BETHESDA, MD – Troutman Pepper client Hull Street Energy, a private equity firm that specializes in deploying capital into the power sector as it decarbonizes, has agreed to acquire a 100% stake in Sunrise Power Holdings, LLC, from Generation Bridge Acquisition, LLC, an affiliate of ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC. Read a company press release about the deal.
The facility, located in Fellows, California, provides 586 megawatts of critical generation and reliability services to California’s Central Valley. The acquisition supports Hull Street Energy’s strategy to help ensure grid reliability while enabling the integration of new variable renewable energy resources as California works to achieve its climate goals. This is the second California natural gas-fired plant that Troutman Pepper has acted as legal counsel for Hull Street Energy.
Troutman Pepper Partners Andrew Schifrin, Steven Khadavi, Dan Anziska, Akshay Belani, Christine Byrnes, Byron Kirkpatrick, Anne Loomis, Marc Machlin, and Paul Porretta; along with Counsel Leena Rege; and Associates Wallace Bao, Steve Boughton, Morgan Gerard, Nick Guttman, Russell Kooistra, Victor Noriega, Jessica Rothenberg, Sierra Stockley, and Karina Miranda advised Hull Street Energy in the deal. This multi-disciplinary team helps clients like Hull Street Energy, along with developers, investment banks, lenders, and others, across all types of energy and renewable energy project finance, project development, M&A, and regulatory matters.
Troutman Pepper’s nationally recognized Capital Projects and Infrastructure Practice Group facilitates projects for investors, utilities, sponsors, private investment funds, lenders, developers, and other stakeholders. The firm’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 is known nationally for its work in the energy industry and the rapidly evolving renewable energy industry. In 2020 & 2023, Troutman Pepper was named “Law Firm of the Year” by U.S. News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms” for its work in energy law. The firm’s renewable energy practice has won national recognition in Chambers USA, among other industry authorities.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups 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 advised in more than 25 capital markets transactions in Q1 2023 with overall deal value topping $5 billion. Transactions spanned across the United States with a notable concentration in Canadian cross-border deals.
“After an active 2022, we are pleased with a busy first quarter in 2023,” said Partner Tom Rose. “We are always gratified to see our standings in the league tables, but our focus remains on quality work and client relationships which is reflected in our deals. We are excited to see where the rest of the year takes us.”
Notably, the firm’s Canadian Practice Group landed in the No. 1 US-based firm spot in both the manager and issuer legal advisor categories for Canada equity and equity-related deals. Rankings:
Thomson Reuters/Refinitiv – Global Capital Markets Legal Review Q1 2023
Global Equity & Equity-related (G08) Manager Legal Advisor
#13 ranked firm
Canada Equity & Equity-related (CAL4) Manager Legal Advisor
#3 ranked firm (#1 US-based firm)
Canada Equity & Equity-related (CAL4) Issuer Legal Advisor
#1 ranked firm
Bloomberg Global Legal Adviser League Tables Q1 2023
Canada Equity Offerings: Legal Adviser – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
#3 ranked firm (#1 US-based firm)
Canada Equity Offerings: Legal Adviser – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
#4 ranked firm
Canada Equity IPO: Legal Adviser – Issuer Ranked by Volume
#3 ranked firm
Canada Equity and Equity Linked: Legal Adviser – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
#3 ranked firm (#1 US-based firm)
Canada Equity and Equity Linked: Legal Adviser – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
#4 ranked firm
Canada Equity, Equity Linked & Preferred: Legal Adviser – Issuer Ranked by Deal Count
#3 ranked firm (#1 US-based firm)
Canada Equity, Equity Linked & Preferred: Legal Adviser – Manager Ranked by Deal Count
#5 ranked firm
Clients turn to Troutman Pepper for comprehensive, global counsel on investment and operational activities and decisions. The firm handles the gamut of equity and debt transactions, from IPOs and first-time listings to investment-grade debt offerings to equity-linked and preferred and hybrid securities. Troutman Pepper advises on all phases of capital market deals, including structuring and governance; timing and tax planning; negotiating underwriting or purchase agreements, trust indentures, and other documents; preparing registration statements and prospectus/offering circulars; and regulatory and corporate law.
