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Willkie Farr & Gallagher is a global law firm that guides clients in major financial and corporate matters, with offices in New York, Washington, London, Brussels, Paris, Frankfurt, Milan, and Rome. It concentrates on private equity and venture capital work, handling transactions, financing, regulatory and compliance issues, and related corporate matters for fund sponsors, portfolio companies, and investors. Its services are delivered through cross-border legal teams that perform due diligence, structuring, negotiation, and closing of deals, as well as ongoing governance and dispute resolution support. What sets Willkie apart is its international presence paired with a dedicated focus on private equity and VC, enabling seamless cross-border deals and coordinated advice across jurisdictions. The firm’s goal is to help clients successfully structure, finance, and execute investments while managing risk and regulatory considerations across multiple markets.
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Willkie welcomes energy and infrastructure partner Matthew Penny. August 17, 2026 New York, NY (August 17, 2026) - Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP today announced that energy and infrastructure attorney Matthew Penny has joined the Firm as a partner. Matthew's practice focuses on the development and construction - including Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) matters - of energy and infrastructure projects, including data centers. He is based in the Firm's Houston and Dallas offices. "Our clients are undertaking increasingly complex, large-scale projects that require strategic guidance. We are thrilled to add Matthew's EPC experience at this exciting time in the market," said Eric Pogue, Willkie's Global Chair of Power and Renewable Energy. "Matthew's addition deepens our ability to provide practical, commercial counsel on the development of energy and infrastructure projects, including data centers and large-scale generation projects." Matthew's practice covers a wide range of energy and infrastructure assets, including power generation (fossil fuel, nuclear and renewables), energy storage (electric and gas), infrastructure (data centers and transmission), and traditional oil and gas assets (including liquefied natural gas). He regularly guides clients across the industry, including developers, investors, lenders, manufacturers, and end-users (including hyperscalers), through strategic decisions involving contracting methodologies and structures, supply chain optimization, and project financing. Archie Fallon, Managing Partner of the Houston office, commented: "As investment in energy and infrastructure continues to accelerate, Matthew's EPC and construction practice will further strengthen our capabilities and our growing Houston office." Holt Foster, Managing Partner of the Dallas office, added: "We are thrilled to welcome Matthew to Willkie. Our energy and data center clients in Texas and across the Firm will benefit from Matthew's first-in-class experience." Matthew's practice is strengthened by his background in construction litigation and contract management, which includes almost 10 years of experience at an oil major. He is recognized by legal directories as an elite practitioner in energy transactions. Matthew joins from a prominent national law firm. Matthew commented: "I am excited to join Willkie's talented team at a time of such significant change across the energy sector. Willkie has built one of the most impressive global energy and infrastructure platforms in the market, and the Firm's broad transactional strength aligns well with my EPC and construction project work, allowing us to support clients from project inception through operation across the industry." Matthew is the latest partner addition to Willkie's growing cross-office team of attorneys focused on matters involving energy, project finance and infrastructure, including data centers. ***************************************************** About Willkie Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP provides leading-edge legal solutions on complex, business critical issues spanning markets and industries. Its approximately 1,300 attorneys across 16 offices worldwide deliver innovative, pragmatic, and sophisticated legal services across approximately 45 practice areas. Learn more at www.willkie.com.
EnCap exits Momentum Midstream in $5.5bn sale to Williams. * August 4, 2026 * - 9:16 am Private equity-backed Momentum Midstream is changing hands after Williams Companies agreed to acquire the business from EnCap Flatrock Midstream in a transaction valued at up to $5.5bn, delivering another significant infrastructure exit for the energy-focused PE firm, according to a report by Bloomberg. Under the terms of the agreement, Williams will fund the acquisition through approximately $3.5bn in cash and assumed debt, alongside around $2bn in shares. The deal represents one of the largest acquisitions undertaken by Williams and further strengthens its footprint in the Haynesville shale basin, a key source of natural gas feeding the rapidly expanding US liquefied natural gas (LNG) export market. Houston-based Momentum Midstream owns and operates approximately 4,000 miles of natural gas pipelines with capacity to transport around 6 billion cubic feet of gas per day. Its network connects production in East Texas and northern Louisiana to LNG export facilities, power generators and industrial customers along the US Gulf Coast. The acquisition reflects continued demand for established midstream infrastructure as developers seek to expand capacity serving a growing pipeline of LNG export terminals. With regulatory hurdles and lengthy permitting timelines making new pipeline construction increasingly difficult, strategic acquisitions have become an attractive route for operators looking to expand existing networks. Alongside the acquisition announcement, Williams unveiled plans to invest a further $1.5bn in expanding its infrastructure, including the Delta Access project on its Transco pipeline system and the Shelby Trough Connector, an extension of its Louisiana Energy Gateway network. The acquisition will increase Williams' ability to transport natural gas from the Haynesville basin to Gulf Coast export facilities. The company already owns more than 30,000 miles of pipeline infrastructure across the US. The transaction comes as the US LNG sector continues its rapid expansion, with export capacity expected to increase significantly over the remainder of the decade as new terminals in Texas and Louisiana come online. BofA Securities acted as lead financial adviser to Williams, with Davis Polk & Wardwell serving as legal counsel. Momentum Midstream was advised by Barclays and Jefferies, while Kirkland & Ellis acted as its legal adviser. Willkie Farr & Gallagher advised EnCap Flatrock Midstream on the transaction.
