Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP Advises TXU Electric Delivery in Precedent Setting $8.7 Billion Outsourcing Deal

NEW YORK, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw LLP advised TXU Electric Delivery, the nation's sixth-largest electric transmission and distribution company and a subsidiary of TXU Corp. , in a $8.7 billion outsourcing agreement for utility infrastructure and management services from InfrastruX Energy Services Group, L.P., a joint venture recently created by TXU Corp. and InfrastruX Group.

One of the largest outsourcing transactions ever, this first of its kind outsourcing in the utility industry will enable TXU Electric Delivery to receive design, construction and maintenance services from InfrastruX Energy Services Group.

The Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw team was led by New York-based partner David Hudanish, and included Jeff Andrews of the New York office, Kristina Herrmann of the Chicago office, Mark Maier of the Washington, D.C. office and Marc Rome of the Houston office.

Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw's outsourcing practice is consistently recognized as the world's leading practice. Chambers & Partners' named Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw the 2005 and 2003 Firm of the Year for its outsourcing and telecommunications work. It also ranked the firm in the top category nationally for Business Process Outsourcing and in the top category in New York for Technology & Information Technology Outsourcing in 2005. Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw is one of the largest law firms in the world with more than 1,400 lawyers practicing in seven U.S. cities and six European cities.