WASHINGTON, July 21 DC-GibsonDunnHollaway
WASHINGTON, July 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is pleased
to announce that Bill Hollaway has joined the firm's Washington, D.C. office
as partner. Previously with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, Hollaway
focuses his practice on energy transactions and energy regulatory issues,
particularly involving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).
"Bill is an experienced and highly regarded FERC lawyer who, with his
Ph.D. in nuclear engineering from M.I.T., has an extraordinary technical
background," said Ken Doran, Managing Partner of Gibson Dunn. "His
broad-based regulatory experience, coupled with his strong technical
background, will be a valuable asset for our clients in the energy sector."
"Bill's skill and experience complements the firm's Energy and
Infrastructure group," said Steven Buffone, Co-Chair of the Energy and
Infrastructure Practice Group. "In addition to his extensive FERC experience,
he has a strong transactional practice with the ability to advise clients on
creative solutions to resolve key regulatory obstacles in transactions. His
nuclear academic and regulatory background is an added strength given the
market is poised for the possible resurgence of nuclear power."
"Bill will also work closely with the firm's private equity, M&A,
corporate finance, project finance and general corporate transactional
practices," said Karen Manos, Co-Managing Partner in Charge of the Washington,
D.C. office. "There are also natural synergies between his practice and the
firm's environmental, litigation and government contracts practices in DC and
firmwide."
"I am looking forward to joining my new colleagues at Gibson Dunn," said
Hollaway. "Gibson Dunn provides a tremendous platform with a strong national
and international energy group plus multidisciplinary depth and breadth
running across all the different practice groups with which I will be working.
It is a spectacular opportunity to join a world-class firm."
About Bill Hollaway
Dr. Hollaway has extensive experience representing clients on a broad
range of issues in the energy regulatory and energy transactional fields,
including numerous proceedings and matters before the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC). His clients include independent power producers
and independent transmission companies, as well as traditional regulated
generation and transmission utilities. Dr. Hollaway's deep understanding of
power generation and transmission technology has enabled him to work
seamlessly with clients on virtually every type of power generating facility
and transmission project. Dr. Hollaway has extensive experience representing
clients in matters related to independent transmission development and
interconnection agreements, including his ground-breaking work on the Neptune
Regional Transmission System.
Dr. Hollaway has litigated hearings before the FERC and has successfully
negotiated beneficial settlements for clients in both informal and formal
dispute resolution proceedings. He has negotiated and drafted a variety of
contracts and other agreements, including long-term agreements for new nuclear
power plants. Dr. Hollaway also represents clients in mergers and
acquisitions in the power industry, including structuring of transactions to
address regulatory requirements in establishing and performing due diligence
reviews and obtaining approvals to close the transactions.
In addition to his extensive work before the FERC, Dr. Hollaway advises
clients regarding the application of, and compliance with, the regulations of
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Atomic Energy Act. He has
represented nuclear power clients in filings and hearings before the NRC with
regard to license applications for generating facilities and spent fuel
storage facilities.
Prior to joining Gibson Dunn, Dr. Hollaway was a partner in the
Washington, D.C. office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and was a
counsel in the energy group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.
Dr. Hollaway received his Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, from
Georgetown University, where he served as an Articles Editor on the Georgetown
Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif. In addition to his law
degree, Dr. Hollaway has three degrees in nuclear engineering. He earned his
Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in nuclear engineering from the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.). He was a U.S. Department of
Energy Fellow at M.I.T. and a member of both the Sigma Xi scientific research
honor society and the Alpha Nu Sigma nuclear engineering honor society.
Dr. Hollaway also earned a Bachelor of Nuclear Engineering degree, with
highest honor, from the Georgia Institute of Technology.
About Gibson Dunn's Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group
In the energy arena, Gibson Dunn's experience spans from traditional oil
and gas production, refining, transmission and financing to siting,
permitting, construction, operation, divestiture and acquisition of renewable
projects, such as wind power, biomass and bio-diesel, hydro, geo-thermal and
solar power generation installations, technologies and facilities.
Gibson Dunn lawyers have advised clients in connection with power
generation projects located in the European Union, the United States and
emerging markets around the world, involving coal, gas and oil-fired
generation, as well as geothermal, hydroelectric, biomass and other
renewable-resource technologies. The firm's power experience includes
stand-alone power generation projects, as well as integrated facilities with
secondary applications (including co-generation). The firm's lawyers have
acted as lead counsel on more than 120 power generation transactions,
involving capital of more than $40 billion, including greenfield development
and financing, privatization, disaggregation, acquisition and restructuring
transactions. They also have experience in the privatization, acquisition and
development of associated transmission facilities.
The firm's lawyers advise clients in transactions relating to natural
resource extraction (including natural gas, oil, coal, timber, alumina and
precious metals), pipelines, and secondary processing (including
paper-processing and petrochemical manufacturing plants).
Gibson Dunn's Energy and Infrastructure Practice Group works closely with
a number of other practice groups and is an integrated part of the firm's
Global Finance Practice Group, representing leading domestic and foreign
financial institutions and issuers in domestic and cross-border lending
transactions, securitizations, commercial paper and capital markets
placements, taxable and tax-exempt debt issuances and equity and debt
offerings.
About the Firm
Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP is a leading international law firm.
Consistently ranking among the world's top law firms in industry surveys and
major publications, Gibson Dunn is distinctively positioned in today's global
marketplace with approximately 950 lawyers and 15 offices, including Los
Angeles, New York, Washington, D.C., London, Paris, Munich, Brussels, Dubai,
Singapore, Orange County, San Francisco, Palo Alto, Century City, Dallas and
Denver. For more information, please visit http://www.gibsondunn.com.
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