Elina Teplinsky is a Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP. She is Pillsbury’s Global Energy Industry Leader and a member of the firm’s International Nuclear Projects and Hydrogen teams. She focuses on international nuclear energy matters, including advice to U.S. and global clients on transactional and regulatory issues.

Elina is a trusted advisor to nuclear owner-operators, reactor and equipment suppliers, investors, architect, engineering companies and technical consulting firms on complex nuclear transactional and regulatory matters. She frequently serves as lead outside counsel on new build projects, equipment and fuel procurements, M&A transactions and joint ventures in the nuclear sector.

Elina is a co-chair of the World Nuclear Association’s Law Working Group and is a frequent lecturer at the World Nuclear University. She has been recognized as an expert nuclear advisor by the International Atomic Energy Association (IAEA), International Framework for Nuclear Energy Cooperation (IFNEC) and Nuclear Energy Institute (NEI).  In addition, she serves as a member of the MIT-based Advanced Nuclear & Production Experts Group (ANPEG).

Ms. Teplitsky received a B.S.F.S. in Foreign Service, International Politics, International Law from Georgetown University, cum laude and a J.D. from Fordham University School of Law.