McDermott Will & Emery LLP has hired Blake H. Winburne as a partner in the Energy & Commodities Advisory Practice Group, residing in the firm’s Houston office. Winburne is a transactional lawyer in the downstream and midstream energy sectors, with substantial experience in transactions involving electric power and renewable energy projects and oil, natural gas and refined products infrastructure. 

Joining Winburne at McDermott are partner Matt Archer and associates Brad Gathright and Kimberly Glasspool. All four were formerly in the Houston office of Baker Botts LLP, where Winburne and Archer were partners. Winburne, Archer and their colleagues join a McDermott team with nearly 70 lawyers and professionals in McDermott's US and European offices who focus on energy, commodities and projects, including international energy and infrastructure project development and finance. 

These newest members of McDermott’s energy and commodities team represent private equity funds, multinational energy companies, project developers and sponsors, investment banks, and other investors and capital providers in a wide range of transactions.