Orrick Grows E&I Finance Team in New York

• Finance advisor William Nicholson joins Orrick’s Energy & Infrastructure team as a partner in New York.
• William advises sponsors, investors and lenders on project development and finance, investments (including tax equity) and project acquisitions and dispositions. He has deep experience across the renewable power, conventional power and infrastructure sectors.
• He is the 25th partner to join Orrick’s global Energy & Infrastructure platform since January 2025, and the firm’s 12th partner hire in New York over the same period.
• William joins from Kirkland & Ellis. He also brings in-house experience through a secondment at Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.

“This has been a tremendous period of growth for our Energy & Infrastructure team, adding 25 partners across 13 markets in 22 months,” said Kyle Drefke, leader of Orrick’s Energy & Infrastructure business unit. “We are thrilled to welcome William, who brings top-tier bench strength in finance. He is well known in the New York market and has a reputation for working on the most innovative transactions.”

“Orrick has built an extraordinary Energy & Infrastructure platform with real strength in the most sophisticated debt and project finance transactions,” said William. “I’m excited to collaborate with my new colleagues to help our clients navigate a dynamic market.”

Orrick ranked top 5 for Energy Transition by deal count in 2025 (Inspiratia). Law360 named the firm a 2025 Practice Group of the Year in both Energy and Construction and recognized three Orrick Energy & Infrastructure lawyers as 2026 MVPs.