Biography
Humzah has been part of the teams advising:
- Antero Midstream LLC in its $70 million acquisition of certain gas gathering, compression, dehydration, measurement and appurtenant facilities in Doddridge and Harrison County, WV, from Mountaineer Midstream Company, LLC (a subsidiary of a subsidiary of Summit Midstream Partners, LP)
- Goldman Sachs in its $440 million strategic investment in BrightNight
- Life insurance company in its acquisition of alternative fuel vehicle refueling property credit generated by nationwide portfolio of EV charging stations
- Corporate subsidiary of publicly-held master limited partnership in its acquisition of $50 million investment tax credits generated by battery energy storage system in Texas
- Sunoco LP in its approximately $7.3 billion acquisition of NuStar Energy L.P.
- Corporate subsidiary of publicly-traded asset manager in its acquisition of $110 million of investment tax credits generated by two portfolios of distributed generation solar assets.
- Publicly-traded insurance company in its acquisition of $42 million of advanced manufacturing production credits from a leading multi-national solar component manufacturer.
- Privately-held corporation in its acquisition of $33 million of investment tax credits generated by two utility-scale solar projects.
- Private developer in its sale of $20 million of investment tax credits generated by biogas project.
Prior to joining Weil, Humzah was an associate at another international law firm, where he worked on multiple energy and infrastructure projects, including wind, solar, battery storage, hydrogen, CCUS, and natural gas power projects. He has also worked in upstream as well as downstream sectors, and has substantial experience in the LNG industry.
Humzah was named a 2024 “Emerging Star” by the Institute for Energy Law. Humzah was the 2019-2020 MD Anderson Research Fellow at the Institute for Transnational Law, where his research focused on carbon pricing and the role of ancillary policies in curbing GHG emissions. Additionally, in 2019-20, Humzah completed his Master of Laws (LL.M.) degree in Global Energy and Environmental Law at The University of Texas School of Law on a Fulbright scholarship awarded by the U.S. Department of State. In 2020, Humzah was one of 50 Global Shapers from around the world selected by the World Economic Forum to attend its Annual Meeting in Davos. After earning his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) from the University of London in 2011, Humzah pursued the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) at BPP Law School, London. In 2012, he was called to the bar at The Honorable Society of Lincoln's Inn. Since then, Humzah has practiced law in the areas of commercial and transactional law with a focus on the energy industry.