Jones Day grows M&A, private equity, energy, and infrastructure offerings with three new partners in Corporate Practice, Dallas Office

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that Rodney Moore, Samuel Peca, and Scott Delaney will join the Firm as partners in its Corporate Practice and will be part of the Firm's Energy Transition & Infrastructure initiative. All three will be based in the Firm's Dallas Office.

Mr. Moore has more than 35 years of experience representing public and private companies, private equity firms and corporate management teams in a wide-range of transactions and other corporate matters, with deep experience in in the energy and infrastructure space. He advises clients in M&A, joint ventures, financings, and other commercial transactions across the energy spectrum—including in the traditional upstream and midstream sectors as well as in the evolving transition energy sectors, such as hydrogen, renewable fuels, and carbon capture. Mr. Moore has been recognized as a leading lawyer for "Energy: Oil & Gas (Transactional)" by Chambers Global and Chambers USA, a leading lawyer for "Energy Transactions: Oil & Gas" by The Legal 500 US, a notable practitioner for "M&A and Private Equity in the U.S." by IFLR 1000, and is listed in Lawdragon's 500 Leading Energy Lawyers for "Energy & Natural Resources." He earned his law degree from Washington & Lee University School of Law in Virginia and his undergraduate degree from Austin College in Texas.

"These talented lawyers have worked on numerous high-stakes corporate transactions, including significant matters in the energy and infrastructure space across the U.S., many of which involve major M&A deals and innovative securitizations in the oil and gas industry," said Randi Lesnick, Co-Leader of Jones Day's Corporate Practice. "Their depth of experience provides our clients in Texas and around the world with significant additional talent. I am pleased to welcome them to our global practice and look forward to their contributions at Jones Day."

Mr. Peca's practice focuses on representing private equity firms, private and public companies, management teams, and other strategic clients in a variety of transactions, with extensive experience in energy and infrastructure matters. He has advised clients in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, commercial transactions, financings, and restructurings involving companies in the traditional upstream and midstream energy sectors, as well as produced water disposal, carbon capture and sequestration, renewable fuels, and PDP-backed securitizations. Mr. Peca also advises clients on corporate governance matters. He is listed in Lawdragon's "500 Leading Energy Lawyers" for Energy & Natural Resources in 2024, was recommended four times for "Energy Transactions: Oil and Gas" by The Legal 500 U.S., and was named "Pro Bono Lawyer of the Year" by the Dallas Volunteer Attorney Program in 2016. Mr. Peca earned his law degree from Washington University in St. Louis and his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at Austin.

"Rodney, Sam, and Scott have deep roots here in the Southwest and have counseled clients on a wide array of public and private deals involving companies both in our region and around the globe," said Matthew Kairis, Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day's Dallas Office. "Their arrival strengthens the foundation for further expanding the depth of our strong corporate presence in Dallas."

Mr. Delaney advises public and private companies, as well as private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies, on corporate transactions, with a particular emphasis on the energy sector. His transactional experience includes acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, securitizations, and other investments and transactions across the energy spectrum. Mr. Delaney is listed in Lawdragon's "500 Leading Energy Lawyers" for Energy & Natural Resources in 2024 and has been recognized as a "Rising Star" in M&A by Super Lawyers in Texas and Oklahoma. He earned his law degree from The University of Oklahoma College of Law, his MBA from The University of Oklahoma Price College of Business, and his undergraduate degree from The University of Oklahoma.

At Jones Day, the three lawyers join the Firm’s global Corporate Practice, which encompasses M&A and Private Equity. Jones Day consistently ranks among the top law firms in M&A and private equity representations in published league tables, and over the last 20 years the Firm has acted on more deals than any other law firm in the world. In the last five years, Jones Day has advised clients on more than 3,000 M&A transactions collectively valued at $1.5 trillion, and many of the world’s leading private equity funds are counseled by Jones Day in the full range of corporate transactions, many of which involve the 120+ lawyers in the Firm’s Energy Practice from offices worldwide.

“My colleagues and I have always esteemed Jones Day as one of the elite global law firms for clients in the energy and infrastructure space that are seeking counsel on their key M&A and Private Equity-sponsored transactions,” said Mr. Moore. “We were especially attracted by their culture of operating a truly integrated worldwide law firm and singular focus on client service excellence, with seamless collaboration by corporate lawyers regardless of physical location. Sam, Scott and I are eager to work with our new colleagues in Dallas and excited to join Jones Day.”