With deep experience across both Saudi Arabia and the United States, Khalid AlArfaj advises leading national and international clients on complex corporate and commercial legal matters.

Nora Burke focuses her practice on the tax aspects of mergers and acquisitions, lending transactions and securities offerings for both domestic and international clients, as well as general tax issues faced by both businesses and individuals.

Lexi Calcado maintains a broad practice that encompasses a wide range of transactions, focusing primarily on counselling companies, underwriters and investors as they access the capital markets.

Nancy Fischer, Pillsbury’s global head of the Regulatory practice, is consistently recognized by Chambers and other publications as a leading authority on international trade law.

Will Fork represents electric utilities and companies on international energy transaction, export control, nuclear liability and domestic regulatory issues.

Jeffrey Gans, chair of Pillsbury’s Public-Private Partnership team, advises owners, developers and contractors on major projects.

Pillsbury partner Thomas Gump advises on corporate and finance matters, including debt and equity financings, M&A, and other strategic transactions, with special focus on energy, financial services and technology sectors.

Amanda Halter is managing partner of the firm’s Houston office, a national authority on environmental and natural resources law and policy, and co-leader of Pillsbury’s multidisciplinary Minerals, Metals and Material Supply Chains and Canada practice teams.

Stephen Humes advises clients on clean energy project development and finance, including renewables, nuclear facilities, powering data centers, including grid-scale and net-metered solar photovoltaics (PV), offshore wind, battery energy storage systems and geothermal.

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.

Todd Kim is recognized as a nationally leading appellate and environmental litigator. He brings decades of high-level public service and private practice experience to today’s most pressing environmental and administrative law challenges.

Stephanie’s practice focuses on general corporate and securities law matters, including public and private issuances of equity and debt securities, SEC disclosure, reporting and compliance, and M&A.

Anne Leidich is a go-to lawyer in the nuclear energy industry on nuclear regulatory issues ranging from complex export control questions and nuclear licensing advice to high-stakes federal court litigation.

Mike Lepre has more than 30 years of experience representing domestic and foreign generators of nuclear power, and vendors of uranium fuel and nuclear power plant components, in all aspects of their business, including transactional, litigation, regulatory and strategic business matters.

As a partner in Pillsbury’s Tax team for Business & Financial Transactions, Don Lonczak has over 30 years of transactional tax experience involving planning for commercial transactions, ranging from mergers and other acquisitions, joint ventures, spin-offs, debt restructurings, public and private financings, and derivatives.

Lewis McCorkle provides sophisticated advice to clients in M&A, private equity, growth equity, venture capital and other strategic transactions. He also advises founders, investors and startups on the complex legal issues that arise through all stages of their life cycle, including at formation.

Alicia McKnight advises clients on financing, acquisitions, dispositions and strategic business arrangements in a wide range of industry sectors, but has generally focused on both domestic and international energy and infrastructure projects.

The Honorable Jeffrey S. Merrifield, a former presidential appointee to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, previously co-led the firm’s Energy Transition Practice as well as Pillsbury’s Nuclear Energy Team. With over 40 years of experience on the nexus of energy and environmental matters, he is widely recognized as an international thought leader on nuclear power, fusion energy and the deployment of complex energy systems for the avoidance of carbon generation.

Ashleigh Myers maintains a multifaceted practice, helping companies achieve compliance objectives, resolve complex environmental risks and liabilities, and manage environmental projects.

Matthew Rabinowitz advises companies on compliance with import/export regulations, anti-corruption laws and OFAC sanctions. He further assists companies in navigating the CFIUS review process.

Pillsbury partner Harsha Reddy concentrates on international tax matters and advises a global clientele on a variety of tax issues.

Michael Reese, Pillsbury’s Global Head of Finance & Restructuring, has advised clients worldwide on energy and infrastructure projects worth billions of dollars and is recognized by The Legal 500 U.S.

Rebecca Carr Rizzo counsels clients to ensure compliance and avoid litigation and investigates and defends clients against discrimination, harassment, retaliation and whistleblower claims.

