As digital technology improves and business increasingly moves from paper to the Internet, international energy partnerships are becoming a must in the energy business.
Some finance experts have said that for even young innovative business to survive they need to take advantage of international markets. Keep reading →
It’s a tough time to be an energy regulator in Washington.
The value of all federal regulation is being challenged on the political front as “job-killing,” but the legal requirements remain in place. Regulators must enforce laws while debate rages. Conversations with Washington observers evoked not only vociferous criticism and fervent praise for those on the spot to keep energy regulation functioning, but also a general respect for the barriers regulators face. Keep reading →
The energy industry is a massive, heavily-regulated sector involved in some of the largest, most complex and most drawn-out legal issues of our time. It would be hard to find a law firm that did not count energy firms as major clients, and many of the top firms pride themselves on the excellent work they do for firms both in the US and around the world.
The list below is not an attempt to quantify the number of hours spent by attorneys, or even rate the overall profile of the firm within the golden circle of law firms themselves, much less quantify the value of the deals each firm has worked. Based on conversations with energy industry sources, these are the firms getting the most attention from insiders, and this list lays out how they are perceived. Keep reading →
