Partner

Energy Partners: We Need to Talk. (Relax, It's Good News.)

MULTIPLE AM LAW FIRMS | NATIONWIDE | LATERAL PARTNERS & GROUPS

🚨 FIRST, NOBODY'S IN TROUBLE.

This isn't a call from your firm's General Counsel.

Nobody's questioning your billables.

And, as far as we know, nobody accidentally hit "Reply All" on a confidential email.

We just want to talk about your future.

Vortex Legal is working with multiple Am Law firms looking to make serious investments in established Energy partners and practice groups across the United States.

And we're not talking about one narrow corner of the Energy market.

We're looking for the whole power grid.

⚡ THE ENERGY UNIVERSE — WHO WE WANT TO MEET

THE DEALMAKERS

Energy M&A | Corporate | Private Equity | Joint Ventures | Acquisitions & Divestitures

If you negotiate deals that require seventeen signature pages and a small forest's worth of documents, we're interested.

THE MONEY PEOPLE

Project Finance | Sponsor-Side & Lender-Side Finance | Tax Equity | Energy Tax | Infrastructure Finance | Structured Finance

If you can explain a complicated financing structure without making everyone's eyes glaze over, we'd particularly like to meet you.

THE PEOPLE WHO KEEP EVERYONE OUT OF TROUBLE

Energy Regulatory | FERC | State Utility Commissions | Environmental | Permitting | Compliance

You know the rules, the exceptions to the rules, and which government agency needs to sign off on the exceptions.

THE PEOPLE WHO GET CALLED WHEN THINGS GO WRONG

Energy Litigation | Commercial Disputes | Construction Litigation | Arbitration | Regulatory Enforcement

Because sometimes a handshake deal turns into a 400-page complaint.

THE PEOPLE WHO ACTUALLY GET THINGS BUILT

Project Development | EPC | Power | Renewables | Solar | Wind | Battery Storage | Nuclear | Hydrogen | Transmission | Energy Real Estate

Someone has to turn those beautifully drafted agreements into something that actually produces electricity.

THE OIL & GAS CROWD

Upstream | Midstream | Downstream | LNG | Pipelines | Exploration & Production | Oil & Gas Transactions

Yes, traditional Energy counts too. We're recruiting attorneys, not picking sides in a Thanksgiving argument.

📚 THE BOOK QUESTION (YES, WE HAVE TO ASK)

Let's address the elephant in the conference room.

You need an established, portable book of business.

We're looking for partners with meaningful client relationships, demonstrated revenue generation, and the ability to bring business to a new platform.

The exact book requirement depends on the firm, practice, and market.

No universal magic number. No pretending that every Energy practice operates the same way.

And if you've built something with a team, we'd love to hear about that too.

Individual partners, small groups, and larger practice teams are all welcome.

🏛️ WHAT'S ON THE OTHER SIDE?

Depending on the firm and opportunity:

• Stronger national or international platforms
• Expanded Project Finance, Tax, Regulatory, and transactional support
• Opportunities for practice leadership
• Greater cross-selling potential
• Resources to grow your client relationships
• Competitive partner compensation
• The ability to bring colleagues along for the ride

And potentially fewer meetings about scheduling the next meeting.

We make no guarantees on that last one. This is still Big Law.

🤝 WHY VORTEX LEGAL?

We've been actively involved in significant Energy lateral partner moves, and we're building relationships across the Energy legal market.

We're not interested in throwing your résumé at 47 firms and hoping someone catches it.

We want to understand your practice, your clients, your goals, and what a better platform would actually look like.

Confidentiality matters. So does not wasting your time.

📩 THE NEXT STEP

If you're an Energy partner with a portable book and even a little curiosity about what else is out there, we'd welcome a conversation.

Worst case: We have a confidential conversation, you learn what's happening in the market, and you stay exactly where you are.

Best case: We find a platform that makes you wonder why you didn't take the call sooner.

And if you're completely happy where you are?

Congratulations. Please tell us what that's like. We're collecting data.

Mitch | Vortex Legal

813-505-2674