Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP, a counselor to global financial institutions and corporations, announced that Chad Mills is joining the firm as partner in its energy & commodities practice in Houston. Mills is a leading practitioner in structured energy transactions and related energy trading agreements, project infrastructure development, mergers and acquisitions, and other corporate transactions for clients including energy providers, developers, investors and underwriters in gas, electric power and oil.

Cadwalader’s energy and commodities practice counsels clients across complex transactional, regulatory and enforcement defense matters involving energy, metals and agricultural commodities and related listed and over-the-counter derivatives. The firm provides counsel to leading U.S. and international financial institutions; investment funds; oil, power and natural gas companies, producers, and developers; industrial and commercial customers; trade associations; commodity marketers; exchanges and clearing organizations.

Mills’ work includes A&D of oil and gas properties, as well as project finance, joint operating agreements and transportation agreements. His work in the electric power industry has encompassed renewable energy, coal-fired and gas-fired facilities as well as energy market agreements.