Porter Wiseman

Porter has extensive experience with competition issues in the power sector, including the development and operation of the organized electricity markets. Her work includes regulatory support and due diligence for all types of transactions in the energy space, such as the sale of generation facilities—including nuclear and hydropower stations—and the development of merchant transmission.  Porter has advised clients in dozens of matters relating to renewables and distributed generation, including onsite generation for industrial and data applications.  In addition, Porter has provided regulatory and industry-knowledge support for multiple utility financial restructurings and represented a major oil company in securities class action litigation. 

In addition to her work in the energy space, her work on behalf of clients has also included antitrust and telecommunications matters before the courts and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), including a major international telecommunications litigation involving allegations of anticompetitive behavior and litigation before the FCC regarding telecommunications mergers. 

In addition, Porter has represented clients, pro bono, in the fields of voting rights, immigration, tenants’ rights, international human rights, forced marriage, and lead contamination.