Brenda Colella, Regulatory Practice Group leader and Regulatory Practice Area co-chair, and Ekin Senlet, Regulatory Practice Area co-chair, were ranked 91st on City & State New York’s 2025 Law Power 100 list, which "identifies the key figures in New York’s legal sphere . . . as well as top judges, high-profile attorneys, leading advocates, and distinguished academics." About Brenda and Ekin, the article states:
At Barclay Damon, energy specialists Brenda Colella and Ekin Senlet co-chair the Regulatory Practice area, and Colella also serves as Regulatory Practice group leader.
Both firm partners concentrate their practices on regulatory matters, routinely representing clients as lead counsel before state agencies. Colella specializes in energy and infrastructure development – including transmission, pipeline and electric generation projects – and most recently, as lead New York regulatory counsel, obtained the approvals for the New York Power Authority’s transmission line project.
Senlet’s caseload involves large infrastructure permitting and financial matters for energy projects, as well as other utility- and generator facility-related proceedings. She currently serves as the lead New York counsel to Equinor Wind USA, securing the permitting for an 816-megawatt offshore wind farm connecting to New York’s electrical grid.
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