Sponsors
Platinum Sponsors
Kaye Scholer is an international law firm with approximately 500 lawyers in nine offices around the world. Our global transaction and litigation capability covers a multitude of practices in areas including renewable energy, litigation, corporate, real estate, business reorganization, wills and estates and tax.
For more information, visit www.kayescholer.com/.
Gold Sponsors
At Baker & McKenzie, we have worked on landmark renewable energy transactions throughout the US and in Asia Pacific, Latin America, the Middle East and Europe. We have represented developers, lenders and investors in all aspects of the renewable energy industry including solar, windpower, biofuels, carbon and climate change, geothermal, and cleantech transactions. Our attorneys can advise in all phases of project development, including corporate and tax structuring, equity and debt financings, joint ventures, regulatory matters, and environmental issues.
For more information, visit www.bakernet.com/energy.
As one of the world's leading banks, Credit Suisse provides its clients with investment banking, private banking and asset management services worldwide. Credit Suisse offers advisory services, comprehensive solutions and innovative products to companies, institutional clients and high-net-worth private clients globally, as well as retail clients in Switzerland. Credit Suisse is active in over 50 countries and employs approximately 40,000 people. Credit Suisse's parent company, Credit Suisse Group, is a leading global financial services company headquartered in Zurich. Credit Suisse Group's registered shares (CSGN) are listed in Switzerland and, in the form of American Depositary Shares (CS), in New York.
For more information, visit www.credit-suisse.com/.
For more information, visit www.deweyleboeuf.com/.
Foley & Lardner LLP is a national law firm that provides a full array of legal services to assist the rapidly changing and ever more complicated energy industry. The firm’s experience in the industry dates to its origin and has continued through every stage of development. Our energy practice is very broad and diversified, delivering comprehensive solutions and the leading-edge tools required to serve regulated and unregulated industry participants in this increasingly competitive market. Foley’s wind and solar practices are part of our national Energy Industry Team, advising clients in the development, investment, acquisition, construction, and financing of renewable energy facilities throughout the United States and Canada. Our team-based approach, innovative technology, and focus on value and client service are continually recognized by our clients and the legal industry.
For more information, visit www.foley.com.
Mayer Brown is a leading global law firm with offices in major cities across the Americas, Asia and Europe. Our experience in the solar sector started more than twenty years ago when we worked on Solar Electric Generating System IX (SEGS) in California, one of the first large-scale solar projects in the United States. Our lawyers have represented financiers, sponsors and other project participants on important and cutting edge solar energy projects and financing structures across the globe.
Whether it is utility-scale concentrated solar thermal, photovoltaic, rooftop distributed generation or other solar technology, we have the industry knowledge and experience needed to get deals done anywhere in the world.
We offer local market expertise on a global basis, with offices in each of the major energy and financial centers around the world - London, New York, Hong Kong, and Houston.
For more information, visit www.mayerbrown.com/energy/index.asp?nid=10912.
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.
Thelen is an international law firm with approximately 600 attorneys and is widely known for its
premier practices in the areas of Energy; Finance; Construction; Corporate; Technology, Media, and
Communications; and Complex Litigation, as well as Real Estate; Labor and Employment; Intellectual
Property; Bankruptcy; Domestic and International Tax; and Employee Benefits. Through offices in
New York, San Francisco, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, Shanghai, London, Silicon Valley, Hartford,
and Northern New Jersey, Thelen is able to serve clients in many of the world's largest and most
recognized companies in areas such as energy, investment banking, real estate, construction, technology,
telecommunications, media and entertainment, consumer goods, retail, and hospitality. Many of
Thelen's partners have been with the firm for 20 years or more and are recognized leaders in their
practice areas. Their practical, hands-on and results-oriented approach to solving client problems
and assisting clients with capitalizing on opportunities have sustained and nurtured long-term client
relationships that in some cases have spanned many decades.
For more information, visit www.thelenreid.com.
Winston & Strawn LLP is an international law firm with more than 900 attorneys among 14 offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its energy practice is a particular strength of the firm. Our attorneys bring 30 years of industry experience, innovation, and a track record of success in regulatory and legislative matters, transactions, mergers and acquisitions, project development, finance, labor and litigation. In addition to representation on traditional energy generation and transmission resources, our experience covers virtually all resources in the renewable energy sector, including wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and biomass. From advocating for and advising on new energy policies to assisting clients in structuring and closing financings and acquisitions/dispositions, negotiating power purchase contracts and providing counsel on cutting-edge tax matters, Winston & Strawn has the experience, capabilities, and integrated legal teams to guide clients through today’s dynamic energy environment.
For more information, visit www.winston.com/.
Silver Sponsors
Baker Botts is an international law firm recognized for our creative approach to the legal and business issues facing our clients. The work we do is often groundbreaking. With approximately 700 lawyers and a worldwide network of offices, our approach to the law practice is collaborative, with lawyers functioning as integrated teams to bring the most appropriate response to client needs.
For more information, visit www.bakerbotts.com/.
DELOITTE’S M&A practice provides, comprehensive and strategically focused tax, accounting and advisory services to both financial and corporate buyers. With a global network of over 4,000 M&A specialists, clients have access to experienced professionals in all forms of acquisitions, investment and financing structures, disposition alternatives, and post transaction and integration activities. Our multi-disciplinary approach teams top-flight M&A professionals, industry specialists and technical experts to provide fact-based answers and independent advice geared to helping clients minimize risk and maximize returns.
