New York, NY (October, 2006) – LAWFUEL – Law News, Law Jobs Network – Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP (Paul Hastings), a leading international law firm, represented Constellation Energy (NYSE: CEG) in connection with its recently announced sale of six natural gas-fired generation plants to Tenaska Power Fund, L.P., for $1.635 billion in cash. The transaction is expected to close before the end of 2006 or in early 2007.
The Paul Hastings team led by partner Jonathan Birenbaum also included partners Philip Marzetti, Thomas Mounteer, Mark Poerio, and Laurence Skinner, as well as associates Ned Gannon, Sven Hodges, Aaron Kowan, Tara Lombardi and Jocelyn Sturdivant.
Constellation Energy, a Fortune 200 company, is the nation’s largest competitive supplier of electricity to large commercial and industrial customers and the nation’s largest wholesale power seller.
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