Hunton Andrews Kurth Announces Expansion of National Energy Practice with Addition of Myles F. Reynolds and Tab R. Urbantke

We are pleased to announce the expansion of our Dallas office and our highly ranked energy practice with the arrival of Myles F. Reynolds and Tab R. Urbantke as partners on the firm’s energy and infrastructure team.

Prior to joining the firm, Myles was a partner and Tab was counsel at Vinson & Elkins in Dallas. Both are former associates at Hunton & Williams, which combined with Andrews Kurth Kenyon in April.

Their experience adds to the depth of our capabilities in the energy sector for clients in Texas and across the US. They have a robust electric and gas regulatory practice, and they represent various energy companies before federal and state regulatory agencies such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Public Utility Commission of Texas, the Texas Railroad Commission, and other state commissions.

Myles advises electric and natural gas utilities, midstream companies and other energy providers regulated by state and federal government agencies. He regularly represents clients in litigated proceedings, including rate cases, certificate proceedings and complaints. He also assists clients on greenfield project development, legislative initiatives, regulatory compliance, commercial transactions, significant mergers and acquisitions and financings.

Tab represents a variety of energy sector clients, including electric and gas utilities, mining companies, power marketers, and generators. His experience includes both rulemaking proceedings and administrative litigation involving a variety of rate case, licensing, complaint, and merger proceedings before numerous state and federal agencies. He also leads negotiations for clients on a variety of commercial energy transactions and advises companies on legislative strategy, drafting, and advocacy efforts.

Energy and Infrastructure

Hunton Andrews Kurth’s dynamic energy and infrastructure practice began advising electric utility companies and railroads as early as 1901. Over the years, our practice has grown to meet the needs of this key economic sector and is today ranked among the top energy and infrastructure teams worldwide. With an integrated team of corporate, project finance, lending, environmental, litigation, regulatory and tax partners practicing from our offices across the United States and in Europe and Asia, the firm consistently receives top-tier rankings by leading legal and industry publications such as Chambers USA and Chambers Global. Our accolades include several recent “Deal of the Year” awards from leading publications, including International Financial Law Review (IFLR), Project Finance magazine (PFM) and Project Finance International (PFI), among others