AUSTIN, TX—Kelley Drye & Warren LLP announced that Christina Hightower has joined the firm as a partner in its Corporate practice group. Based in Austin and associated with the firm’s Houston office, Hightower brings nearly a decade of private practice and in-house experience advising owners and developers on complex capital projects, including some of the largest liquefied natural gas (LNG), data center, and power generation developments in the United States.
Hightower’s transactional practice centers on helping owners and developers structure and negotiate the agreements necessary to move major capital projects from development through execution. She advises on engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) strategy, contract structuring, risk allocation, and project execution.
Christina has negotiated billions of dollars in agreements supporting the development and execution of major projects, with particular experience developing and negotiating procurement terms and conditions and aligning them with EPC, financing, and other project-level requirements. She currently serves as project counsel on major energy, power generation, digital infrastructure, and data center developments, advising on the procurement and construction of critical project assets and supporting infrastructure. Her experience also includes acting as corporate secretary and strategic advisor to project companies and data center developers.
