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Service Spotlight: Legal services
Legal services provide invaluable experience, knowledge, and representation to the various renewable energy sectors.
Here’s a guide to some of the representation available in the industry.
Bond, Schoeneck & King, PLLC
Sectors covered: Solar, wind, waste-to-energy, and combined cycle
Services provided: Expertise in assisting and counseling clients in all aspects related to the siting and construction of energy and transmission facilities, as well as issues related to interconnection,
and the purchase, sale, production, and distribution of energy—successfully resolving state and federal regulatory permitting, compliance, and enforcement concerns. Bond also has considerable
experience in siting power generation, and electric and gas transmission projects, under the State Environmental Quality Review Act (“SEQRA”) and Articles VII and X of the Public Service Law.
Locations: New York and Florida
Recognition/Awards: Ranked #1 in “Best Lawyers New York” in Environmental Law; Ranked #1 in “Best Lawyers” in Syracuse, New York in Energy Law
Website: www.bsk.com
Cleantech Law Partners, PC
Sectors covered: Solar, wind, geothermal, and biogas
Services provided: Everything from permitting, contracts, and structuring to inance, policy, lobbying, and corporate management.
Locations: National presence in the US, as well as Germany, Israel, and India
Recognition/Awards: Lawyer from Cleantech Law Partners named one of top “Cleantech Lawyers” in the United States
Website: www.cleantechlaw.com
Dentons
Sectors covered: Solar, wind, biomass, biofuels, hydro power, and waste to energy
Services provided: Guides clean energy clients in all facets of law, including: energy trading; environmental; market rules; M&A transactions; PPA’s; policy; project development; project inance;
regulatory; tax; and tendering.
Locations: Ofices in more than 75 locations, spanning 50-plus countries. In North America, Dentons has six ofices in Canada and 16 ofices in the US serving clean energy clients
Recognition/Awards: Dentons energy lawyers are consistently highly ranked in domestic and global legal directories, such as Chambers, Lexpert, Best Lawyers, Euromoney, and Legal 500
Website: www.dentons.com
Estriatus Law PC
Sectors covered: Solar, and the clean tech sector
Services provided: A boutique law practice, counseling clients on the development of solar PV facilities and transactional matters, such as: licensing; supply; manufacturing; distribution
agreements; PPA project documents; dispute resolution; M&A transactions; corporate governance; and policy matters. Retainer arrangements are often established as a cost- and time-effective
approach, versus hiring in-house counsel or utilizing a multi-national law irm.
Locations: Throughout the United States
Recognition/Awards: N/A
Website: www.estriatuslaw.com
Troutman Sanders LLP
Sectors covered: Solar, wind, geothermal, ocean, river and hydropower projects, as well as alternative “clean coal,” ethanol, biodiesel/biogas, and biomass-related transactions
Services provided: Representing investors, developers, and utilities in all aspects of renewable energy project development, inance, corporate, and M&A transactions.
Locations: Work is done across the United States, as well as internationally from ofices in the US (Georgia; Virginia; New York; Illinois; Oregon; California; and DC) and in China.
Recognition/Awards: Troutman Sanders’ Energy practice received a “Tier One” ranking in the 2014 US News – Best Lawyers “Best Law Firms”—nationally and in the metropolitan areas of Atlanta,
Georgia; Washington, DC; and Richmond, Virginia.
Website: www.troutmansanders.com
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