Sponsors
Gold Sponsors
Alston & Bird's integrated renewable energy practice incorporates within a single group, expertise in project development and finance, renewable energy policy, carbon management and renewable energy technology. The group's synergistic approach is unique among law firms and positions the group to add significant value to renewable energy transactions. The group's attorneys are experienced in all sectors of the space, including solar, wind, biofuels, biomass and commodity carbon. With over 800 attorneys, Alston & Bird's offices are in New York, Washington, Atlanta, Dallas, Charlotte and the Research Triangle Park.
For more information, visit www.alston.com/.
Chadbourne & Parke LLP is a franchise name in the independent power business. More than 70 lawyers work full-time in the project finance
group, making it one of the largest such groups of any US law firm. The group has worked on projects in more than 80 countries, and is ranked
number one in the US renewable energy market (in a shared ranking with Milbank) by the prestigious Chambers directory in London based on
year-round interviewing of corporate law departments and peers at other firms. Chadbourne is headquartered at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York
and has other offices in Washington, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Sao Paulo, Beijing, Almaty, Moscow, Warsaw, Kiev, Istanbul, Dubai and London.
For more information, visit www.chadbourne.com.
Milbank is a leading global legal advisor in renewable energy project development, finance and M&A. We have successfully completed over 180 renewable energy deals, totaling over 9,000 MW of renewable power. Among numerous accolades, Milbank was named the “Legal Advisor of 2008” at the Euromoney/Ernst & Young Global Renewable Energy Awards and the “Top Clean Energy Project Finance Legal Advisor to Arrangers in 2008” by New Energy Finance.
For more information, visit www.milbank.com.
Silver Sponsors
Advantage for Analysts, Inc. structures, analyzes and tracks lease and partnership tax equity financed deals for U.S. renewable energy projects.
Our team of industry experts, enabled with an advanced modeling technology, delivers tailored solutions and transfers capabilities to clients through side-by-side analysis, guidance, and in-depth training.
For more information, visit www.advantageforanalysts.com.
Ballard Spahr LLP’s Energy and Project Finance Group assists clients in all aspects of renewable energy project development and finance. We are a national practice with 13 offices nationwide. Our broad experience with the financial markets combined with industry-specific knowledge of business, technology, and regulatory issues allows us to structure creditworthy projects that meet business and tax objectives.
This recent practice focus builds on and complements our historic, and ongoing, traditional energy development work in gas, coal (including coal gasification), waste coal, nuclear, and waste-to-energy power plants, as well as refineries, off-shore drilling rigs, and transmission facilities.
We have substantial experience over 20 years in the non-recourse financing of independent power projects and, during the past few years, of renewable energy projects that depend on federal and state tax subsidies and other forms of governmental support. Key members of our energy team are well known for structuring innovative project deals.
For more information, visit www.ballardspahr.com/.
At Stoel Rives (www.stoel.com) we’ve been pioneers in renewable energy law for nearly 30 years. With over 115 of our attorneys dedicated
specifically to renewable energy and sustainability practices, independent experts consistently rate us among the top renewable energy law firms in
the United States. We have represented major national and international energy developers and operators in wind, biofuels, ocean & hydropower,
biomass, geothermal and solar energy projects throughout the United States and abroad. From project finance, tax and construction contracting to
interconnection, transmission and power purchase negotiations – we have the experience to guide clients in any aspect of an energy project.
For more information, visit www.stoel.com.