Energy Attorney RJ Lyman Joins Mintz Levin in Boston

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Summary: R. J. Lyman, one of the nation’s leading energy attorneys has joined Mintz Levin as a Member of the Energy Technology and Project Finance Practices of the law firm. Most recently, he was the President, Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel of General Compression, Inc. Before joining General Compression he was an equity partner for over a decade at Goodwin Procter LLP , where he helped establish and lead its Clean Tech and Energy Practice.  He previously served as Assistant Environmental Secretary for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts under Governor William F. Weld.

Mintz Levin said in its news release that Lyman deepens the firm’s capabilities in the energy sector with diverse expertise encompassing project finance and development; M&A transactions; intellectual property portfolio protection; equity & debt financing; regulatory policy; and corporate governance. He also has an extensive background working with venture capital and private equity firms in connection with emerging growth companies.

  

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Thomas R. Burton III, Founder and Chair of the firm’s Energy Technology Practice said, “His experience advising clients, shaping policy and leading and growing a company are invaluable as we continue to expand our nationally leading practice.”

William F. Weld, former Massachusetts Governor and now a Member of Mintz Levin’s Energy Technology Practice and a Principal of its consulting affiliate ML Strategies, LLC welcomed Lyman and said, “He was a key leader in my administration’s energy and environmental reforms. He has continued ever since to provide real insight to the clients he’s advised and the company he’s led in the heavily regulated energy industry.  He is the kind of lawyer who knows how to make deals, not break deals, and I could not be more pleased to be working together again.”

Lyman graduated cum laude from Harvard College and magna cum laude from Vermont Law School. Among his other professional and personal affiliations, he presently serves on the board of the Woods Hole Research Center, the world’s leading climate change think tank.

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