Troutman Pepper’s Canadian Practice Group represents Canadian companies with respect to their U.S. legal needs. The Canadian Practice Group includes lawyers with experience in the areas of securities and corporate finance; mergers and acquisitions; energy regulation; energy trading; intellectual property; immigration; tax; government contracts; and complex litigation. The team regularly acts as counsel on U.S. public and private equity and debt offerings for Canadian issuers, Canadian and U.S. underwriters or agents and Canadian and U.S. investors, including assisting Canadian companies with U.S. exchange listings and U.S. periodic reporting obligations.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 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 was part of a national trial team that secured a defense verdict after a nine-day jury trial in a pelvic mesh case in federal court in New Jersey. This trial win is the third win in seven months for the Troutman Pepper team following recent defense wins in a 12-day federal jury trial in Florida and a 10-day federal jury trial in California. Troutman Pepper has represented Johnson & Johnson in the litigation for over a decade, serving as lead trial counsel as well as being part of the national discovery team.
Troutman Pepper Partner Eric Rumanek served as trial counsel and Associate Brett Tarver played a key support role working with both fact and expert witnesses.
Troutman Pepper’s leading life sciences and health care practice counsels clients at all stages of the health care continuum – from drug development to clinical care – from emerging biotech to global pharma. The firm takes an integrated, interdisciplinary approach to counsel clients’ complex, evolving needs, providing critical support including intellectual property prosecution and litigation, corporate finance and governance, privacy and cybersecurity, litigation, regulatory, and enforcement.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups 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/ATLANTA – Troutman Pepper Partners Stefanie Jackman and Joseph “Joe” Reilly were recently elected fellows of The American College of Consumer Financial Services Lawyers (ACCFSL). Jackman and Reilly were selected based on their achievements and contributions in consumer financial services law. They join six other Troutman Pepper attorneys as fellows.
ACCFSL is a professional association of lawyers who are particularly skilled and experienced in handling consumer financial services matters and dedicated to improving the profession. Membership is by invitation only.
Jackman provides regulatory compliance counseling advise relating to a wide array of consumer products and services. She also represents financial services institutions facing state and federal government investigations and examinations, as well as defends them in individual and class action lawsuits. Jackman frequently speaks on topics including unfair trade practices, servicing and collections, and credit reporting.
Financial services companies depend on Reilly for all aspects of their regulatory and compliance needs. Drawing from two decades of experience, he provides actionable guidance to a wide variety of financial services companies as they navigate increasingly complex regulatory and compliance requirements. He regularly represents lenders, fintech startups, neobanks, and mortgage servicers in enforcement matters.
Other fellows include Troutman Pepper partners David Anthony, Mark Furletti, Anthony Kaye, Kim Phan, Jeremy Rosenblum, and Chris Willis.
Troutman Pepper has more than 200 attorneys who regularly advise financial services providers and is nationally recognized for its prowess in the field. A two-time winner of Law360’s Consumer Protection Practice Group of the Year award, Troutman Pepper’s Consumer Financial Services practice is ranked by Chambers USA at the national level for consumer finance compliance and litigation. The team helps clients resolve litigation, provides regulatory guidance, and assists with investigations and actions initiated by federal and state government agencies. In 2021, Troutman Pepper was named FinTech Law Firm of the Year by The Deal, becoming the first firm to receive the award.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 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.
DETROIT – Matthew J. Lund, a partner in Troutman Pepper’s Business Litigation Practice Group, was recently named to Michigan Lawyers Weekly’s “Go To Lawyers” for business litigation. Now in its fourth year, the program recognizes top lawyers around the state in a given practice area.
Those recognized as “Go To Lawyers” are regarded as experts in their field and well-versed in the nuances of related case law, statutes, and regulations. Honorees also have a demonstrated record of success, receive regular referrals, and think creatively.
At Troutman Pepper, Lund’s practice principally focuses on prosecuting and defending business disputes across various industry groups, representation of officers and directors, and environmental litigation. Lund utilizes his broad litigation and trial experience, along with his commitment to public interest to handle diverse complex civil litigation matters, including federal securities disputes, high-value contract and business tort claims, as well as federal CERCLA and state law environmental matters.
