Dickstein Shapiro LLP is pleased to welcome Frederick R. Fucci as a partner in the firm’s Energy Practice in New York. With more than two decades of experience, Mr. Fucci focuses his practice on corporate and commercial transactions and the development and financing of infrastructure projects in the United States and abroad, principally in the energy sector, as well as on international commercial arbitration.
“Fred’s significant and broad transactions experience, particularly in the development and financing of energy infrastructure projects and corporate and finance matters, further enhances our service offerings to the rapidly expanding energy industry,” said Larry Eisenstat, leader of Dickstein Shapiro’s Energy Practice. “We continue to expand our energy transactions practice, both geographically and substantively, in response to the needs of the industry, and we welcome Fred to our team.”
“Dickstein Shapiro’s substantial and strong energy practice and prominence and depth in corporate transactions make it an exceptional platform for my practice,” said Mr. Fucci. “The firm’s multidisciplinary approach to client service and its commitment to the energy industry allow me to continue to provide the highest levels of service to my energy, corporate, and international commercial arbitration clients.”
Mr. Fucci has many years of experience representing both domestic and international clients in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, power project development and financing, and commercial contracts matters, as well as in international arbitration. He has served as lead counsel on independent power projects using both carbon-based and renewable fuels and has advised energy service companies on energy efficiency projects and the installation of distributed generation facilities. His corporate transactions practice includes mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, asset purchases and dispositions, and financing start up enterprises, with an emphasis on foreign companies acquiring or launching businesses in the United States. Mr. Fucci also devotes a portion of his practice to international commercial arbitration, which has included appointments as an independent arbitrator in cases administered under rules of the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) and the International Centre for Dispute Resolution (ICDR). Mr. Fucci currently serves as the chairperson of the Energy Committee of the New York City Bar Association as well as one of the U.S. delegates to the ICC Commission on Arbitration, the body that oversees the ICC’s arbitration rules. He earned his J.D. from Georgetown University Law Center, obtained his M.A. from the Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University, served as a Resident Foreign Fellow at Ecole Normale Supérieure in Paris, and earned his B.A. from Amherst College. Prior to joining Dickstein Shapiro, Mr. Fucci was a partner at Arnold & Porter LLP.
Dickstein Shapiro LLP’s internationally recognized Energy Practice offers a multiservice domestic and international practice, with particular strengths in federal and state energy regulation and international and domestic energy transactions. The firm’s clients are engaged in all aspects of electricity, natural gas, LNG, transmission, and distribution. They include utilities, competitive power producers, natural gas and petroleum pipelines, natural gas storage providers, LNG developers, energy marketers, trade groups, financial institutions, energy consumers, governmental entities, and others. The firm’s work ranges from the acquisition, sale, financing, and structuring of U.S. and international energy companies and energy assets, to the development, construction, operation, and restructuring of generating facilities, natural gas and crude oil pipelines, gas storage facilities, and broadband-over-power-line systems. The firm also represents suppliers and purchasers of water, desalinized water, and water treatment services in connection with project financing, construction, and permitting, as well as with respect to contract negotiations and ongoing operational issues. The Practice recently was recognized among the best in the United States by U.S. News and Best Lawyers.