Orrick hires partner for Paris energy finance team. Orrick has hired Antoine Bouzanquet as a partner in Paris to lead French project finance within its Energy & Infrastructure practice. Bouzanquet joined from Willkie Farr & Gallagher and was accompanied by two associates. He advises on greenfield and brownfield project development and... Exclusive subscriber content... Not yet a subscriber? Join us today to continue accessing content without any restrictions Or to request access to Proximo Intelligence contact us
Willkie climbs 1H 2026 Capital Markets league tables. Award. July 23, 2026 Willkie has continued to earn extensive recognition as a market leader - including several top rankings - in the London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) and Bloomberg 1H 2026 Capital Markets league tables, highlighting its success advising issuers and managers across an array of debt and equity transactions. Willkie excelled in the LSEG league tables for the first half of the year, ranking among the top 25 firms in 21 categories and standing out as a global leader in several key categories. Notably, Willkie is the #1 issuer counsel, by deal count, for US Debt, Equity & Equity-related transactions, advising on 126 offerings, #1 for US Straight Debt offerings, #2 for Global Straight Debt, and #3 for Global Debt, Equity & Equity-related deals, among other prominent rankings. Willkie's Capital Markets practice also features prominently in Bloomberg's report, achieving six top-10 rankings and numerous other recognitions across approximately 20 league table categories. The Firm ranked among the leading issuer-side advisors by deal volume and deal count in the US Corporate Bond, US Investment Grade Corporate Bond, and Canada Corporate Bond categories, among other distinctions. Willkie's premier Capital Markets practice represents U.S. and foreign issuers and underwriters in a variety of capital-raising transactions, including initial public offerings, offerings by leading public companies, and the issuances of high-yield, investment grade and convertible debt and common and preferred stock in the U.S. and foreign markets.
Willkie Farr partners with OpenAI to develop proprietary AI platforms and solutions. * July 22, 2026 Willkie today announced a collaboration with OpenAI that it says will accelerate the development and deployment of "next-generation AI solutions" across the firm's legal and business operations, including a firmwide rollout of ChatGPT Enterprise. Willkie is among the first international law firms to join forces with OpenAI to focus on accelerating the development and deployment of proprietary AI platforms and solutions within its own environment. As Legal Technology wrote in December last year, others include Dentons. The collaboration builds upon Willkie Works, the firm's AI and innovation organization, which is focused on developing proprietary technologies and integrating them into legal and business workflows. Through Willkie Works, the firm has developed a portfolio of proprietary AI platforms, including: * Wendell Intelligence - Willkie's enterprise AI platform, providing a unified interface to AI-powered legal and business workflows * Wendell Financial Insights - a firmwide financial and matter intelligence platform supporting operational and client-service decision-making * Wendell Horizon - an AI-powered professional development and attorney training platform * Wendell Private Funds Secondaries Platform - a specialized solution supporting complex private funds and secondaries workflows * Wendell Class Action Claimant Platform - a technology-enabled platform supporting claimant analysis and litigation workflows Willkie says that OpenAI's frontier models will help power the next generation of these platforms, enabling Willkie to accelerate the design, testing and deployment of new AI-driven capabilities across legal and business functions. Thomas Cerabino, Willkie's chairman said: "AI is changing the practice of law. We have been through pivotal transformations before and are embracing this generational shift, supporting our position as a leader in the AI evolution. The opportunity AI presents is not simply to work faster, but to rethink how legal services are delivered, how institutional knowledge is leveraged and how clients are served. At Willkie, we are achieving this through combining exceptional legal talent with transformative technology to best meet our clients' needs." The collaboration also extends to OpenAI Codex, which Willkie expects to integrate into its AI development environment through Willkie Works. These capabilities will help accelerate how the firm's AI engineers design, test and deploy the next generation of proprietary platforms, workflows and client solutions. "The future of legal will be shaped by firms that can put the power of coding directly into the hands of their lawyers and technologists," said Jason Boehmig, head of product for the legal vertical at OpenAI. "With OpenAI's frontier models and Codex, Willkie can turn its expertise and ideas into tools designed around how its professionals work and serve clients. That ability to build is genuinely new, and we're excited to support their innovation." The collaboration comes as law firms increasingly look at whether they should be adapting off the shelf legal AI tools or building their own. A key differentiator for firms now is how the firm's knowledge is structured; how it is connected to workflows; how lawyers validate and improve outputs; and what proprietary client experience the firm builds on top of the models. If underlying LLMs are increasingly a commodity, the firm's advantage lies in the orchestration layer and the domain expertise wrapped around it. This is with the big caveat that with AI companies moving to a consumption model for tokens, the costs may end up being prohibitive.
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