Troutman Pepper’s Business Litigation Practice Group is nationally recognized for its work defending and prosecuting high-stakes commercial matters in federal, state, trial, and appellate courts throughout the country. Attorneys are experienced in litigating complex multidistrict cases, class actions, and single-case litigations and represent a diverse array of clients from mid-market companies to Fortune 500 leaders.
Those recognized as “Go To Lawyers” will be profiled in a special section of the Michigan Lawyers Weekly on May 22.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 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.
CHARLOTTE – Troutman Pepper announced today that Jason Evans, a partner in the Business Litigation Practice Group, will become office managing partner (OMP) of the Charlotte office, effective May 1, 2023. Evans succeeds Walter Fisher, who has managed the Charlotte office since it opened in 2014 and will now focus on his legal practice full-time.
“We are grateful to Walter for providing outstanding leadership in Charlotte, and for Jason’s willingness to take on this important leadership role in addition to the demands of his busy practice,” said Tom Cole, Troutman Pepper Managing Partner. “Jason will continue to build on his predecessor’s efforts, focusing on strategic growth and actively representing our firm in the local community.”
“I look forward to working with my colleagues to continue building upon our strong foundation in Charlotte,” Evans said. “We remain focused on providing the best client experience by delivering practical legal solutions for our clients in North Carolina and across the firm.”
Through a client-focused approach and strategic advice tailored to each situation, Evans helps companies in the financial services, energy, and other industries solve their most difficult legal problems when facing high-stakes litigation and government investigations. He represents business clients in complex litigation and class action disputes; antitrust litigation, investigations, and compliance; and other government enforcement and regulatory matters.
In addition to his successful legal practice, Evans is active in a number of community and professional organizations. He currently serves as the board chair for Nevins, Inc., a nonprofit supporting adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities; as a member of the vestry of Holy Comforter Episcopal Church; and as an adjunct professor at Wake Forest School of Law teaching antitrust. He previously served as the chair of the North Carolina Bar Association Antitrust & Complex Business Disputes Section.
Troutman Pepper’s Charlotte office serves as home base to a team of more than 70 attorneys with deep personal and professional ties to North Carolina’s business, educational, and civic communities. The dynamic team provides comprehensive, sophisticated legal counsel to clients in a wide range of industries, with nationally recognized attorneys practicing in real estate, litigation, employee benefits and executive compensation, corporate, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, finance, government investigations, and energy regulation.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 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.
RICHMOND, Va. – Troutman Pepper client Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. (Nasdaq: BHRB), the bank holding company for Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company, has begun trading its common stock on the Nasdaq Capital Market® after completing a registration process with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Shares of the company’s common stock will continue to trade under the symbol “BHRB”, the same symbol under which the company’s securities were previously quoted on OTC Markets. Read a company press release about the listing.
A Troutman Pepper team led by Partner Gregory F. Parisi and including Zayne R. Tweed, and Jason L. Langford, among others, advised Burke & Herbert Financial Services Corp. in the listing.
Troutman Pepper has more than 200 attorneys who regularly advise financial services providers, including banks, neobanks, payment processors, card issuers, and consumer and commercial marketplace lenders. The firm handles their full spectrum of legal needs and has been nationally recognized for its work in the financial services industry, including by Chambers and Partners, Law360, and U.S. News – Best Lawyers®, among others. Learn more at troutman.com/financial-services.
Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company is the oldest continuously operating bank under its original name headquartered in the greater Washington DC Metro area. The bank offers a full range of business and personal financial solutions designed to meet customers’ banking, borrowing, and investment needs and has over 20 branches throughout the Northern Virginia region and commercial loan offices in Fredericksburg, Loudoun County, Richmond, and in Bethesda, Maryland.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 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.
BOSTON – Troutman Pepper client Nanoramic Laboratories (“Nanoramic”), a leading energy storage and advanced materials company, recently announced a strategic investment from GM Ventures, the venture capital arm of General Motors Co. (NYSE: GM), to advance the development of EV batteries. Read a press release about the transaction.
