WASHINGTON, April 28, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Russell
W. Sullivan, a partner in McGuireWoods' Washington office and a senior adviser to
McGuireWoods Consulting, is featured by the National Law Journal in
its inaugural Energy and Environmental Trailblazers issue. The
publication recognizes 51 top legal professionals who have "moved
the needle" in the energy or environmental space.
Sullivan was recognized both for his role in shaping
energy-related tax policy as a key Capitol Hill committee staffer
and for his work advising McGuireWoods clients on the development
and financing of energy projects.
Before coming to McGuireWoods in 2013 to lead its tax policy
team, Sullivan was staff director for the Senate Finance Committee
and helped develop most of the energy-specific tax legislation
enacted in the past decade. During his tenure, the committee
adopted his idea to establish a Subcommittee on Energy, Natural
Resources and Infrastructure to handle renewable energy tax issues
and the highway trust fund. The result was a boom in renewable
energy, the emergence of environmentally beneficial corporate tax
incentives, and policies that benefit businesses and provide tax
credits directly to individuals.
Among the policies Sullivan helped write is a provision of the
Energy Policy Act of 2005 that created incentives for investments
in clean coal technology. Sullivan helped draft provisions in the
2008 Farm Bill that created tax incentives for land preservation,
alternative fueling stations, and production of biodiesel and
renewable diesel fuel. He also played a role in shaping tax
policies that promote the safe use of nuclear energy by the
nation's utilities.
At McGuireWoods, Sullivan has helped clients develop and finance
environmentally friendly energy projects, including carbon-capture
and sequestration technology that can allow coal to be burned more
cleanly. Financing options made possible by policies that Sullivan
helped write will allow clients to develop new and sustainable
sources of power and to export their technologies around the
globe.
Sullivan counsels clients on a variety of issues in a broad
range of industries, including energy, tax, healthcare, pensions,
transportation, education, trade and economic development, as well
as matters involving the nonprofit and for-benefit enterprise
sectors.
McGuireWoods LLP is a leading international law firm with more
than 1,000 lawyers in 21 offices worldwide. For more information,
visit www.mcguirewoods.com. Its full-service public affairs arm,
McGuireWoods Consulting LLC, offers infrastructure and economic
development, strategic communications and grassroots advocacy, and
government relations solutions.
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