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As energy and sustainability markets continue to evolve and new energy technologies become more mature, companies face new opportunities as well as new challenges in developing and procuring energy resources domestically and internationally. Our Energy and Sustainability law practice provides the practical advice necessary to enable our clients to keep pace with new developments and adapt to an ever-changing legal and regulatory environment.
We work hand-in-hand with our business clients as they strive to make smart energy choices, and we support our energy supplier clients in their continued development of new and better technologies. Our energy and sustainability lawyers regularly represents large and small organizations handling a wide range of international and domestic energy matters. We also work closely with clients to develop and maintain a responsible position towards traditional, alternative, and renewable energy.
From startups to major industry players, our clients rely on us to provide comprehensive legal services to address all of their challenges and goals. On any given day, our energy and sustainability lawyers are visiting development sites and energy facilities, attending board meetings, advocating in administrative proceedings at all levels of government, and when necessary, appearing before state, provincial, and federal courts to protect our clients’ interests.
Our Team
Our energy and sustainability team includes attorneys from closely related disciplines including energy, environmental, utility regulation and markets, public finance, real estate, corporate, construction, and intellectual property. Together, these professionals offer an unmatched depth and breadth of experience and a collective insight into the real-life issues that our clients face.
Our Services
Electric
Advocating for public policies favorable to advanced energy technologies
Negotiating and enforcing power supply and transmission contracts
Representing clients before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and state public utilities commissions regarding approval, rate design, and deregulation issues
Advising on development of distributed generation facilities, wind, solar, cogeneration, and other alternative energy production facilities and publicly owned electric generation and distribution facilities
Counseling equity funds in diligence matters related to facility acquisitions including largest U.S. cogeneration facility
Counseling utilities in siting and land use approval for major cogeneration facility
Alternative and Renewable Energy
Obtaining state siting certificates and environmental permits for utility-scale solar and wind projects
Handling utility regulation and litigation matters regarding rates, regulations, and tariffs for renewable and distributed energy resources
Green Construction
Biofuels and biomass production
Emissions trading
Renewable energy credit financing
Sustainability policy development and implementation
Representing various mineral owners, energy producers, and transporters
Drafting and negotiating oil and gas leases and contracts
Handling civil and administrative litigation before state and federal courts and agencies
Advising on development and assisting with financing of energy production facilities
Negotiating agreements regarding production, purchase, and sale of oil and natural gas reserves
Representing utilities in acquiring and managing water resources
Handling water rights regulation and litigation