Nanoramic developed an innovative electrode technology, Neocarbonix® at the Core, and is commercializing it to transform energy storage for electric vehicles. The collaboration between Nanoramic and GM will focus on the joint development and application of Neocarbonix® at the Core for EV lithium-ion batteries, which targets improvements in EV battery cost, efficiency, and sustainability.
Drawing on its deep experience in automotive, energy storage, and venture capital, the Troutman Pepper team counseled Nanoramic in connection with both the commercial and financing aspects of its multipart deal with GM.
Troutman Pepper Partner Nick Stawasz led a cross-practice team advising Nanoramic in the deal. Team members included Amanda Hassan, Dan Sieck, Thomas Walker, and Jeanne Ledwell. The firm’s multifaceted and collaborative approach allowed the corporate team to utilize Troutman Pepper’s complementary practice groups, like energy storage, to help Nanoramic reach its objective.
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper’s corporate attorneys regularly handle transactions ranging in size from tens of millions of dollars to multibillion dollars. Core areas of service include private equity, mergers and acquisitions (including cross-border transactions and corporate carve-outs), capital markets and corporate finance, corporate governance, and securities laws compliance. The firm also has particular expertise in advising clients on matters involving fund formation and fund management.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 U.S. cities. The firm’s litigation, transactional, and regulatory practices advise a diverse client base, from start-ups 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.
BOSTON, MA – Troutman Pepper client Southwire, LLC, one of the leading manufacturers of wire and cable used in the transmission and distribution of electricity, recently announced an investment in VoltServer, a venture-backed technology leader reinventing how electrical energy is distributed. Read a company press release about the investment.
Based in Providence, R.I., VoltServer is the inventor of Digital Electricity™, an innovative method for distributing power with the high-power aspects of AC and the safety and simplicity of Power over Ethernet (PoE). As a part of the investment, Southwire will be a strategic partner for VoltServer and will continue to grow its presence in industries like intelligent buildings, 5G, wireless densification and indoor agriculture.
The Troutman Pepper team advising Southwire in the investment included Dan Sieck and Joe Goldman.
Consistently recognized as a top-tier national practice, Troutman Pepper’s corporate attorneys regularly handle transactions ranging in size from tens of millions of dollars to multibillion dollars. Core areas of service include private equity, venture capital, mergers and acquisitions (including cross-border transactions and corporate carve-outs), capital markets and corporate finance, corporate governance, and securities laws compliance. The firm also has particular expertise in advising clients on matters involving fund formation and fund management.
About Troutman Pepper
Troutman Pepper is a national law firm with more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 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.
RICHMOND, Va. – Troutman Pepper and two attorneys from the firm’s Intellectual Property Practice Group have been awarded the 2022 Patent Pro Bono Achievement Certificate from the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The certificate celebrates individuals and law firms that have volunteered significant time and effort to help financially under-resourced inventors and small businesses protect their ideas, positioning them to more fully realize their ideas and dreams.
The USPTO’s Patent Pro Bono Program was established under the 2011 America Invents Act as a nationwide network of independently operated regional programs that match volunteer practitioners with inventors for the purpose of securing patent protection. Troutman Pepper is among 25 corporations and law firms recognized for contributing significant hours to one or more participating regional programs.
Intellectual Property Attorneys John Morrissett, and Scott Bergeson are recognized for providing 50 or more pro bono hours in 2022 to the Georgia PATENTS program, which assists solo inventors, nonprofits, and small businesses with finding patent agents and attorneys to help file patents on a pro bono basis. Troutman Pepper is a founding supporter of the program, which has grown to assist inventors in South Carolina and North Carolina.
Troutman Pepper’s nationally recognized Intellectual Property Practice provides the complete range of services for patents, trademarks, copyrights, and trade secrets and assists clients with litigation and dispute resolution, licensing and other transactions. Clients include startups, Fortune 100 companies, academic and research institutes, business incubators, and technology companies in a wide range of industries.
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 more than 1,200 attorneys strategically located in 23 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.