LOS ANGELES – Lloyd J. MacNeil, a leading adviser in renewable energy and emerging energy technologies, has joined Troutman Pepper’s nationally recognized Capital Projects + Infrastructure Practice in Los Angeles as a partner. MacNeil, who has more than 20 years of legal counsel experience in the senior project finance, corporate, and commercial arenas, joins from McDermott Will & Emery.
MacNeil represents developers, sponsors, investors and lenders of capital and infrastructure projects, advising clients throughout the arc of development, construction, operation, financing, and purchase and sale. He also advises commercial and industrial clients on energy portfolio services and energy efficiency solutions.
“Lloyd is highly respected throughout the energy industry and brings extensive skills and experience for our clients,” said John Leonti, chair of the firm’s Regulatory & Finance Department. “We are focused on expanding in the regions that matter most to our clients, and for the energy and renewables sector, California is chief among them.”
“We are excited to welcome Lloyd to our Los Angeles office – he is widely respected in the legal community, and we are looking forward to working with him here in California,” said Tambry Lynette Bradford, managing partner of the firm’s Los Angeles office.
MacNeil previously served as general counsel for Edison Energy, a portfolio of energy companies held by Edison International. He earned his LLB and bachelor’s degree from Dalhousie University in Novia Scotia, Canada.
“Troutman Pepper offers incredible bench strength, expertise, and value in the energy sector, and I appreciate the firm’s focus on client experience and innovation,” MacNeil said.
Troutman Pepper’s market-leading energy practices help clients with their most important and complex matters throughout the United States. From renewables to conventional and emerging technologies, the cross-disciplinary team has extensive experience across the energy landscape. The firm regularly advises independent power producers, banks, utilities, private equity funds, and large corporations. Learn more at energylawinsights.com.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,100 attorneys strategically located in 20+ U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
ATLANTA – The Daily Report has recognized Troutman Pepper’s Charlie Peeler, Adrian Boddie, and Allison Pryor with three Southeastern Legal Awards, and the firm and Partner Jaime Theriot are finalists in three additional categories. All winners will be announced at a June 20 awards dinner.
The annual awards program honors attorneys and firms that have left an indelible mark on the legal community in Georgia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi through their unwavering dedication to the profession.
Winners
Distinguished Leader – Charlie Peeler
Charlie Peeler, a partner in the firm’s White Collar + Government Investigations practice and managing partner of its Atlanta office, was recognized with the Distinguished Leader award, which honors lawyers who achieved impressive results in 2023 and demonstrated clear leadership skills that helped them achieve those results. Peeler is recognized for his remarkable leadership within the firm and community and for his work on several high-profile and consequential matters.
On the Rise Honoree – Adrian Boddie
Adrian Boddie, a partner in the firm’s Real Estate practice, received an On the Rise award, which recognizes the Southeast’s most promising lawyers under the age of 40. Boddie focuses his practice on complex real estate finance transactions, often working with clients on joint ventures and public finance lending projects. Additionally, he has developed a unique niche focus on affordable housing.
On the Rise Honoree – Allison Pryor
Allison Pryor, a partner in the firm’s Energy practice, also was honored with an On the Rise award. Pryor has a unique, hybrid practice that blends regulatory litigation with transactional work within the energy industry. This dual expertise allows her to serve as a comprehensive resource for clients, translating complex legal concepts into clear business language and actionable solutions.
Finalists
Law Firm of the Year – Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is being considered for the coveted Law Firm of the Year award, which recognizes the firm that has demonstrated a broad spectrum of achievements in the past year and talent depth.
Most Innovative Law Firm – Troutman Pepper
The Most Innovative Law Firm award recognizes firms that are tackling legal and/or business of law issues creatively, be that through technology, networking, design, communications, or other areas. Troutman Pepper is shortlisted for the award for being among the first law firms to launch and fully adopt a bespoke generative AI tool, Athena.
Legal Innovators – Jaime Theriot
Troutman Pepper’s General Counsel Jaime Theriot is up for recognition in the Legal Innovators category for her leadership and ethics guidance in the firmwide implementation of the AI assistant, Athena. More than 675 employees across all firm offices use the tool, and it receives an average of 400 prompts per day. In addition to leading Troutman Pepper’s Office of General Counsel, Theriot also defends law firms and attorneys in legal malpractice actions, fee disputes, and bar disciplinary proceedings.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with 1,100+ attorneys strategically located in more than 20 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
ATLANTA – David Dove, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Regulatory Investigations, Strategy + Enforcement Practice, has been appointed by Georgia Governor Brian P. Kemp to serve as the Eleventh Congressional District Representative on the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia. The Board of Regents works to keep higher education affordable, accommodate growth in student enrollment, and ensure that students play an active role in research that benefits the state.
