Sponsors
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.
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.
Silver Sponsors
With 80 professionals in Washington, DC and Seattle, WA, Van Ness Feldman helps leading energy, manufacturing, transportation, and financial services clients, as well as numerous municipal governments, trade associations, and coalitions, design and comply with the nation’s energy and environmental laws. The firm also provides transactional and project development support, and representation in litigation and administrative proceedings.
Clients choose Van Ness Feldman because of our unwavering, 30-year focus on energy, environmental, and infrastructure law and policy. Clients benefit from our depth and breadth of government and industry experience, our creativity in solving complex problems, our ability to help clients develop effective strategies on “cutting edge” issues, and the accessibility of senior-level practitioners.
For more information, visit www.vnf.com .
Bronze Sponsors
HDR is an employee-owned architectural, engineering and consulting firm with over 8,000 professionals in more than 185 locations worldwide. This staff includes some of the most experienced and capable engineers, regulatory experts, environmental scientists and project management professionals in the hydroelectric industry. HDR assists clients with the development of new hydropower projects from feasibility studies to project engineering, and in the modernization of existing hydropower facilities. Services for transmission and renewable-energy generation projects encompasses engineering, design, economic modeling and storage valuation, environmental sciences and regulatory support services for pumped storage hydropower.
For more information, visit www.hdrinc.com/.
Strategic Decisions Group is a strategy consulting firm renowned for its expertise in strategic decision-making, risk management, and shareholder value creation. SDG’s Energy & Environment Practice has extensive experience in electric power generation and transmission, oil & gas, and with companies in clean tech, smart grid, and renewables. SDG supplements its in-house expertise with partners to help in key aspects of hydropower strategy and development decisions: integrated resource planning, economic valuation and risk analysis, generation strategy, project design & engineering, equipment sourcing, procurement, and construction oversight. Together with our partners, we have experience from more than 50 hydropower projects.
For more information, visit www.sdg.com/.
Supporting Sponsors
A law firm is only as good as it is able to understand and respond to clients' needs. Since the 1863, Baker & Daniels has steadily grown to meet the challenges of the times. Today, we offer integrated regional, national and international services in more than 40 practices and industries.
Our legal experience and expertise includes bankruptcy and business restructuring, corporate finance, economic development, clean energy and carbon markets, intellectual property, product liability, real estate, environmental, tax and much more.
Our goal is to distinguish ourselves by unmatched client service. Our team of over 370 professionals offers a creative approach based on what matters most to each client. When it comes to effective counsel, there are no substitutes for experience and trusted relationships.
For more information, visit www.bakerdaniels.com/home.aspx.
Patton Boggs LLP’s energy and natural resources lawyers provide transactional, regulatory, public policy and litigation assistance to every sector of the electric, oil & gas and mining industries. Our lawyers have advised developers and investors on the licensing, regulation, development and financing of hydropower projects for over 25 years.
Based in Washington, DC, and with offices in Northern Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Dallas, Denver, Anchorage and internationally in Doha, Qatar and Abu Dhabi, UAE, our more than 600 lawyers and professionals provide comprehensive, practical and cost-effective legal counsel to clients around the globe.
For more information, visit www.pattonboggs.com/.