Legal Counsel
Vinson & Elkins
Track
29
Deals Tracked
$41.87B
Deal Value
26,068MW
Total Capacity
5
Executive Moves
Solar + Storage
Top Technology
Deal Activity
Apr 2CounselBriscoe Wind Farm — 150 MW operating wind, West TexasProject & Portfolio M&AWind$53M150 MW
Mar 11CounselSteel River Solar & Storage — 2,450 MWdc solar + 2,900 MWh battery storage, ArkansasProject & Portfolio M&ASolar2,450 MW
Mar 9CounselTAKKION — integrated renewable energy services platform (wind O&M, construction, logistics, transportation)Corporate M&AOther
Feb 18CounselCorporate financing — energy storage technologyCorporate M&ABESS$150M
Jan 20Counsel214 MW distributed solar portfolio — 106 projectsProject FinanceSolar$355M214 MW
Dec 10CounselCape Station EGS development (Phase I 100 MW + Phase II 400 MW) + broader Fervo development pipelineStrategic & Growth CapitalGeothermal$462M500 MW
Oct 2CounselNextEra's Distributed Generation platform — 900+ MW operating solar/storage + 1 GW+ pipeline across 25 statesProject & Portfolio M&ASolar900 MW
Jul 22CounselFrye Solar (632 MW TX) + Jicarilla Solar (125 MW NM) + 20 MW co-located BESS — Repsol US operating renewables (46.3% stake)Project & Portfolio M&ASolar + Storage$340M777 MW
Jan 15CounselOrigis Energy — $1B+ strategic investment in US solar and storage developer with 1 GW operating, 3 GW construction-ready, 25 GW pipelineCorporate M&ASolar + Storage$1.00B4,000 MW
Dec 16CounselPattern Energy Group LP — 5.6 GW developed (incl. SunZia 3.5 GW transmission/wind) + significant US/Canada wind/solar/transmission portfolioStrategic & Growth CapitalSolar + Storage5,600 MW
Aug 5CounselCogentrix Energy — 5,300 MW (11 natural gas plants) across PJM, ERCOT, ISO-NEProject & Portfolio M&ANatural Gas$3.00B5,300 MW
Mar 14CounselØrsted US onshore wind portfolio — Ford Ridge (IL), Helena Wind & Western Trail Wind (TX), Sunflower Wind (KS) — 957 MWProject & Portfolio M&AWind$300M957 MW
Feb 29CounselCape Station Phase I + Phase II — 400 MW Enhanced Geothermal (EGS), Beaver County, UtahStrategic & Growth CapitalGeothermal$244M400 MW
Feb 22CounselCoastal Virginia Offshore Wind (CVOW) — 2,600 MW offshore wind, 27 miles off Virginia Beach, Virginia (PJM) — 50% noncontrolling stakeProject & Portfolio M&AOffshore Wind$2.60B2,600 MW
Nov 2CounselDenbury Inc. — 1,300-mile CO2 pipeline network (largest in US) + EOR oilfields in TX, LA, MSCorporate M&ACarbon Capture & DAC$4.90B
Aug 1CounselDouble Black Diamond Solar (800 MWdc, Illinois)Project FinanceSolar$1.22B800 MW
Nov 3CounselAspen Power Partners — community/C&I/multifamily solar+storage platform; bolt-on of Safari Energy (220 MW DG portfolio from PPL Corp)Strategic & Growth CapitalSolar + Storage$350M220 MW
Sep 29CounselScout Clean Energy — wind, solar, BESS developer; 1.2 GW operating + 22.7 GW pipelineProject & Portfolio M&ASolar + Storage$1.00B1,200 MW
Dec 8CounselSolid Power — all-solid-state battery (sulfide solid electrolyte technology); 50-75% energy density increase vs Li-ionSPAC MergerBESS$1.20B
Aug 26CounselVolta Inc. — commerce-centric EV charging network (1,700+ chargers, 24 territories)SPAC MergerEV$1.40B
Jul 16CounselHyzon Motors — hydrogen fuel cell heavy commercial trucks (refuse, prime movers)SPAC MergerHydrogen$2.70B
Jul 9CounselSunlight Financial — residential solar/home improvement point-of-sale financing platformSPAC MergerSolar$1.30B
Jul 1CounselEVgo — largest US public DC fast charging network (800+ locations, 34 states, 220K+ customer accounts)SPAC MergerEV$2.60B
May 6CounselLion Electric — Class 5-8 EV trucks + e-busesCorporate M&ABESS$500M
Feb 26CounselChargePoint — largest US EV charging networkCorporate M&AOther$2.40B
Oct 28CounselFisker Inc. — EV maker (Fisker Ocean SUV)Corporate M&ABESS$2.90B
Oct 1CounselHyliion — electrified powertrains for commercial fleetsCorporate M&AOther$1.50B
Oct 8CounselGE Capital Energy Financial Services portfolio — ~20 equity investments (renewables, gas, midstream)Corporate M&ASolar + Storage$1.00B
Jan 25CounselWGL Holdings — Washington Gas Light + non-regulated power/marketing/midstreamCorporate M&ANatural Gas$8.40B
Key People
SS
Samara Shepherd
Partner, Investment Funds
44
deals
SF
Sam Francis
Partner, Investment Management, NYC
42
deals
RS
Reed Schuster
Partner, Investment Management, Austin
42
deals
CL
Caitlin Lawrence
Partner, Finance Practice
24
deals
CP
C.J. Polito
Partner, Energy Regulatory, Washington DC
15
deals
CB
Chris Bennett
Partner, Corporate/Energy
7
deals
MR
Melissa Raciti-Knapp
Partner, Finance
5
deals
Change of Control
3 joined2 departed
Oct 7New Hire
Laura V. Swett← was Energy Litigation Partner
to Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionSource →Jan 1New Hire
Stephen Gill← was Co-Leader, Corporate Group and Strategic M&A Practice
to Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & FlomSource →Track Vinson & Elkins and 100+ firms
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