John G. Klauberg

Partner

P 212.938.6400
F 800.404.3970
E john.klauberg@bgllp.com

Assistant

Michele Iacono
212.402.8470

John Klauberg provides his clients with advice on the structuring and implementation of transactions in the electric power and gas sector, including: mergers and restructurings of regulated utilities; acquisitions and dispositions of power plants and leases of generating and transmission facilities and similar “utility-type” properties; formation and restructurings of independent power project partnerships, including the negotiation and structuring of power purchase and sale agreements; and large-scale structured wholesale and retail power purchase and sale transactions.

He has experience in transactions involving both regulated utilities and unregulated companies in the electric and gas markets, including power trading companies (on both the wholesale and retail level), exempt wholesale generators and qualifying facilities and has been actively engaged in transactions involving the purchase and sale of energy assets and contracts arising out of some of the largest bankruptcies in the energy sector.

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John represents companies in renewable and alternative energy transactions, including wind, nuclear, solar and biomass, including acquisitions and divestitures and structured transactions, typically including long-term power purchase and sale and/or fuel supply agreements. He has handled development and acquisition transactions in the renewable and alternative energy area, particularly involving wind plants, involving facilities and off-take agreements for over 500 MW of installed capacity.

John is recognized as a leader in the field by Chambers USA America's Leading Lawyers for Business (2012), with a top tier, Band 1 ranking for energy transactional work (New York).

Publications and Speeches

Speaker, annual EXNET Utility Mergers & Acquisitions Symposium and other energy industry conferences and seminars

Education

LL.M, New York University School of Law, 1984
J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 1981
B.A., honors, Hamilton College, 1978

Bar Admissions

New York
District of Columbia

Court Admissions

U.S. Tax Court
U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Noteworthy

Chambers Global: The World’s Leading Lawyers for Business, Energy: Electricity (Transactional), 2008-2013
Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Energy: Electricity (Transactional), 2010-2012; Energy: Transactional, 2009; Energy, 2006-2008
US Legal 500, Energy: Transactions, 2012
Law Review, Law & Policy in International Business
BTI Client Service All-Star 2013