Vinson & Elkins expands its New York finance team with two senior hires, capitalizing on a record year of infrastructure dealmaking involving key AI and energy sector projects.
Bloom Energy is mentioned as part of a $1.7 billion project investment to provide power for AI cloud infrastructure in New Jersey, signaling a significant business opportunity.
NVIDIA is mentioned as investing up to $3 billion in the Stargate data center campus in Texas, indicating continued capital deployment in AI infrastructure.
Lancium is mentioned as the company behind the Stargate data center campus, with Vinson & Elkins representing it.
Vinson & Elkins has bolstered its Structured Finance and Securitization practice by hiring partners Loren Finegold and Ed Comber. The firm has added 17 partners in 2026, driven by a surge in power and data center infrastructure projects, including major capital deployments for NVIDIA and Bloom Energy.
The firm is scaling its headcount to meet rising demand in its infrastructure practice, specifically regarding power and data center projects linked to AI cloud infrastructure.