Insights

Washington – February 24, 2026: Chambers and Partners has ranked 13 Crowell & Moring practice groups and 20 individual lawyers in the Chambers Global 2026 guide.

Washington – June 6, 2024: Crowell & Moring earned 78 rankings for 67 lawyers, as well as 41 national and statewide practice area rankings, in the Chambers USA 2024 guide. The rankings are driven by independent interviews of clients and lawyers at peer firms.

Washington, June 27, 2019: Crowell & Moring represented Clearway Energy, Inc. (CWEN), a publicly-traded energy infrastructure investor, in the repowering of two existing wind assets in Texas with an aggregate capacity of 283 MW, held in a partnership with CWEN’s affiliate Clearway Energy Group.

Washington – February 7, 2018: Crowell & Moring LLP represented NRG Yield, Inc. in negotiating agreements to acquire the Carlsbad Energy Center, a 519 megawatt gas-fired generating facility under construction in California, for $365 million in cash plus assumed debt of $601 million, and the Buckthorn Solar Generating Facility, a 154 megawatt facility under construction in Texas, for $42.3 million in cash plus assumed debt of $131 million.

Washington – November 17, 2017: Crowell & Moring LLP represented NRG Yield, Inc. in acquiring a 38 megawatt portfolio of solar facilities from NRG Energy, including NRG’s Solar Power Partners funds, for a total  consideration of $71 million in cash plus assumed debt of $26 million. The transaction closed on November 1, 2017. The Crowell & Moring team included partner Patrick W. Lynch, counsel Nicholas James, partner Scott J. Moore, partner David Chung, partner Jennifer A. Ray, senior counsel Deborah A. Carpentier, counsel Diana A. Jeschke, associate Tyler A. O’Connor, associate Kevin Silk, and associate Mark Thomson.

Washington, D.C., February 28, 2017: Crowell & Moring LLP represented NRG Yield, Inc. in negotiating an agreement to acquire interests in an 820 MW portfolio of eight solar generating facilities in Arizona and Utah from NRG Energy, Inc. for $130 million in cash plus assumed non-recourse project debt of $464 million. The transaction is expected to close in the next 60 days. The Crowell & Moring team included partner Patrick W. Lynch, counsel Nicholas James, partner Scott J. Moore, partner David Chung, partner Jennifer A. Ray, senior counsel Deborah A. Carpentier, counsel Cameron Prell, counsel Diana A. Jeschke, associate Lorin Dale-Pierce, associate Tyler A. O’Connor, and associate Mark Thomson.

Washington, D.C., September 9, 2016: Crowell & Moring LLP represented NRG Yield, Inc. in the acquisition of the remaining 51.05 percent interest in the California Valley Solar Ranch project from NRG Energy for $78.5 million in cash plus assumed project debt of $496 million. The 250 MW facility sells its output to Pacific Gas and Electric Company under long-term contracts. The transaction closed on Sept. 1.

Washington, D.C., November 24, 2015: Crowell & Moring, LLP represented NRG Yield, Inc. in the acquisition of a 75 percent interest in a portfolio of wind assets from NRG Energy for $210 million in cash plus assumed project debt of $145 million and tax equity of $97 million. The portfolio consists primarily of assets acquired by NRG Energy from Edison Mission in 2014. The assets represent 814MW of generating capacity in Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Utah.

Washington, D.C. – September 1, 2014: Crowell & Moring LLP is pleased to announce that it has elevated five attorneys to senior counsel effective September 1, 2014. The new senior counsel have been promoted from within the ranks of the firm's Washington, D.C. and London offices and from a variety of practice areas. The newly promoted senior counsel are: