Tory Lauterbach

About Tory Lauterbach

As Co-Chair of the Energy Regulation & Litigation practice and a leader in the Data Centers practice at Gibson Dunn, I represent clients in complex energy regulatory proceedings and commercial negotiations for power supply and utility infrastructure development to support the world\'s growing need for electricity. I bring to my work a regulatory background, with 15+ years of experience advising clients in cases before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and in guiding clients through the regulated aspects of energy-related transactions. I have significant hands-on experience negotiating with public utilities and utility regulators, litigating regulatory matters at FERC and federal courts, and providing legal advice in heavily-regulated energy market environments, including wholesale electricity, natural gas, and carbon markets. With an eye toward the energy transition, I advise clients on regulatory issues related to interconnecting clean and renewable energy projects to the grid, repowering and repurposing existing generating facilities, facilitating and responding to load growth from data centers, transmission development, renewable and alternative fuels, hydrogen production and transport, electrification, decarbonization, wholesale market transactions and compliance, electricity and natural gas export issues, and securing regulatory authorizations for new projects and large transactions. I also bring political campaign and public policy experience to bear in my practice, providing pragmatic and timely counseling to clients in today\'s dynamic political and regulatory environment. I am licensed to practice law in D.C. and Texas.Cover photo credit: James St. John, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Experience

1. Partner & Co-chair Energy Regulation and Litigation

   Gibson Dunn

   Jun 2024 — Present · Washington, DC, US

   I advise clients regarding energy infrastructure development, power supply arrangements for large loads like data centers, generator interconnection and transmission planning, mergers and acquisitions regulatory approvals, project financing, public utility ratemaking, and the full array of legal, regulatory, and policy questions that arise related to data-driven load growth and energy transition issues.

Education

• The University of Texas at Austin

  Juris Doctorate, Law

  2006 — 2009

• Cornell University

  Bachelor of Arts, Government, Philosophy, & History

  2002 — 2006

Skills

• Natural Gas
• Public Policy
• Legal Research
• Mergers & Acquisitions
• Renewable Portfolio Standards
• Ferc
• Transactional
• Westlaw
• Legal Writing
• Litigation
• Energy
• Cftc
• Natural Gas Trading
• Acquistions
• Renewable Energy
• Renewable Energy Law
• Corporate Law
• Electricity
• Policy Analysis
• Energy Regulatory
• Hydroelectric
• International Law
• Cogeneration
• Renewable Energy Markets
• Electricity Markets