John is a senior partner at Pierce Atwood, member of the Management Committee, and head of the firm's International Group. For over 10 years he also was head of the Energy Practice Group. John's experience involves literally all elements of legal and regulatory power sector issues. He has represented clients on a broad range of energy sector transactions, policy issues, financing, mergers and acquisitions, privatization, competition, and regulatory reform matters.
John has worked throughout the United States and in over 50 countries around the world, including the Mid-East, Europe, Central and South America, Asia, Central Asia and Africa, applying his skills and experience to projects involving renewable energy development, energy efficiency and sustainable development; global warming and CO2 offset trading; gas sector regulation, pipelines, and retail distribution; project development and finance; BOT transmission planning, transmission support and interconnection agreements; oil and gas sector agreements; pipeline allocation and related oil and gas project work; power pools, power markets, market design and cross-border trading; complex corporate and commercial transactions; and nuclear issues.
Honors & Distinctions
Mr. Gulliver is listed in The Best Lawyers in America for Public Utility Law, has achieved the highest professional rating awarded by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory and is listed in Law and Politics New England Super Lawyers, and is listed in Chambers USA.
Professional Activities
Member, Maine Bar Association
Member, Energy Bar Association
Member, American Bar Association, Natural Resources and Energy Law and Public Utilities Section, Committee on Natural Resources and Economic Development
Adjunct Professor, University of Maine School of Law, International Sustainable Energy Development, Spring Term, 2009
Publications
Renewable Energy in Europe – Possible Lessons for the U.S., Global Connections Workshop, World Affairs Council of Maine/CIEE (November 2010).
Sustainable Energy – Factors that Determine Energy Policy, Harvard Extension International Relations Club.
Assessing the Role of the Regulator, CEE Energy 2009, Istanbul, Turkey, September 2009.
Diversified Leadership for Moving Beyond the Carbon Economy in the United States, with Keith Wheeler, Beyond the Carbon Economy: Energy Law in Transition, 2008 (Oxford University Press).
Carbon Offsets and the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, New England Clean Energy Council, July 2008.
Key Criteria for New Generation Investment, 7th ERRA Energy Regulation & Investment Conference, Budapest, Hungary, April 2008.
North American Energy: Connecting Our Future Supply Chain, 15th Annual U.S.-Canada Energy Trade and Technology Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, November 2007.
Does Competition Occur Naturally Or Is Regulatory Involvement Necessary?, 7th ERRA Annual Meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, May 2007.
Regulating Energy and Natural Resources, Contemporary United States Energy Regulation, 2006 (Oxford University Press) (co-author).
Civic Activities
Member, Board of Trustees, American University of Bulgaria (AUBG)
Advisory Board, University of Maine School of Law
Chernobyl Forest Project
Board of Directors, Maine International Trade Center
Board of Trustees, New England-Canada Business Council
International Planning Committee, World Forum in Energy Regulation