Omar Samji News Today

HOUSTON - International law firm Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP announced today that prominent energy and infrastructure dealmaker Chris Bennett has joined the Firm as a partner in the Corporate Department, based in the Houston office, a press release states.

Chris Bennett replenishes Texas energy ranks following recent partner departures in Dallas

The Japanese government has brought on a team of lobbyists from Florida-based Ballard Partners that have close ties to Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Shearman & Sterling hosted the webinar Maximizing Opportunities in Clean Hydrogen and Carbon Capture Under the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act on November 17, 2022.

Partners Dan Feldman, Omar Samji, Roberta Berliner Cherman and counsel Gabriel Salinas have published a report on the Growing Importance of Low-Carbon Hydrogen in Latin America.

The Inflation Reduction Act's tax credits and direct payments, extension of existing renewable electricity subsidies, and other benefits will accelerate hydrogen and carbon capture projects across the U.S. — and will likely draw capital into the country that would otherwise have gone to projects elsewhere, say attorneys at Shearman.