Richmond Product Liability & Toxic TortsVirginia – Andrew Gann; Samuel L. Tarry Jr. and J. Tracy Walker IV of Richmond Projects: Power & Renewables: TransactionalNationwide – Michael Woodard of Richmond Projects: Renewables & Alternative EnergyNationwide – Timothy …

… Hughes, Jake Spilman, Daniel Howell, Jeff Goldfarb, Akash Sethi, Jon Neal and Arrion Dennis assisted in the transaction. McGuireWoods’ multidisciplinary energy team includes more than 200 lawyers who work across all sectors of the industry. The firm consistently ranks among the leading law firms for U.S. M&A deals and its energy and transactional capabilities earned nationwide recognition from Chambers USA and The Legal 500.

… Hughes, Jake Spilman, Daniel Howell, Jeff Goldfarb, Akash Sethi, Jon Neal and Arrion Dennis assisted in the transaction. McGuireWoods’ multidisciplinary energy team includes more than 200 lawyers who work across all sectors of the industry. The firm consistently ranks among the leading law firms for U.S. M&A deals and its energy and transactional capabilities earned nationwide recognition from Chambers USA and The Legal 500.

Law360, Texas Lawyer, The Texas Lawbook and Bloomberg Law were among the media outlets that covered the recent return of McGuireWoods partner Jay Hughes, who joined the firm’s Mergers & Acquisitions and Energy Transactional Department in Houston. Hughes has 20 years of experience counseling utilities, developers, and private equity and infrastructure funds in transactions involving conventional and renewable power assets. He rejoined to McGuireWoods after serving as co-chair of the power and renewable energy …

… The Legal 500. In addition, the firm’s multidisciplinary energy industry team brings together legal, policy, energy technology and business experience to provide integrated services to clients across sectors. “Jay has done much to raise McGuireWoods’ profile in Houston and we look forward to tapping into his experience and insight to strengthen our presence in the Texas market,” said Yasser Madriz, managing partner of the Houston office. Hughes added: “I am excited to come …

… Copyright Law; Corporate Law; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law; Employment Law -Management; Energy Law; Energy Regulatory Law; Environmental Law; Government Relations Practice; Health Care Law; Information Technology Law; Labor Law -Management; Land Use & Zoning Law; Litigation - Banking & Finance; Litigation -Bankruptcy; Litigation -Environmental; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation - Labor & Employment; Litigation -Patent; Litigation -Tax; Litigation - Trusts & Estates; Mass Tort Litigation / Class Actions -Defendants; Patent Law; Personal Injury Litigation -Defendants; Product Liability Litigation -Defendants …

… and research scientists. She also helps foreign companies and organizations establish U.S. operations and coordinate the transfer of key executives. McGuireWoods earned national Tier 1 rankings for labor and employment litigation, employment law and employee benefits law in the 2023 edition of U.S. News-Best Lawyers’ “Best Law Firms.” The firm also received nationwide recognition for labor and employment law in the 2023 edition of “Chambers USA.”

… AI and the Law – Introduction and IP Ownership” by partners Justin Lowery, Lucy Wheatley and Amanda DeFord, are also available.

McGuireWoods advised Peregrine Energy Solutions LLC, in closing a financing agreement with AB CarVal to raise over $700 million of credit, equity and debt to fund Peregrine's pipeline of over 7 gigawatts of high-quality projects, including standalone battery, solar and wind technologies.Peregrine is an integrated and multitechnology clean energy platform with a focus on utility-scale energy storage. The funding allows Peregrine to bring its project portfolio — which spans five independent system …

… Rowan, Criminal Defense: White-Collar; William I. Sanderson, Tax Law, Trusts and Estates; Noel Symons, Energy Regulatory Law, Utilities Law; George J. Terwilliger III, Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Farnaz F. Thompson, Litigation - Labor and Employment; Allison Wood, Environmental Law, Litigation - Environmental.

… Redpath, Labor and Employment Law - Management, Litigation - Labor and Employment; Alec V. Sauble, Tax Law; Anne Curtis Saunders, Public Finance Law; Frederick H. Schutt, Commercial Litigation, Insurance Law; Heidi E. Siegmund, Commercial Litigation, Litigation - Labor and Employment; John L. Spilman Jr., Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Lauren E. Sutphin, Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law; Frank Talbott V, Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants, Product Liability Litigation …

… sectors, from oil and gas to natural gas and renewable fuels to coal and emerging technologies. The firm earned nationwide rankings in several energy-related categories in the 2023 editions of Chambers USA and The Legal 500 United States.“Najwan and Ryan have valuable experience and industry perspectives that will make them great additions to the IEL leadership class,” said Brian Kelly, head of McGuireWoods’ energy industry team.

McGuireWoods Houston office managing partner Yasser Madriz has been named an MCCA Rainmaker by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, the legal profession’s premier diversity and inclusion organization. The annual honors are for lawyers who achieved success through innovative, consistent and proactive business development and an extraordinary commitment to service in their communities. Madriz leads McGuireWoods’ multidisciplinary trade secrets group and represents clients in high-stakes litigation in federal and state courts throughout the United …

… San FranciscoTransport: rail and road – litigation and regulation Eric Bilik, Christopher Thanner and Sean Walsh of Jacksonville; Bryan Brantley and Natalie Zagari of Pittsburgh; Davis Walsh of RichmondTransport: shipping – litigation and regulation John Padgett and Jeanne Noonan of Norfolk; Bryan Brantley of Pittsburgh

… Carolina – Lisa Williams of Charlotte and Mary Nash K. Rusher of Raleigh Real Estate Florida: North & Central – Christopher Thanner of Jacksonville Georgia – John Grieb of Atlanta Southern Virginia – Nancy Little of Richmond Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use Northern Virginia – Gregory Riegle of Tysons Southern Virginia – D. Brennen Keene of Richmond Tax Georgia – Gerald Thomas of Atlanta Transportation: Aviation Finance Nationwide – Deepak Reddy of New York

… “Government Agencies Join Forces Against Bias and Discrimination in AI”; and “Employers Beware: The Rise of AI (Regulation).”