Energy, Infrastructure & CleantechOur Energy Group represents independent power producers, investor-owned utilities and other energy providers, developers, lenders, underwriters, private equity funds, lease equity and other financial organizations, governments and agencies involved in energy and infrastructure projects, as well as manufacturers of cleantech and other energy-related products and services. These clients engage in a wide range of activities across the energy sector including acquiring and managing energy assets and energy-related companies and investing in and providing financing to energy projects and clean technology companies. Our representation of such diverse energy-focused clients has given our Energy Group the experience to provide value-added service to complex and challenging transactions in the energy space.
Examples of engagements include:
- patent counsel to one of the world’s largest automobile manufacturers;
- patent and trademark counsel for strategic portfolio management to a leading provider of advanced fuel cell power systems for portable, remote and mobile applications;
- patent litigation matters relating to ultracapacitor technologies;
- private and governmental financing of independent power projects, merchant plants, utility power plants, cogeneration facilities, wood and waste-fuel power plants, waste-to-energy facilities and renewable energy projects;
- transactions relating to production tax credits, investment credits and carbon trading regimes;
- the purchase and sale of interests in energy projects;
- the private and public financings of and merger/acquisition activities for companies that make and supply energy products and services;
- the drafting, structuring and negotiation of power purchase, EPC, O&M joint venture and other project agreements;
- litigation of patented cleantech products, electric power and gas supply contracts, construction agreements, regulatory matters (including siting), and environmental and tax issues; and
- lobbying, drafting and interpretation of energy legislation and regulations.
We are experienced with all types of fossil-fueled electric generation facilities and a range of alternative energy projects, including biomass, biofuels, hydro-electric, solar, wind and “smart grid” and other energy-efficient projects.
The Energy Group coordinates and integrates attorneys from all of our practice areas, such as project finance, M&A, corporate, patent/intellectual property, venture capital and private equity, public securities, insurance/reinsurance, bond and municipal finance, anti-trust, bankruptcy, environmental, litigation, real estate and tax to provide comprehensive legal advice to our energy and clean technology industry clients.