Practice Areas & Industries: Winston & Strawn LLP

Practice/Industry Group Overview

The transforming energy industry presents new challenges and opportunities for all participants.  For more than 30 years, Winston & Strawn attorneys have helped clients successfully meet changes in the energy industry—from leading some of the earliest wind energy projects and negotiating power and utility contracts, to providing counsel on cutting-edge nuclear security matters and advising on regulatory compliance and new energy policies. Representing clients in a wide variety of ratemaking, licensing, rulemaking, regulatory compliance, litigation, and other proceedings, Winston & Strawn has the experience and capabilities to guide you through the Energy Policy Act of 2005 and the other changes ahead.

Our regulatory lawyers have been closely involved with major initiatives shaping today’s energy policies, from open access transportation requirements to Clean Air Act compliance. The practice has involved rulemaking and adjudicatory proceedings before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Justice, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Coast Guard, the Corps of Engineers, the Fish & Wildlife Service, and dozens of state agencies.

Serving our clients has taken us into all aspects of the energy industry, including the production, sale, transmission, marketing, distribution, and consumption of fuels and energy. Our experience includes the financing, construction, certification, and regulation of facilities and equipment to produce, market, distribute, and consume energy products, as well as the sale and purchase of energy companies and assets. This reservoir of experience well equips us to guide our clients through the changes and opportunities presented by the Energy Policy Act of 2005.