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/.
Platinum 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.
Gold 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/.
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.
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.
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.
Orrick’s energy and projects practice comprises nearly 150 lawyers located across the globe, representing clients worldwide. We are noted for
our leading practices in energy project development and finance, governmental energy funding, public private partnerships, and venture capital
and emerging company representation in the clean tech and renewable energy sectors.
For more information, visit www.orrick.com/practices/global/energy.asp.
Banco Santander (SAN.MC, STD.N, BNC.LN) is a retail and commercial bank, based in Spain, with presence in 10 main markets. At the close of June 2010, Santander was the largest bank in the euro zone by market capitalization and, at the end of 2009, fourth in the world by profit. Founded in 1857, Santander had EUR 1,365 billion in managed funds. Santander has more than 90 million customers, 13,671 branches – more than any other international bank – and 170,000 employees. It is the largest financial group in Spain and Latin America, with leading positions in the United Kingdom and Portugal and a broad presence in Europe through its Santander Consumer Finance arm. In the first half of 2010, Santander registered €4,445 million in net attributable profit.
For more information, visit www.santander.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
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.
Duff & Phelps is a leading global provider of financial advisory and investment banking services, providing expertise in the areas of valuation, transactions, financial restructuring, alternative assets, disputes and taxation. Duff & Phelps balances analytical skills, deep market insight and independence to help clients make sound decisions. Duff & Phelps has more than 1,000 employees serving clients from offices in North America, Europe and Asia, and has more than 100 professionals in the Energy & Mining industry group. Duff & Phelps has extensive experience providing services to renewable energy businesses including wind, solar, geothermal, biomass, among others. From solar development portfolios to operating wind farms to coal plant conversions, Duff & Phelps provides the insights and perspective necessary to deliver comprehensive solutions to your valuation needs. Contact David Herr, Global Leader of the Energy & Mining practice at 215-430-6039.
For more information, visit www.duffandphelps.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/.
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/.
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.
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/.
Bronze Sponsors
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.
GL Garrad Hassan is a member of the Germanischer Lloyd AG (GL) group of companies, and is part of GL’s renewable energy consulting business, trading under the GL Garrad Hassan brand. Although the GL Garrad Hassan name is new, the business has a rich heritage from renewable energy specialists within GL, including: Garrad Hassan, Windtest, Helimax and Noble Denton. GL Garrad Hassan provides an integrated global service, with more than 650 staff in over 40 countries, offering services and software products across the entire project lifecycle. GL Garrad Hassan is the leading provider of technical and engineering services, software products and training for onshore and offshore wind, as well as the wave, tidal and solar sectors. With experience gained over three decades, GL Garrad Hassan has an unsurpassed technical understanding of renewable energy technologies and projects.
For more information, visit www.garradhassan.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.
Luncheon Sponsors
Serving clients in every major international financial center, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP and affiliates is one of the leading
law firms in the world, with 23 offices and approximately 2,000 attorneys. Our diversified practice enables us to offer solutions to the most
challenging legal issues in virtually every area of corporate law, providing the specific legal advice clients need to compete most effectively in a
global business environment. We represent approximately 50 percent of the Fortune 250 industrial and service corporations, as well as financial
and governmental entities, high-technology startup companies, and cultural, educational and charitable institutions, advising on a wide variety of
high-profile transactions, regulatory matters, and litigation and controversy issues.
For more information, visit www.skadden.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/.
For over a decade, Fredrikson & Byron’s Renewable Energy Group has played a leading role in the development, financing, and acquisition of wind projects in the heart of America’s wind corridor. We’ve helped develop more than 1,000
MW of projects through the United States, and are assisting in another 6,000 MW under development. We work with commercial and community wind developers, turbine manufacturers, and finance companies to successfully complete development and financing of wind projects, as well as acquire renewable energy assets throughout the United States. Our work extends to the supply chain, where we help companies make strategic vertical acquisitions of manufacturing companies (turbines, blades, towers, and gearboxes) to advance their interests in the market.
For more information, visit www.fredlaw.com/index.htm.