Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati is uniquely positioned to help companies and their financial partners realize the vast promise of the energy and
clean technology field. The firm’s traditional leadership in the technology sector makes us exceptionally well suited to serve as a strategic advisor
to visionary companies at all stages of development. To take full advantage of this unparalleled platform, we have assembled a highly specialized
team of energy and clean technology attorneys, giving us top-tier expertise in everything from patents to project finance, government affairs to
tax structures. Also setting the firm apart are our longstanding relationships with venture capitalists, private equity firms, and major financial
institutions across the U.S. and abroad, which allow us to serve as a conduit to—and advisor regarding—-a wide variety of funding sources. When
it comes to structuring and closing groundbreaking transactions in the emerging energy economy, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati has become
the firm of choice for leading companies, investors, and lenders.
For more information, visit www.wsgr.com.
Gold Sponsors
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.
With approximately 900 lawyers in 18 strategically located offices worldwide, McGuire Woods uses client-focused
teams to serve a range of industries, particularly energy. More than 70 lawyers in the practice represent developers,
investors, industrials, utilities and customers of renewable energy facilities. Our work includes development, acquisition
and financing of projects; purchase and sale of renewable energy companies; and capital raising transactions for
renewable energy companies. Particular areas within biomass where we have an active practice include biomass-fired
power plants, landfill gas, ethanol, biodiesel, biomass gasification and waste-to-energy.
For more information, visit www.mcguirewoods.com/.
Stoel Rives LLP, a leading full-service law firm, is proud to have been at the forefront of the explosive growth of renewable energy in recent years. Rated one of the nation’s best renewable energy law practices by both Chambers and Partners and U.S. News & World Report, we represent major national and international energy developers and operators in wind, biofuels, ocean and tidal, geothermal and solar energy projects throughout the United States and abroad. Our services encompass all aspects of power project licensing, local permitting, financing, taxation, real estate, equipment, procurement, construction, project acquisition and project operations. Stoel Rives has advised clients in connection with more than 100 large wind energy projects that were online operational at the end of 2010, representing a total of 11,130 MW of installed capacity in the U.S. and Canada.
For more information, visit www.stoel.com.
Troutman Sanders LLP is an international law firm with more than 650 lawyers and 16 offices in North America, Europe and Asia. Founded in 1897, the firm’s heritage of extensive experience, exceptional responsiveness and an unwavering commitment to service has garnered strong, long-standing relationships with clients across the globe. Troutman Sanders has counseled energy industry clients since the 1920s. Since then, a dynamic renewable energy practice has developed to advise clients at every stage, from investment and tax structuring to development, construction and operation. As your plans for wind and solar projects emerge, put the energy of our lawyers to work for you.
For more information, visit www.troutmansanders.com.
Silver Sponsors
Cooley Godward Kronish is a national law firm for the converging worlds of high technology, high finance and high-stakes litigation. We are counselors, strategists and advocates for the foremost private and public companies across a wide variety of industries and in all major technology fields. Our clients include business organizations, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, financial institutions, private equity firms, professional services firms and real estate owners and developers. Cooley has approximately 650 attorneys and represents clients in more than 20 industries.
For more information, visit www.cooley.com/.
Luminate is a technically based management consultancy and leading independent engineering firm providing technical, commercial and
environmental advisory services and solutions to the power, energy and renewables markets. We provide owner’s advisory and project development
assistance; due diligence and independent engineering in support of financing, M&A, and emerging technologies; optimization and corrective
action plans; construction and commissioning monitoring; asset monitoring; environmental management; and conflict and restructuring support to
clients across the stakeholder spectrum. Our experience spans every conventional form of generation and fuel from fossil to renewable.
For more information, visit www.luminatellc.com/.
TMR provides market intelligence, commentary and analysis on critical and strategic materials such as the rare earths, lithium and other technology metals. We help companies, agencies and individuals do their homework on the challenges and opportunities associated with these materials.
For more information, visit www.techmetalsresearch.com/.