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
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/.
Baker & McKenzie is one of the world's leading global law firms, and a long-standing leader in the renewable energy industry. Our global solar team provides a full range of legal services to participants in the solar energy sector and we have represented clients on market-defining transactions throughout the U.S. and the world. Together with our clients, we have raised private and public capital, built projects and manufacturing facilities, sold power, panels and projects, created joint ventures, invested debt and equity, protected secrets, and structured global operations. In addition, Baker & McKenzie's network of more than 3,900 locally qualified, internationally experienced lawyers in 39 countries makes us uniquely situated to work with investment banks, private equity and venture capital firms to help finance companies and scale globally by leveraging our global financial platform and network.
For more information, visit www.bakernet.com.
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/.
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.
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.
Paul Hastings provides guidance to the world's leading financial institutions, multinational corporations, Fortune 500 companies, and other organizations. With 18 offices across Asia, Europe and North America, Paul Hastings' 1,200 lawyers form teams that align with the strategies of our clients. The core areas of our global practice include global projects, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, securities and capital markets, tax, intellectual property, employment, finance and restructuring, international arbitration, investment management, product liability, real estate and litigation.
For more information, visit www.paulhastings.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.
Reception Sponsors
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.
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
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/.
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.
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/.
REpower USA Corp is a subsidiary of REpower Systems AG, one of the leading manufacturers of on- and offshore wind turbines. The international engineering company based in Hamburg, Germany, develops, produces and sells wind turbines with outputs ranging from 2 to 6 megawatts. The USA subsidary based in Portland, OR provides sales, project management, service and technical support for all US activities
For more information, visit www.repower.de .
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/.
As a member of Germanischer Lloyd, with 200 renewable professionals and 15 offices worldwide, Helimax is one of the world’s leading independent renewable energy consultants. Specifically, Helimax has provided technical due diligence reviews totalling over 8000 MW.
For more information, visit www.helimax.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.
Siemens Financial Services, Inc. is a leading provider of business-to-business financial services in the United States. The company, based in Iselin,
NJ, enables business expansion for thousands of customers in the healthcare, energy, and industrial sectors by providing customized solutions
that range from equipment financing and working capital to project and export finance, and insurance solutions.
For more information, visit www.usa.siemens.com/energyfinance.
Competitive Energy Insight (CEI), established in 1997, has developed a suite of mature and highly software products for the analysis of investments in renewable energy applications including biofuels and bio chemicals projects, and all areas of power. We both license these models for your direct use, and use them broadly in our project development consulting practice serving as a bench to support your in-house team. All of the EconExpert tools are Excel-based, making them completely customizable, auditable and adding all of the features of Excel to EconExpert’s powerful features and architecture. Importantly, the EconExpert Models are far more than spreadsheets. Behind each model is powerful Visual Basic programming that provides highly advanced menu/wizard driven functionality taking Excel and your analysis capability to a completely new level. Standardized, accurate and applicable from simple screening to bank quality/investment grade analysis of virtually any project investment, acquisition or divestiture, EconExpert has been applied to literally billions of dollars of energy project investments including on-site generation applications, renewable energy projects and large multi-hundred million dollar central power station investments.
For more information, visit www.CEInsight.com.
Dickstein Shapiro’s multi-service Energy Practice offers a complete range of services to companies that develop, finance, operate, acquire, sell,
restructure, or manage large energy infrastructure projects, including renewable and conventional power plants, transmission lines, pipelines, and
water desalination plants. The Energy Practice has first-tier capabilities and experience, particularly with respect to federal and state electric and
gas regulation, domestic and international energy project development and finance, M&A, litigation, compliance, market rules, and enforcement
matters, and brings the firm’s leading government relations and policy capabilities to bear for our clients at both the state and federal levels.
For more information, visit www.dicksteinshapiro.com.
Fuhrländer AG manufactures utility scale wind turbines from 600 kW to 2500 kW at a number of Facilities in Germany. They have been building fine wind turbines for since 1982 and today have over 570 turbines installed in Europe, Asia, Africa, and North America, of which 400 are one MW or larger. The Fuhrländer employs over 300 and has an annual sales of just over $450 Million USD.
In order to better serve the North American market, Fuhrländer has incorporated a wholly owned US subsidiary, Fuhrlaender North America, Inc, with engineering, sales and marketing offices in Rhode Island and plans to build a new FL 2500 wind turbine manufacturing facility in Butte Montana. As our wind farm projects are realized in each region, we are establishing maintenance and service centers in Texas, Michigan, Montana and Massachusetts.
For more information, visit www.Fuhrlaender.de.
Fulcrum Power Services, with its general partner Fulcrum Energy LLC, manages the physical, financial and commercial energy transactions and logistics for power generators (renewable and fossil fueled assets), retail electricity providers (REPs), large consumers, and financial entities. From forecasting and hedging, to scheduling and dispatch, we provide a wide array of high-value energy management services. In addition to energy services, Fulcrum owns and commercially operates power generation facilities in the United States.
For more information, visit www.fulcrumpower.com.