Big Law’s Energy Dealmakers Expect Boost From Trump Election Win

Lawyers see energy deals moving full steam ahead as the incoming Trump administration likely removes environmental brakes and eases antitrust regulation.

Bumper oil and gas deals that already make up the bulk of the energy sector will be made easier and faster with lighter antitrust scrutiny, according to practitioners in the field.

“We would expect dealmaking to be easier with regulations and personnel that are viewed as more supportive of consolidation and raising capital and therefore make it more attractive to be a US publicly traded company,” said Hillary Holmes, co-chair of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher’s capital markets practice group ...