Latham & Watkins LLP

Latham & Watkins LLP has decades of experience advising leading utilities, generation and transmission owners, developers, sponsors, lenders, and underwriters on complex energy regulatory matters across the US. Leveraging its global platform, the firm assembles multidisciplinary teams to address a wide range of regulatory challenges. The team regularly handles market manipulation claims, tariff compliance, and other enforcement actions, as well as administrative litigation before FERC and state commissions. The practice advises on a range of related matters including acquisitions, major project finance, power purchase agreements, and generation and transmission development. The energy regulatory practice is co-led by Natasha Gianvecchio, who focuses on regulatory issues, energy market developments, and negotiating long-term power purchase agreements, and Tyler Brown, who advises on electric generation, transmission, energy storage, and natural gas and oil transportation, with significant FERC litigation experience. Anna Biegelsen has over a decade of experience guiding clients through FERC enforcement and regulatory proceedings, while James Blackburn represents independent transmission companies, renewable developers, and utilities before FERC and state commissions. All referenced team members are based in Washington DC.