Five leading Energy & Infrastructure partners join Latham & Watkins, further strengthening market-leading global platform. Nov 02, 2026, 13:50 ET Arrival of five partners - Jason Bennett, Matthew Fusina, Thomas Holmberg, Jessica Adkins, and Charles (Chase) Armbrust - brings elite project development and finance capabilities across LNG, power, renewables, data centers, oil and gas, and other critical energy and infrastructure sectors. HOUSTON, Nov. 2, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Latham & Watkins LLP is pleased to announce that Jason Bennett, Matthew Fusina, Thomas Holmberg, Jessica Adkins, and Charles (Chase) Armbrust have joined the firm as partners in the Project Development & Finance Practice. The five-partner group expands Latham's project development and finance capabilities at a time of growing demand for sophisticated advice across the full life cycle of energy and infrastructure projects, including LNG, power, renewables, data centers, oil and gas, and other critical energy and infrastructure sectors. The group includes: * Bennett, Fusina, and Holmberg, widely regarded as one of the world's leading project development teams for complex energy and infrastructure projects across the globe. Bennett, Fusina, and Holmberg join Latham from Baker Botts. * Adkins, one of the foremost lawyers in her field, advises on electric power and renewable energy transactions, including power purchase agreements, complex offtake arrangements, commodity hedging, and power supply matters for data centers. Adkins joins Latham from Sidley Austin. * Armbrust, a highly regarded energy and infrastructure finance lawyer, focuses on debt financing for energy and infrastructure projects, with significant experience in utility-scale and distributed solar, wind, fuel cell, biomass, and thermal power projects. Armbrust joins Latham from Orrick. "We are delighted to welcome Jason, Matt, Tom, Jessica, and Chase to Latham," said Rich Trobman, Chair and Managing Partner of Latham & Watkins. "They are proven leaders and highly accomplished practitioners in the energy and infrastructure sector, and their decision to join Latham is further evidence that we continue to be the destination of choice for the market's top talent. This is a time of unprecedented innovation across the energy and infrastructure sector, and no other firm can match our cutting-edge practice, which is leading the way in transforming a truly dynamic and rapidly evolving market." Justin T. Stolte, Global Chair of Latham's Energy & Infrastructure Group, said: "Whether in AI infrastructure, LNG, power, or other critical energy and infrastructure investments, our clients increasingly need advisors who can support every facet of their projects. The arrival of this group was a strategic opportunity to strengthen our ability to meet that demand, expanding the depth and breadth of our market-leading projects practice in energy and infrastructure." "With the accelerating pace, focus, and demand for sophisticated project development and finance advice on energy and infrastructure investments across the globe, we are excited to add these five leading partners to our world-class Project Development & Finance platform," added Chirag Dedania, Global Co-Chair of Latham's Project Development & Finance Practice. "They strengthen our ability to support clients across the full project life cycle and place us even more clearly at the forefront of the global energy and infrastructure sector." "We are thrilled to welcome this exceptional group to our firm," said Nick Dhesi, Managing Partner of Latham's Houston office. "Their arrival marks a significant expansion of our energy and infrastructure capabilities in Texas. Their practices are highly complementary to our existing platform in Houston and around the world, and are further evidence of our aggressive plans in Texas." Bennett received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center and his BA from The University of Texas. Fusina received his JD from the University of Virginia School of Law and his BA from the University of Virginia. Holmberg received his JD from Georgetown University Law Center and his BA from the University of Arizona. Adkins received her JD from The University of Texas School of Law and her BS in Chemical Engineering from Rice University. Armbrust received his JD from the University of Michigan Law School and his BA from The University of Texas at Austin. About Latham & Watkins (lw.com) Latham & Watkins is a leading global law firm that brings together exceptional legal talent in financial centers around the world to advise on complex transactions, litigation, and regulatory matters. The firm's deep market and product knowledge, industry experience, vast scale, and commitment to innovation and excellence help clients navigate their most critical challenges and achieve their goals. Contacts Rich Trobman, Chair and Managing Partner, +1.212.906.1200 Nick Dhesi, Houston Office Managing Partner, +1.713.546.7409 Justin T. Stolte, Global Chair, Energy & Infrastructure Group, +1.713.546.7966 Chirag Dedania, Global Co-Chair, Project Development and Finance Practice, +1.212.906.1693 SOURCE Latham & Watkins

