Stephen Amdur, leader of Pillsbury's Private Equity team, has extensive experience in high-profile, multi-billion dollar mergers and acquisitions. He is recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. as a "Next-Generation Lawyer” and by Law360 as a "Rising Star" in the area of Mergers & Acquisitions.
Shellka Arora-Cox focuses her practice on project finance, corporate finance, Islamic finance, sustainable finance, acquisitions, tax equity, construction and restructuring.
Simon Barrett is the head of Pillsbury’s Finance practice in Japan and the co-head of the firm’s Energy & Infrastructure practice in Japan.
Ari Berman is the co-chair of Pillsbury’s Securities Litigation & Enforcement practice and ESG team, and head of the Israel team. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on defending clients in shareholder disputes and investigations involving federal securities laws.
Daniel Budofsky is the leader of the Derivatives & Structured Products group. With over 30 years of experience he advises financial institutions, corporations, investment funds and asset managers on financial products and regulation in domestic and international transactions.
Amanda Halter is managing partner of the firm’s Houston office, a national authority on environmental & natural resources law and policy, leader of Pillsbury’s multidisciplinary Crisis Management Focus team, and co-leader of the firm’s award-winning COVID-19 Response team.
Justin Hovey, co-leader of Pillsbury’s Mergers & Acquisitions group, is recognized by The Legal 500 U.S. in the Venture Capital and Emerging Companies category.
Kimberly Jaimez, a former white collar federal prosecutor and experienced trial attorney, focuses her practice on corporate investigations, white collar defense, commercial litigation, and bankruptcy litigation.
For 39 years at Pillsbury, Rob James has helped clients achieve their goals on complex energy, construction and infrastructure transactions.
Audrey Koh leads the Corporate Investigations & White Collar Defense practice of the London office and has a broad range of experience across energy and natural resources, financial services, and life sciences and pharmaceuticals sectors, advising corporations, senior executives and high-net-worth individuals.
Jean Kuei, Pillsbury’s Labor & Employment Practice Group leader, is an experienced employment attorney representing corporate employers in the firm’s Washington, DC, and San Francisco offices. Jean is known not only for her employment litigation skills but also for her ability to resolve complex, high-stakes workplace disputes effectively and creatively. Jean also serves as a leading member of the firm’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) Litigation and Investigations practice, responding to activist shareholder proposals, conducting race and pay equity audits and advising on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI).
Olivia Matsushita is a Finance Partner in Pillsbury’s Tokyo office and a member of the Asset Finance and Sustainable Finance team.
Mike McDonough represents Fortune 500 companies, municipalities and private entities in complex environmental litigation, administrative and enforcement matters at the federal, state and local levels.
Alicia McKnight advises clients in a wide range of industry sectors, but has generally focused on both domestic and international energy and infrastructure projects. Alicia is also the Co-Chair of Pillsbury’s Women's Impact Network (WIN).
Robert Nelson Jr. has played a leading role in the development and financing of over 100 energy and infrastructure projects worldwide, including a number of landmark projects.
David Oliwenstein draws on his experience at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and in private practice to advise clients on complex investigations, securities litigation, and other regulatory matters.
Aaron Oser, former firmwide practice section leader of Pillsbury’s Global Sourcing & Technology Transactions group, is a recognized leader in structuring large-scale, complex strategic information technology and business process outsourcing, cloud, mission critical enterprise software and systems development and integration transactions.
Pillsbury partner Michael Reese has advised clients worldwide on energy and infrastructure projects worth billions of dollars and is recognized by The Legal 500 U.S.
Joel Simon represents clients in complex transactions, including senior bank and mezzanine debt financings, high yield debt, IPOs, acquisitions and dispositions, joint ventures between operating businesses, joint ventures between financial investors and operators of businesses, corporate and financial restructurings, and general commercial advice.
Philip Tendler is the co-leader of Pillsbury’s Bank & Leveraged Finance team and offers clients the benefit of his deep experience representing borrowers and lenders on a broad range of financing matters.
Elina Teplinsky, a leading member of Pillsbury’s International Nuclear Projects team and Energy Industry Group deputy leader, focuses on international nuclear energy matters, including advice to U.S. and global clients on transactional and regulatory issues.
Pillsbury partner Gavin Watson advises clients on cross-border corporate and commercial transactions, specializing in the energy and sustainable finance sector, as well as the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects worldwide.
Pillsbury partner and firm General Counsel Stacie Yee handles employment litigation, arbitration and counseling, and complex commercial litigation for a global clientele.
Reza Zarghamee advises U.S. and international clients on a vast array of environmental and sustainable finance matters, including the strategies for performing compliance audits, transactional due diligence, remediation, and SEC disclosures.
Sid Fowler helps clients navigate the complex landscape of next-generation energy transition technologies, including fusion, nuclear, advanced recycling and hydrogen energy.
Sheila Harvey, Pillsbury’s Energy Industry Group leader, Hydrogen and Sustainable Finance co-leader and Climate Change & Sustainability practice leader, is an accomplished adviser on climate, energy and environmental policy and regulatory issues as well as the impact of these policies and regulations on transactional and litigation matters.
Victoria is a multispecialist financing lawyer who advises borrowers and financial institutions on a broad range of transactions, with a focus on energy finance and project development.
Ashleigh Myers focuses her practice on helping companies achieve compliance objectives, resolve environmental liabilities, and manage and assess complex environmental projects and risks of various kinds.
Kate Chan focuses her practice on mergers and acquisitions, emerging capital, restructuring, capital markets and ESG advisory across various jurisdictions in the U.S., EMEA and Asia.
Olivia Lugar advises clients in a broad range of industries on secured and unsecured debt financings as well as project development primarily in the renewable energy space.
Jordan Rhodes is a commercial litigator who focuses her practice on complex litigation.
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