Dove was recently recognized by the University of Georgia Alumni Association with a Young Alumni Award for his outstanding leadership and service to the university, community, and legal profession. He remains highly engaged with his alma mater, serving as chairman of the Alumni Board of Directors for its School of Public and International Affairs and as a board member for the Law School Alumni Council. He also serves as an adjunct professor of law.
Dove has broad leadership experience at the highest levels of state government. He previously served as executive counsel to Gov. Kemp, interim director of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division, and as a lead attorney on Georgia’s tri-state water wars.
At Troutman Pepper, Dove leads the Regulatory + Economic Investment Practice in Georgia, an interdisciplinary team that counsels clients on a range of legal and public policy matters. He helps clients advance their business objectives and resolve regulatory hurdles, particularly as they relate to environmental, health care, and tax issues as well as economic investment.
Troutman Pepper’s nationally recognized Regulatory Investigations, Strategy + Enforcement (RISE) Practice Group, counsels clients in a wide range of legal and public policy matters. For businesses in heavily regulated industries, the team offers guidance on compliance and reporting as well as, when necessary, litigation and administrative appeals of regulatory enforcement actions. The team also partners with businesses and industry groups to work proactively on legislative strategy, state attorneys general interactions, and the regulatory rulemaking process.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with 1,100+ attorneys strategically located in more than 20 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
CHICAGO – Troutman Pepper client Data Clymer, a renowned data solutions provider, has been acquired by Spaulding Ridge, a global cloud advisory and implementation firm. The strategic acquisition will enhance Spaulding Ridge’s data solutions offerings, bolster relationships with key technology partners, and introduce powerful solutions to unique and complementary industries. Read a company press release about the transaction online here.
Data Clymer provides tailored, full-stack cloud data and analytic solutions that drive positive business results through data ownership, accessibility, and trust. The team includes certified data engineering and analytics experts who provide a highly personalized level of service to many major league sports teams including the Las Vegas Raiders and San Francisco Giants as well as other leading data-driven companies including Macy’s, GoodRX, and Thirty Madison.
The Troutman Pepper team advising Data Clymer includes Manny Clark, Regina Tisdale, DJ Griffin, Michael Crumbock, and Thomas Gray.
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper’s corporate attorneys regularly handle multimillion- and multibillion-dollar transactions. Core areas of service include capital markets transactions and other significant domestic and cross-border transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate governance, securities laws compliance, and corporate finance. The firm has particular expertise in the private equity and private fund services space, advising clients on matters from fund formation to investments and exit transactions.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with 1,100+ attorneys strategically located in more than 20 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
WASHINGTON – Troutman Pepper has been recognized for its pro bono efforts to address issues related to civil & human rights, receiving the 2024 Beacon of Justice Award from The National Legal Aid & Defender Association (NLADA).
The award honors firms that have demonstrated an understanding of the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, and other characteristics that may create interdependent systems of discrimination or disadvantage. Honorees have worked to address these complex challenges in their pro bono practice and will be recognized at the 2024 NLADA Exemplar Awards Gala on June 6.
Founded in 1911, NLADA is America’s oldest and largest nonprofit association devoted to excellence in the delivery of legal services to those who cannot afford counsel. NLADA has pioneered access to justice at the national, state, and local levels, playing a leadership role in the creation of public defender systems and other important institutions from The Sentencing Project to the Legal Services Corporation.
Each year, Troutman Pepper attorneys dedicate thousands of pro bono hours in support of nonprofits, immigrants, military veterans, children, the wrongfully convicted, civil rights and social justice initiatives, and so many more. Learn more at troutman.com/pro-bono.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with 1,100+ attorneys strategically located in more than 20 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. – Edgar Vargas (CIPP/US), an associate in Troutman Pepper’s national Privacy + Cyber practice, will serve as a Young Privacy Professional (YPP) with the International Association of Privacy Professional’s (IAPP) Orange County KnowledgeNet Chapter. Each chapter features up to two YPPs, who serve one-year terms and help to bring the local privacy community together through free educational meetings and networking activities throughout the year.
Vargas assists clients on compliance and litigation issues, including issues regarding privacy and cybersecurity laws, and is particularly adept at helping businesses harness the power of data while mitigating potential risks. He is fluent in Spanish, allowing him to effectively communicate with and serve Spanish speaking clients.
