Emerging Leaders Lunch & Learn
Join us on Wednesday, October 21, for the next Emerging Leaders Lunch & Learn featuring Ronnie Dabbasi, Partner at Holland & Knight LLP.
What makes a successful renewable energy project partnership, and what should companies consider before saying “I do”?
The discussion will focus on trends shaping renewable energy project development, particularly in Texas, and how partners are navigating joint ventures, project development, and other key issues in 2026.
Connect with fellow professionals, enjoy lunch on us, and hear directly from an experienced energy attorney about what it takes to build successful project partnerships.
Complimentary parking is available. More information coming soon!
Registration/Lunch — 11:30 AM - 12:15 PM
Presentation Time — 12:15 PM
Networking — 12:45 PM - 1 PM
Event End Time — 1 PM
FEATURED SPEAKER
Ronnie Dabbasi is an attorney in Holland & Knight's Houston office. Mr. Dabbasi helps buyers and sellers negotiate complex mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and advises partners on joint ventures and project development across the energy industry.
Mr. Dabbasi has a broad range of experience advising on corporate and commercial matters in the energy sector and has been a corporate/M&A lawyer since 2007. He advises clients on all aspects of domestic and cross-border M&A, auction processes, joint ventures and co-development structures, project development and financing, private equity and venture capital investments, and governance matters. Mr. Dabbasi regularly represents a wide variety of clients, including renewable and oil and gas project developers and sponsors, commodity trading firms, diversified public companies, chemical and petrochemical producers, oilfield service companies, electric and gas utilities, private equity firms and other strategic and passive investors. He has experience developing and implementing creative deal structures to navigate disparate interests of the various stakeholders in transactions.
Mr. Dabbasi's practice spans the energy spectrum. He has experience with the acquisition and development of utility-scale and customer-sited energy projects, including combined heat and power, wind, biomass and solar facilities. He also represents clients in upstream oil and gas matters, as well as midstream projects and deals involving natural gas, crude oil, and natural gas liquids gathering systems, pipelines, processing facilities and storage assets. Mr. Dabbasi's downstream practice includes advising on refining, marketing and distributing refined products and related structured commodity transactions.
Prior to joining Holland & Knight, Mr. Dabbasi was an attorney for a global law firm in its Houston office.
During law school Mr. Dabbasi was staff editor for the Texas Review of Entertainment and Sports Law and for the Texas Journal on Civil Liberties and Civil Rights.
ABOUT REAL ECP
REAL’s Emerging Career Professionals (ECP) program is designed for professionals with 10 years or less of industry experience, as well as those looking to begin a career in the energy industry. As a dedicated programming arm of REAL, ECP provides opportunities to connect with peers, build professional relationships, learn from industry leaders, and become more engaged in Houston’s energy community.
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