Jenny (Jia) Sheng is the Managing Partner of Pillsbury’s Beijing office and a partner in the firm’s Corporate practice. She advises Chinese and multinational companies on cross-border transactions, international trade and regulatory compliance, helping clients navigate evolving geopolitical developments and regulatory change affecting global business and investment. Clients highly value Jenny for her ability to bridge legal, regulatory and commercial considerations, translating complex geopolitical and regulatory developments into practical strategies that help businesses continue operating and growing across borders.

Pillsbury Energy partner Jay Silberg is one of the nuclear power industry’s “go-to” lawyers, responsible for licensing many U.S. nuclear plants and litigating precedent-setting cases.

Steven Tepera, a member of Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property practice group, focuses his practice on patent prosecution and litigation in federal and state courts, with a record of efficient and conclusive victories.

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.

Tim Walsh is outside counsel for the nuclear power industry. Tim handles a variety of matters, including complex technical litigation, internal investigations, whistleblower claims, and appellate matters for the industry.

Vincent Zabielski is recognised as one of the Best Lawyers in the United Kingdom for Energy and Natural Resources Law. His practice focuses on international nuclear energy matters, including providing strategic advice related to new-build nuclear and fusion projects, power uprates, contracts for operation and maintenance of nuclear facilities, nuclear fuel supply chain—including uranium sales, conversion, and enrichment—nuclear liability issues, international treaties, mergers and acquisition, dispute resolution, and export controls.

Blake Berkey blends his corporate development experience and thoughtful legal approach to successfully guide clients through strategic transactions. 

Justin Bintrim leads his clients through the most important decisions that arise in the life of every successful business and investment.

JP Cordon advises public and private companies, private equity sponsors, investment banks, venture capital firms and emerging growth enterprises on a broad range of strategic transactions and corporate governance, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, minority investments and venture financings.

M.C. Hammond has been practicing nuclear energy law for nearly 10 years at both Pillsbury and the Department of Energy (DOE). She recently returned to Pillsbury from the DOE, where she advised on over $2.9 billion in nuclear loans and awards within the past three years.

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.

Ben Kiersz is a special counsel in Pillsbury’s Intellectual Property practice. Located in the Northern Virginia office, Ben focuses on patent litigation, counseling and prosecution.

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.

Zachary Rozen enables clients across multiple industries to engage in cross-border business, investment, and trade by advising them on sanctions, export controls and national security matters.

Based in the Shanghai office, Chunbin Xu has extensive experience representing Chinese and international clients in cross-border corporate transactions (including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and greenfield investments) as well as regulatory matters (including export control, sanctions, supply chain compliance and foreign investment review).

Baylee Beeman focuses her practice on corporate tax matters.

Samuel Bucher advises owners, developers and investors on complex commercial real estate and construction transactions with particular experience involving data centers, mixed-use developments, and commercial and industrial properties.

Andrew H. Jacobs is an associate who focuses his practice on finance matters, including debt finance, project development and other strategic transactions.

Branden Lau advises public and private companies, private equity sponsors, investment banks, and REITs across a wide range of industries, including sports, media, entertainment, telecommunications, consumer products, real estate and energy. He advises clients through all phases of a transaction, including drafting transaction documents, conducting due diligence to ensure compliance with regulatory and contractual obligations, and preparing SEC filings.

Mackenzie Pantoja is an associate in Pillsbury’s Corporate and Securities group.

Allan Van Vliet advises clients on complex commercial transactions at the intersection of real estate, construction, energy and finance. His practice focuses on mega- and giga-scale project development and construction, complex financings and loan workouts, and operational and commercial offtake arrangements for energy, manufacturing and industrial facilities.

Dr. Ben Hudson helps emerging and established technology companies protect complex innovations spanning physics, engineering, software, artificial intelligence, and medical devices. A registered patent agent with 13 years of experience, Ben prepares and prosecutes U.S. patent applications and develops coordinated prosecution strategies for patent portfolios in Europe, Japan, China, Canada, and Australia.

Nicholas Williams is a senior law clerk in the firm’s Corporate practice in New York. Prior to joining Pillsbury, he worked as a paralegal at an international law firm in New York and served in the U.S. Coast Guard.