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Stephen T.
Miller

Position
Partner
Office
The Woodlands

Stephen (Steve) Miller is a partner in the Corporate Practice Group. He focuses on the development and financing of energy infrastructure projects, with a particular emphasis on electrical power — conventional and renewable — as well as other commercial and industrial real estate development and construction projects.


Steve is a transactional attorney with a broad business practice in real estate and energy transactions. He has advised clients in connection with the purchase, sale, and leasing of commercial and industrial properties and has significant experience in a wide range of energy projects, including upstream E&P, midstream, and downstream projects, as well as electric power projects inside and outside the United States. Steve is the co-leader of Jones Walker’s Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Industry Sector’s power and renewables team.

Steve represents real estate owners, developers, and lenders in connection with commercial and industrial real estate projects ranging from commercial developments to large-scale industrial development projects, including power plants, and chemical and refining projects. He also counsels energy clients on all aspects of energy transactions, including upstream leasing and seismic, exploration, and drilling contracts, midstream pipelines and processing facilities, commodity and non-regulated transportation of fuels, and downstream activities involving chemical and petrochemical plants, electric power generation facilities, and other energy-related infrastructure. Steve also has experience helping manufacturing clients identify tax and other local incentives.

As an extension of his real estate and energy background, Steve has represented various independent power producers in domestic and international transactions related to the development and construction of greenfield power projects and in the purchase and sale of existing power projects (including mergers and acquisitions) and related electrical power infrastructure.

Steve represented the developer of a 1,000-megawatt greenfield combined-cycle electric generation facility in Texas and represented the same developer in the sale of the project under development to another developer. He has also advised clients in the purchase of gas turbines and other heavy equipment related to electrical generation and production, including the acquisition of 32 gas turbines from General Electric.

Steve also handles the financing of real estate and energy infrastructure projects and has represented borrowers and lenders in numerous acquisition and development projects. Steve has significant experience with turnkey design/build agreements related to the construction of power projects, together with the other key components of fuel supply (commodity and transportation) and power sales agreements.

A native of Santurce, Puerto Rico, Steve is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Brazilian Portuguese. He has worked on real estate and energy projects in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, the Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Argentina, and Brazil. Among other matters, he represented the development consortium in the development, construction, and project financing of the first 1,000-megawatt electrical transmission line from Argentina to Brazil, as well as the development and construction of a second 1,000-megawatt transmission line between the two countries.

Noteworthy

  • Legal 500 United States, Real Estate – Construction (listed annually since 2017); Real Estate – Construction (including Construction Litigation) (2024)
  • Lawdragon, “500 Leading Energy Lawyers,” 2025
  • Chambers USA – America's Leading Lawyers for Business, Construction (2013 and 2014)
  • AV Preeminent® Peer Review Rating in Martindale-Hubbell 

Publications

  • "Increased Demand Is Fueling Interconnection Process Changes," Power Magazine, November 1, 2023
  • "Too Much of a Good Thing? To Manage Demand, Grid Operators Implement New Interconnection Application Procedures," The Energy Transition ERA: Environmental, Renewables & Alternative Energy Client Alert, October 30, 2023
  • "What Will Fuel the Energy Transition: A Comparison of Hydrogen and Ammonia — Is there a Clear Winner?" The Energy Transition ERA: Environmental, Renewables & Alternative Energy Client Alert, October 5, 2023
  • "Too Much of a Good Thing? Heavy Wind Power Presence Leads to Interconnection Inefficiencies," North American Wind Power, October 3, 2023
  • "Southwest Region: Arkansas, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas," Construction Law Update, Wolters Kluwer, 2017–2021
  • "Power Purchase Agreements for Offshore Wind, and Role in Project Financing," Jones Walker LLP Maritime Newsletter - Special Offshore Wind Edition, October 2020
  • "COVID-19: A Weekly Recap – March 22, 2020" Jones Walker LLP Disaster Preparedness & Recovery Client Alert, March 22, 2020
  • "When Force Majeure Is for Sure: The Business of Constructing in Disaster-Prone Areas," Jones Walker LLP Disaster Preparedness & Recovery Client Alert, October 1, 2019
  • "Tip Sheets For Hiring Contractors in LA and TX," Jones Walker LLP EBulletin, October 20, 2005

Presentations

  • "Predevelopment Issues in the Renewable Space," IEL Renewable Webinar, June 27, 2018
  • "Doing Business in Latin America," The Woodlands Bar Association, The Woodlands, Texas, June 24, 2008
  • "Latin America and the Petroleum Sector – Legal Issues for Corporate America in the Face of Record Oil Prices and the Rise of State-Owned Oil Companies," American Bar Association Section on Business Law Spring Meeting, Dallas Texas, April 10, 2008
  • "Global Investment in Brazilian Natural Gas," US-Brazil Energy Forum, Houston, Texas, October 22, 2007

Memberships

  • American Bar Association
  • State Bar of Texas
  • Houston Bar Association
  • New York State Bar Association
  • The Woodlands Area Economic Development Partnership, Partner Member
  • Corpus Christi Regional Economic Development Corporation, Partner Member
  • English
  • Español
The Woodlands
Suite 350
10001 Woodloch Forest Dr
The Woodlands, TX 77380
D: 281.296.4428
F: 281.296.4404
Emailsmiller@joneswalker.com
Houston
Suite 2900
811 Main St
Houston, TX 77002
D: 713.437.1800
F: 713.437.1810

Education

  • The University of Tulsa College of Law
    JD, with highest honors, 1984
  • Oral Roberts University
    BA, with honors, 1981

Bar Admissions

  • New York
  • Texas

Languages

  • Fluent in Spanish
  • Conversational Brazilian Portuguese

Related Practices

  • Commercial Transactions
  • Construction
  • Contract Negotiation & Drafting
  • Disaster Preparedness & Recovery
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Energy & Natural Resources
  • Energy Transactional Support
  • Environmental Transactional
  • Finance
  • International
  • Latin America
  • Mining
  • Oil & Gas
  • Power Generation
  • Project Development
  • Project Development & Finance
  • Real Estate
  • Renewable Energy
  • Offshore Energy

Related Industries

  • Construction Industry
  • Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources
  • Gaming Industry
  • Industrial, Petrochemical & Advanced Manufacturing
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