Davis Wright Tremaine Expands Energy Practice on West Coast with Addition of Partner Shab Puri in San Francisco

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--In a significant expansion of the firm’s national energy practice, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP has added Shab Puri as a partner in the San Francisco office. Puri brings deep experience advising energy, infrastructure and technology clients on project development and transactions, specializing in engineering, procurement, and construction and other key project-related contracts.

Over two decades of practice, Puri has counseled energy and technology clients on a wide range of high-value agreements that have helped drive the development of critical infrastructure projects, navigate supply chains, and create workable operation, maintenance, and service arrangements. He partners with energy industry clients in both the conventional and renewable generation sectors, focusing on solar, battery storage, biomass, wind and hydrogen projects, and has significant experience representing parties that include project developers, equipment suppliers, contractors, investors, and others.

“DWT’s strategic plan prioritizes growth in areas of national industry leadership, including energy and other critical infrastructure, and Shab advances that goal by substantially strengthening our transactional capabilities in this space, adding more than two decades of experience to our team,” said Elaine Albrich, co-chair of the energy, environmental and natural resources practice group at DWT. “He will help us meet the growing demand for critical infrastructure and datacenter work from our large, institutional technology clients and help us continue to expand this practice in California and nationally.”

“Shab’s arrival helps accelerate our purpose-driven growth in the Bay Area,” said Vidhya Prabhakaran, DWT’s San Francisco partner-in-charge and former co-chair of the firm’s energy practice. “We’ve added several key lateral partners over the past year who are elevating our presence in this market, and we look to continue expanding our capabilities in energy related permitting, infrastructure and development work in California.”

Puri comes to the firm from K&L Gates in San Francisco, where he was a partner for nearly four years. He previously founded a Bay Area boutique firm focused on clean energy issues, which he ran for almost a decade. Earlier in his career, he served as associate general counsel for the U.S. affiliate of a German solar developer and senior in-house counsel for the world’s largest photovoltaic panel manufacturer. He began his legal career at Stoel Rives, where he focused on counseling clients on the financing and development of power plants.

“I’m delighted to bring my complementary skills and experience to the outstanding energy team at DWT,” said Puri. “This is a go-to firm on regulatory and litigation issues, especially with respect to energy transition. With its entrepreneurial drive, technological sophistication, and commitment to excellence, DWT is an exciting firm to expand my practice.”

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