The IAPP is the largest and most comprehensive global information privacy community and resource. Founded in 2000, the IAPP is a not-for-profit organization that helps define, promote, and improve the privacy profession globally.
Troutman Pepper’s Privacy + Cyber practice has pioneered emerging issues relating to implementation and compliance, litigation, regulatory investigations, and incident response. The team has led some of the most high-profile litigation matters and regulatory enforcement actions and is uniquely positioned to address emerging privacy and cyber issues that the world — and the law — have never had to confront before.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with 1,100+ attorneys strategically located in more than 20 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
NEW YORK – Helen Lee, a trusted advisor to financial institutions and fintech companies, has joined Troutman Pepper’s Corporate Practice Group in New York as counsel. Lee joins the firm’s market-leading financial services team after serving as senior legal counsel for a multinational third-party payments platform.
“We are delighted to welcome Helen to our Corporate Practice Group,” said Mason Bayler, chair of Troutman Pepper’s Transactional Department. “Her impressive track record advising financial institutions and fintech companies on regulatory matters aligns perfectly with our goal to provide comprehensive, top-tier legal services.”
With more than 15 years of large firm and in-house experience, Lee advises global financial institutions, fintechs, and other financial services companies on key regulatory and compliance issues. She counsels on chartering and licensing, permissible activities, safety and soundness, anti-money laundering, and sanctions enforcement, among other areas. Lee offers deep familiarity with the commercial and legal issues involved with her clients’ products and services, regularly advising on mobile financial services and digital banking.
“Joining Troutman Pepper is an exciting new chapter for my practice,” Lee said. “The firm’s commitment to client service and reputation for innovation in the financial services sector is what makes it the ideal platform. I look forward to leveraging my experience to contribute to the firm’s dynamic team, and to help our clients navigate the complex regulatory landscape.”
Lee earned her J.D. from The George Washington University Law School and her B.A. from New York University.
Lee’s arrival comes on the heels of the recruitment of bank regulatory attorneys Kevin Petrasic and Matthew Bornfreund, who joined the firm last month and with whom Lee worked at a prior firm. This year, Troutman Pepper has experienced substantial expansion across several of its offices, including Atlanta, Berwyn, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. Since January, the firm has welcomed nine partners and two counsel.
“I am excited to be reuniting with Helen,” Petrasic said. “I started working with her at the beginning of the financial crisis, and we worked together in private practice for more than a decade. She is an exceptionally skilled and experienced core bank regulatory attorney with significant payments experience. Her addition is another significant step in the expansion of Troutman Pepper’s bank regulatory practice.”
Troutman Pepper’s Financial Services Group provides comprehensive support to all types of financial services businesses in today’s challenging and ever-changing environment. The team includes more than 250 attorneys who regularly advise global, national, regional, and community banks, financial technology companies, payments companies, consumer and commercial lenders, and a wide variety of other financial services businesses on the most crucial aspects of their business, from structuring major transactions to dealing with regulatory scrutiny and litigation.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,100 attorneys strategically located in 20+ U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
FROM LEFT: Carson Cox, Sean Dutton, Misha Tseytlin, David DePippo, Jim Rudisill, Timothy McHugh, Abbey Thornhill, Kevin LeRoy, and Trey Smith
WASHINGTON – The United States Supreme Court today sided with FBI Special Agent James Rudisill, a decorated U.S. Army veteran, ruling 7-2, ending an almost nine-year legal battle in Rudisill v. McDonough. The decision will allow approximately 1.7 million (and growing) Post-9/11 veterans to receive additional education benefits owed to them under the Post-9/11 GI Bill.
“This fight was for all military veterans who, like me, were denied what they were promised after their service to our country,” said Rudisill, who has been pursuing his case since 2015. “It has been humbling to represent the veterans’ community, and I am so grateful for my legal team and the Court’s decision here.”
Rudisill’s pro bono team included Timothy McHugh, who led the case from the start as a first-year associate, Misha Tseytlin, Kevin LeRoy, Abbey Thornhill, Trey Smith, Sean Dutton, and Carson Cox, among others, as well as David DePippo from Dominion Energy.
“As a veteran myself, it is hard to express how immensely gratified I am that the nation’s highest court not only heard our case, but sided with us,” McHugh said. “I could not have asked for a better end. It will be one of my greatest career accomplishments.”
“I was deeply proud to be able to argue this case,” Tseytlin said.
“Today is momentous for millions of veterans, and we are relieved by the Court’s decision,” DePippo said. “The case stretched for the better part of a decade, but we are proud of the lasting effects it will have for our country’s deserving military veterans.”
