WASHINGTON, D.C. — Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP has announced that Bill Hollaway has joined the firm's Washington office as partner. Hollaway focuses his practice on energy transactions and energy regulatory issues, particularly involving the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC).

Hollaway has experience representing clients on a broad range of issues in the energy regulatory and energy transactional fields, including numerous proceedings and matters before the FERC. His clients include independent power producers and independent transmission companies, as well as traditional regulated generation and transmission utilities.

Hollaway's understanding of power generation and transmission technology has enabled him to work with clients on virtually every type of power generating facility and transmission project. Hollaway has experience representing clients in matters related to independent transmission development and interconnection agreements, including his work on the Neptune Regional Transmission System.

Hollaway has litigated hearings before the FERC and has successfully negotiated beneficial settlements for clients in both informal and formal dispute resolution proceedings. He has negotiated and drafted a variety of contracts and other agreements, including long-term agreements for new nuclear power plants. Hollaway also represents clients in mergers and acquisitions in the power industry, including structuring of transactions to address regulatory requirements in establishing and performing due diligence reviews and obtaining approvals to close the transactions.

In addition to his work before the FERC, Hollaway advises clients regarding the application of, and compliance with, the regulations of the NRC and the Atomic Energy Act. He has represented nuclear power clients in filings and hearings before the NRC with regard to license applications for generating facilities and spent fuel storage facilities.

Before joining Gibson Dunn, Hollaway was a partner in the Washington, D.C., office of Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and was a counsel in the energy group at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP.

Hollaway received his Juris Doctor degree, magna cum laude, from Georgetown University, where he served as an articles editor on the Georgetown Law Review and was a member of the Order of the Coif. In addition to his law degree, Hollaway has three degrees in nuclear engineering. He earned his Ph.D. and Master of Science degrees in nuclear engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). He was a U.S. Department of Energy Fellow at MIT and a member of both the Sigma Xi scientific research honor society and the Alpha Nu Sigma nuclear engineering honor society. Hollaway also earned a Bachelor of Nuclear Engineering degree, with highest honor, from the Georgia Institute of Technology.

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