For more information, visit www.deloitte.com.
Fieldstone is a independent, employee owned boutique investment banking firm providing financial advisory services to the energy and infrastructure industries, specializing in power (gas, wind, hydro, biomass, coal), biofuels (ethanol, biodiesel) and pipelines (both gas and refined product). Founded in 1990, Fieldstone advises energy entrepreneurs and corporations on private capital raises, leveraged buyouts and mergers and acquisitions globally. In the wind industry, Fieldstone's experience includes buy and sell-side M&A transactions for wind projects, wind developers and portfolios or wind assets, as well as capital raising utilizing tax and strategic equity and senior non-recourse debt. As an advisory firm, we are never biased in favor of a specific product or capital structure for any transaction, thereby enabling Fieldstone to provide objective, unbiased, and independent advice specifically developed for a client's long-term needs.
For more information, visit www.fpcg.com/.
GE Energy Financial Services' experts invest globally across the capital spectrum in essential, long-lived, and capital-intensive energy assets that meet the world's energy needs. In addition to capital, GE Energy Financial Services offers the best of GE.'s technical know-how, technology innovation, financial strength, and rigorous risk management. Based in Stamford, Connecticut, the GE business unit helps its customers and GE grow through new investments, strong partnerships, and optimization of its approximately $20 billion in assets.
For more information, visit www.geenergyfinancialservices.com.
HSH Nordbank AG is a leading wholesale commercial bank focused on energy, real estate and transportation. The Structured Finance Energy team in New York City specializes in renewable energy (e.g., wind, solar, biomass, land-fill gas, and geothermal) and is one of the most active structured financing groups in the U.S. and Canada and has financed several thousand megawatts of renewable energy. On a global basis, HSH Nordbank has already financed 60 MW of solar projects and intends to aggressively build upon this foundation. We pride ourselves on the ability to offer clients with flexible and innovative financial and structuring solutions. The bank is headquartered in northern Germany and has offices all over the world. It has over $200 billion in assets and is rated "A" / "A1" by S&P and Moody's, respectively.
For more information, visit www.hsh-nordbank.com/.
Bronze Sponsors
Founded in 2004, CP Energy provides financial advisory and asset management services to project sponsors and institutional investors in the energy sector. In the solar energy segment, CP Energy has experience in financing distributed generation portfolios as well as utility scale projects. CP Energy’s product focus is (i) financing of development stage projects, projects under construction and operating projects; (ii) tax advantaged project financing / M&A; (iii) corporate financings / M&A for project sponsors; and (iii) select earlier stage technology financings. Since 2004, CP Energy has advised the tax equity, lender or project sponsor in connection with the financing or disposition of renewable energy projects with an aggregate nameplate capacity in excess of 6,000 MW, and a value in excess of $3.5 billion.
For more information, visit www.cpglb.com/.
Wachovia offers a full range of products and services to meet the needs of corporate and institutional clients nationwide. These include capital raising, market making, and financial advisory products and services, to name just a few. We have the experience and resources you need to help your business grow and succeed.
For more information, visit www.wachoviasec.com/.
Hospitality Sponsors
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), is a leading provider of title insurance, mortgage services, spe¬cialty insurance and information
services. FNF is the nation’s largest title insurance company through its title insurance underwriters that collectively issue more title insurance
policies than any other title company in the United States. Robert Simon, Andrea Kremen and Fred Glassman specialize in the energy and project
finance title insurance sector. They are resident in Fidelity National Title Insurance Company’s New York City office. This team has worked on
hundreds of energy and project finance transactions, ranging from financings (private and government-backed) to acquisitions and dispositions,
ground-up constructions and various other types of transactions.
For more information, visit www.fntic.com/.
KeyBanc Capital Markets provides a complete suite of corporate and investment banking services to clients. Investment banking services include mergers and acquisition advisory, equity and debt underwriting, syndicated finance products, research and trading. KeyBanc Capital Markets focuses primarily on emerging and middle-market companies in the Energy, Industrial, Consumer & Retail, Real Estate, and Healthcare sectors. Clients benefit from our deep expertise across our focus industries and our access to partners in private equity and debt capital markets, which allow us to deliver a full range of financing options to our clients.
For more information, visit www.key.com/html/A.html.
Merrill Lynch is one of the world’s leading investment banking, capital markets and wealth management companies, with market capitalization of approximately $45 billion. Merrill Lynch’s Global Investment Banking Energy and Power Group deliver strategic merger, acquisition, divestiture and capital raising advisory services. As a leader in natural gas, crude oil, electricity and weather-related trading, Merrill Lynch Commodities, Inc. (“MLCI”) can provide a variety of risk management and structured products designed for the oil and gas industry. For more information on Merrill Lynch, please visit www.ml.com.
For more information, visit www.ml.com/index.asp?id=7695_15125.
Serving the unique needs of national customers is the mission of Stewart National Title Services (NTS). With locations in twenty cities nationwide, we deliver custom solutions for every transaction. In partnership with our growing network of over 9,500 issuing offices and agencies, NTS has the flexibility and capacity to service the most discriminating customers. www.stewart-nts.com
For more information, visit www.stewartaffiliates.com/servlet/ViewSiteServlet?OfficeId=671.