© 2016 The Texas Lawbook.
By Brooks Igo
(Feb. 17) – Morgan Lewis announced yesterday that energy regulatory expert Kirstin Gibbs has joined the firm as a partner. She will practice in Washington, D.C. and Houston.
Gibbs jumps to Morgan Lewis from Bracewell, where she practiced for nearly five years. She represents pipelines, producers, traders, marketers, utilities and end-users in matters related to oil and gas sales, financial trading, transportation and storage.
She said she is “excited and eager” for the opportunity to join Morgan Lewis.
“Morgan Lewis is one of the premiere energy regulatory firms,” she said. “The firm provides a great platform and has an established Houston office.”
Though her primary base is in Washington, D.C., Gibbs says she makes about 15 to 20 trips to Houston each year. Her clients in Houston include Statoil, Repsol, Chevron and Koch Industries.
Gibbs has a particular expertise advising clients on Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) market participation, FERC compliance and enforcement actions, and rate and policy matters involving natural gas and oil companies.
She says she is asked every day about FERC compliance.
“Advising on trading practices is an ongoing event,” she said.
Gibbs, who has developed a sub-specialty in LNG matters, says there is an increased focus on the regulatory hurdles related to exporting LNG. She says one of the important questions facing the Department of Energy is the allowed volume of LNG to export from non-free-trade countries.
“We consider Kirstin one of the elite oil and gas regulatory lawyers in the field,” Kathryn Sutton, leader of Morgan Lewis’s energy practice, said in a statement.
We expect that enforcement and compliance actions, regulatory proceedings, and regulatory risk management will continue to be of substantial concern to our clients, and Kirstin has the ideal background to assist them in these areas.”
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