Brian S. Masterson
Results through empowered advocacy.
Our team offers the full array of transactional, regulatory and litigation services to clients spanning every segment of the energy space, from the extraction of fuel sources, to power generation and waste mitigation, to distribution and retail delivery. Clients turn to us for experienced guidance at each unique phase of project development. We assist energy companies in the execution of sophisticated financing, tax, fuel, siting, land use and joint venture transactions, as well as in the maintenance and commercialization of their intellectual property and trade secret assets.
We also represent energy industry participants in complex environmental and commercial litigation, along with a variety of permitting, enforcement and regulatory proceedings before state and federal agencies. Most important, we have the critical mass to not only handle quick-turnaround due diligence projects but place experienced attorneys in the data room on short notice.
Industry Team Leader
Louisville, KY
Representative Experience
Explore recent examples of our work to get a sense of who we are and what we're capable of.
- $2 billion project financing of a power plant and syndication of loan to approximately 50 banks
- Approximately $860 million sale of coal company assets
- $250 million multi-tranche credit facility for a coal mining company
- $25 million sale of coal mining assets
- $24 million issuance of industrial revenue bonds in coal company financing
- Coal lease and supply arrangement involving 55 million tons of coal reserves
- $42 million sale and leaseback of coal mining property and processing facilities
- $140 million acquisition of coal mining assets
- $25 million sale of equity interests of coal mining companies
- $11 million coal mining asset purchase and $30 million related financing
- $94 million acquisition of coal mining assets
- Approvals before state regulatory agencies involving:
- Utility financings totaling more than $1 billion
- Establishment of utility Regulatory Assets for accounting treatment totaling more than $200 million
- Utility rate cases totaling more than $200 million
- Utility merger approvals involving combined assets in the value of billions of dollar
Featured Insights
Our latest thinking on the legal issues impacting the energy industry.
May 17, 2019 | Publications
On May 14, 2019, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to accept an appeal from a Commonwealth Cou...
April 5, 2019 | Publications
On March 15, 2019, an en banc panel of Pennsylvania’s Commonwealth Court issued an opinion address...
November 1, 2018 | Publications
On October 26, 2018, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania, in Frederick v. Allegheny Township (229...
August 1, 2018 | Publications
While coal may not be the economic juggernaut it once was in Pennsylvania, the need for balance betw...
November 28, 2018 | Publications
On November 20, 2018, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court granted Southwestern Energy Production Companyâ...