Latham adds Baker Botts projects chief in five-partner hire across Houston, DC. Global firm hires from Orrick and Sidley Austin alongside Baker Botts as it homes in on energy and infrastructure work 02 November 2026 Latham & Watkins has hired five partners across Houston and Washington DC, including the head of the global projects group at Baker Botts, as the firm homes in on energy and infrastructure work. Jason Bennett has joined from Baker Botts in Houston alongside Thomas Holmberg in Washington DC and Matt Fusina in Houston and Washington DC. The firm has also hired Sidley Austin partner Jessica Adkins and Orrick partner Charles Armbrust, both in Houston. All five have joined Latham's project development and finance practice. Commenting on the hires, Latham pointed to growing demand for advice across the full life cycle of energy and infrastructure projects. "The opportunity in energy and infrastructure right now is enormous, and so is the complexity," said Justin Stolte, global chair of Latham's energy and infrastructure group. "Clients are making major investments across power, AI infrastructure, LNG and other critical sectors, with development, financing and commercial issues intersecting at every stage. Bringing this group to Latham strengthens our ability to help clients navigate that complexity and execute on those investments." Advertisement Bennett has spent the past 28 years at Baker Botts and focuses on developing and structuring investments and joint ventures in the energy sector through project agreements and venturing vehicles, as well as acquisitions and sales of interests in energy projects. He brings extensive experience in LNG, H2 and CCUS projects, and has worked with clients including BP, YPF and Sempra LNG. Fusina has joined after 15 years at Baker Botts and advises on energy and energy transition infrastructure projects including joint ventures, commodity sales, operational arrangements and derivatives and carbon credit transactions. He previously advised Tellurian on developing the Driftwood LNG liquefaction project and Cheniere Energy on developing the Sabine Pass and Corpus Christi LNG export facilities. Holmberg was co-chair of Baker Botts' carbon capture and low carbon fuels practices, and focuses on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission contract and tariff matters and US Department of Energy authorisations for natural gas imports and exports under the Natural Gas Act, alongside project structuring and commercial agreements. Adkins advises on electric power and renewable energy transactions, including power purchase agreements, complex offtake arrangements, commodity hedging and power supply matters for data centres. She joined Sidley in 2019, having been head of the power projects practice at Bracewell. LAW OVER BORDERS COMPARATIVE GUIDES Intellectual Property Law Guide This first edition of the Intellectual Property Law Over Borders Comparative Guide provides insight into how businesses can obtain, protect and enforce their intellectual property rights in a range of jurisdictions... | 1yr. Armbrust made partner at Orrick at the start of last year and focuses on debt financing for energy and infrastructure projects, with particular experience in utility-scale and distributed solar, wind, fuel cell, biomass and thermal power projects. The hires take Latham to more than 40 partners in Houston, where in the past few months it has also hired capital markets partner Bill Nelson and securities and M&A litigator Walter Berger from A&O Shearman and Winston & Strawn respectively. Several Big Law firms have been hiring energy lawyers in Houston to capitalise on a wave of capital flowing into traditional oil and gas, renewables and physical infrastructure. Earlier this month, Ashurst Perkins Coie opened a Houston office after hiring a pair of energy transactions and real estate partners from Bracewell. Sullivan & Cromwell, Paul Weiss, Dechert and Buchalter have all set up shop in Houston this year. In August, Gibson Dunn hired Baker Botts energy M&A partner Clay Brett in Houston around the time energy partner Mark Schlackman joined Baker Botts' global projects department from King & Spalding.

Latham teams up with Harvey to build new AI tool. US giant targets investment fund work in latest tech push Latham & Watkins has teamed up with legal AI company Harvey to develop a new AI tool aimed at streamlining the paperwork involved in setting up investment funds. Lawyers from Latham's investment funds practice are working directly with Harvey's product and engineering teams to develop the new tecj, focusing on document-heavy tasks including limited partnership agreements (LPAs), side letters, subscription documents and comment memos. The idea is to speed up some of the more repetitive parts of the process, giving lawyers more time to focus on the commercial and strategic issues that matter to clients and investors. Matthew Chase, global chair of Latham's investment funds practice, said: "Fund formation requires lawyers to navigate an enormous amount of detail while staying focused on the commercial priorities of sponsors and investors. We're excited to partner with Harvey to combine their engineering expertise with the breadth of practitioner perspective across Latham's premier global platform, and to translate our market knowledge and insights into AI-enabled tools that support our clients." The Harvey tie-up comes as Latham continues to ramp up its AI investment. Last month, the firm revealed it had bought its own Nvidia-powered servers to run and customise AI models in-house, rather than relying solely on outside providers. Harvey co-founder and chief executive Winston Weinberg said the collaboration would give its product and engineering teams "direct insight" into how Latham lawyers handle complex fund work, helping shape tools around the realities of the job. The move is the latest in a growing run of BigLaw AI tie-ups. Freshfields has partnered with Anthropic, while Kirkland & Ellis is working with Palantir as part of a major push to build its own AI tools. Other US firms, including Sullivan & Cromwell, Ropes & Gray and Cooley, are also working with OpenAI on legal AI tools. The 2027 Legal Cheek Firms Most List shows Latham recruits around 32 trainees each year through its vacation schemes. Rookies earn £70,000 in their first year and £75,000 in their second, with pay rising to £173,077 upon qualification.