Rudisill v. McDonough centered on the VA’s interpretation of certain administrative provisions of the Post-9/11 GI Bill that Congress enacted in 2008 to provide “enhanced educational benefits” far more generous than the then-prevailing peacetime Montgomery GI Bill. Congress passed the bill in recognition of the “especially arduous” wartime service required of veterans since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
In the 7-2 Opinion the Court wrote, “The bottom line is this: Veterans who separately accrue benefits under both the Montgomery and Post-9/11 GI Bills are entitled to both benefits. Neither §3322(d) nor §3327 restrict veterans with two separate entitlements who simply seek to use either one. Thus, Rudisill may use his benefits, in any order, up to §3695’s 48-month aggregate-benefits cap. If the statute were ambiguous, the pro-veteran canon would favor Rudisill, but the statute is clear, so we resolve this case based on statutory text alone.”
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with 1,100+ attorneys strategically located in more than 20 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
ATLANTA – Troutman Pepper and Partner Anne Loomis have been named among the 2024 Wind Investment Awards finalists. The firm was shortlisted in the ‘Legal Advisory of the Year’ and ‘Project Finance Deal of the Year’ categories and Loomis was named a finalist in the ‘Rising Star’ category. Winners of the Wind Investment Awards will be announced at the 2024 Wind Investment Awards on May 23.
The annual Wind Investment Awards celebrate best practice in the global onshore and offshore wind industry, incorporating innovation, financing, project development and asset management. Hosted by global renewable energy and clean technology community, Tamarindo, the awards unite prominent decision-makers to enable opportunities to network and forge long-term business connections.
Troutman Pepper is listed among nine firms shortlisted for the ‘Legal Advisory of the Year’ award which recognizes firms who have displayed a successful track record over the last 12 months by providing good legal stewardship to clients. The firm was also named a finalist in the ‘Project Finance Deal of The Year’ for Troutman Pepper’s representation of Serena Energy (formerly known as Omega Energia), Latin America’s largest renewable energy company, in connection with the construction debt, tax equity, and back-leverage debt of Goodnight I, a 252MW wind farm in Armstrong County, Texas.
Loomis is among nine individuals shortlisted in the ‘Rising Star of the Year’ category, which recognizes professionals with five to 10 years of experience who display innovation, influence, and strong business performance. As a tax attorney and CPA with years of experience in the energy industry, Loomis focuses her practice on federal, state, and local tax planning with an emphasis on the unique tax issues facing rate-regulated public utilities and other energy industry clients. Her in-house experience with a Fortune 500 energy company, understanding of clients’ tax accounting considerations, and face-to-face experience with the IRS make her an invaluable member of Troutman Pepper’s Tax Practice and Energy Industry Group.
Troutman Pepper’s market-leading energy practices help clients with their most important and complex matters throughout the United States. From renewables to conventional and emerging technologies, the cross-disciplinary team has extensive experience across the energy landscape. The firm regularly advises independent power producers, banks, utilities, private equity funds, and large corporations. Learn more at energylawinsights.com.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,100 attorneys strategically located in 20+ U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.
NEW YORK – Troutman Pepper has been recognized for exceptional client service performance, ranking No. 28 and earning the highest “Best of the Best” distinction, according to the BTI Client Service A-Team 2024 report. The recognition comes from an independent survey of corporate counsel. The firm improved from No. 41 last year and No. 48 the year prior.
This year, the firm was recognized among the BTI Client Service 30, the top firms delivering client service as measured by the 17 activities in the report. These leading firms perform up to 15 times better than a typical law firm.
In 2022, Troutman Pepper launched its standard-setting client value program, Troutman Pepper Plus. The program combines the services of attorneys and skilled professionals across the firm to provide clients with tailored solutions in areas like innovation, diversity, pricing, legal project management, pro bono, and more. Clients of all sizes and across industries have benefited from the program.
BTI is a leading provider of strategic research to the legal community and bases its Client Service A-Team rankings on more than 300 in-depth telephone interviews with the highest-ranking legal decision makers at companies across more than 15 industry segments. The report is a data-driven ranking that is sponsored solely by BTI. No law firm or attorney influences the results, submits nominations, or provides client names to BTI.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,100 attorneys strategically located in 20+ U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from startups to multinational enterprises. The firm provides sophisticated legal solutions to clients’ most pressing business challenges, with depth across industry sectors, including energy, financial services, health sciences, insurance, and private equity, among others. Learn more at troutman.com.