Market-Leading Data Center-Focused Energy Regulatory and Transactions Team, Led by Partners Andrew Mina and Justin Mirabal, Joins Morrison Foerster

(May 14, 2026) – Morrison Foerster, a leading global law firm, is pleased to announce the arrival of Andrew Mina and Justin Mirabal as partners in the Transactions Department, with industry focus on Energy and Data Centers + Digital Infrastructure. Mina and Mirabal collectively bring over 25 years of public and private sector energy regulatory and energy transactions experience to the firm, alongside a market-leading energy procurement and regulation practice focused on power supply for many of the world’s largest data center developers. Joining as part of the team is James Costan, of counsel, who advises on regulatory and commercial matters in the energy sector, with significant experience in natural gas and electric power.

Mina, a former regulator at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), joins Morrison Foerster’s Washington, D.C. office from another prominent global law firm where he built an industry-leading practice focused on federal and state energy regulation, data center development, and energy transactions. He represents hyperscalers, developers, utilities, and infrastructure investors in complex energy transactions and regulatory proceedings, including with respect to power procurement, interconnection, administrative litigation, and transmission strategy. Mina’s work includes negotiating dozens of multibillion-dollar energy transactions and serving as lead counsel in data center-related proceedings before the FERC.

Mirabal joins Morrison Foerster from the same firm as Mina and brings deep experience advising hyperscalers and data center clients on power supply, interconnection, regulatory compliance, and infrastructure strategy. He represents electric utilities, natural gas and oil pipelines, and their stakeholders in various proceedings before the FERC and state public utility commissions. Mirabal also advises clients on FERC and state-level enforcement and compliance matters. Mirabal’s practice complements Mina’s by combining regulatory depth with hands-on experience negotiating power purchase agreements and utility arrangements critical to data center operations.

“The addition of Andrew, Justin, and James represents rare, data center sector-focused capabilities across energy procurement, regulatory, advisory, and contracting that are all essential to the development and operation of data center infrastructure,” said Morrison Foerster Project Finance partner Dale Caldwell. “Their combined experience and capabilities in energy and regulatory strategy will be tremendous assets to our clients and establish Morrison Foerster as a global leader in one of the fastest-growing sectors worldwide.”

Prior to entering private practice, Mina served as an Attorney-Advisor to four administrative law judges at the FERC and as an Energy Industry Analyst. Mirabal’s experience spans both government service and private practice. He previously served as a Trial Attorney in FERC’s Office of Administrative Litigation, where he advocated on behalf of the public interest in administrative proceedings, and later advised utilities, infrastructure companies, and hyperscalers on regulatory compliance, project finance, and power supply arrangements critical to data center operations.

“It is an exciting time for data center development, energization, and expansion in the United States,” said Mina. “MoFo’s long-standing relationships with many of the premier global technology companies and well-established developers and operators that are investing in data center expansion, coupled with its exceptional capabilities in technology transactions, M&A, capital markets, finance, and real estate, offer the ideal platform to grow a best-in-class U.S. energy and data center practice,” he added.

“I am thrilled to continue working alongside Andrew, James, and my new colleagues at Morrison Foerster, using my deep regulatory and litigation knowledge and hands-on experience advising developers, operators, and hyperscalers, to help clients successfully navigate and strategically expand their digital infrastructure,” said Mirabal.