Geothermal
- Geothermal leases and resource entitlements
- EPC arrangements
- Power purchase, self-supply and other offtake arrangements
- Operation and maintenance contracts
- Bridge, construction and permanent financing arrangements
- Construction and warranty claims
Representative Matters
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- Representation of an independent power producer in connection with all aspects of development and financing of a renewable energy geothermal power plant in the United States, including BLM land rights, EPC, off-take, and operation and maintenance contracts, and a mezzanine construction financing and a United States federally guaranteed term debt refinancing, which was guaranteed under the first ever United States Department of Energy loan guarantee issued pursuant to its Financial Institution Partnership Program
- Representation of a self-supply developer in connection with negotiating an EPC contract and financing commitments for the first privately developed geothermal power plant in Mexico’s history
- Representation of an international developer in connection with a 144A portfolio financing for various geothermal power plants in the western United States
- Collaboration with a United States construction company and a privately held development and acquisition company invested in geothermal power projects across the globe, in connection with the establishment of a geothermal project manager for a European fund providing grants to support Latin American exploratory drilling opportunities
Nuclear
- Joint venture arrangements
- EPC and other construction arrangements
- Intergovernmental agreements and project development agreements
- Power purchase, contract for difference and other offtake or sales arrangements
- Insurance matters
- Nuclear treaties, liability regimes and conventions
- Construction oversight/management, operation and maintenance agreements
- Regulatory matters and review of draft nuclear laws and regulations
- Bankability analysis
- Bridge, construction and term financing, including government support, loan guarantees and export credit financing
Representative Matters
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- Representation of a Middle Eastern government sponsor in connection with all aspects of development and financing of a new-build nuclear power project, including:
- joint venture arrangements involving the Middle Eastern host country government and the technology exporter;
- financing and offtake arrangements;
- insurance matters during construction and operation, including nuclear liability analysis and nuclear insurance pool formation;
- analysis of nuclear liability regimes and review of draft laws to implement nuclear liability conventions;
- review of construction oversight and operation and maintenance arrangements with the nuclear regulatory authority to obtain required approvals relating to foreign participation in plant ownership and nuclear licensing;
- regulatory matters involving the federal nuclear authority and the International Atomic Energy Agency;and
- application for and negotiation of the first nuclearized electricity generation license issued by the local regulation and supervision bureau
- Representation of a Middle Eastern government sponsor in connection with all aspects of development and financing of a new-build nuclear power project, including:
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- Representation of a small modular reactor (SMR) nuclear power project developer in the United Kingdom in connection with structuring a framework for government cooperation and support under a public-private partnership model for country-wide deployment of SMR projects on a technology-agnostic basis
- Representation of an SMR technology and project developer in the Middle East in connection with joint development and joint venture arrangements for SMR technology development for both in-country deployment and export potential
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- Representation of a privately-owned developer in connection with all aspects of development and financing of a new-build nuclear power project in the United Kingdom, including:
- financing structure and negotiation of bespoke financing arrangements with export credit agencies from multiple governments;
- development and negotiation of one of the most comprehensive and bespoke nuclear EPC contracts in the industry, building upon both turnkey and collaborative risk management models;
- negotiation of offtake pricing support mechanisms and other government credit supports, government and private shareholding arrangements, including assessment of potential limited recourse and off-balance-sheet structures, and government credit support analysis from an EU state aid perspective;
- insurance matters during construction and operation, including nuclear liability analysis;
- Representation of a privately-owned developer in connection with all aspects of development and financing of a new-build nuclear power project in the United Kingdom, including:
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- analysis of nuclear liability regimes and review of draft laws to implement nuclear liability conventions;
- regulatory matters involving the Office for Nuclear Regulation;
- analysis of commercial counterparty rights and legal support for a developer doing business with a post-petition bankrupt entity acting under the protection of Chapter 11 of the United States Bankruptcy Code;
- representation of the target company under a corporate transaction involving multiple sales of shareholding interests in the developer entity;
- advising on all aspects of commercial and operational support arrangements, including fuel supply and operations and maintenance support agreements; and
- assisting the developer with its land rights and electrical connection arrangements
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- Representation of a new-build nuclear power project developer in connection with modifying the electricity interconnection and utility regulation legal framework to accommodate nuclear power, including re-design of form interconnection agreements and electricity generation licenses, and modification of applicable codes
- Collaboration with members of the California Senate in relation to taking evidence and holding hearings about the status of nuclear research and lifting the moratorium on new nuclear power plant development in California
- Collaboration with a United States industry group in relation to evaluating opportunities in overseas markets and developing policies on key legislative and regulatory matters affecting the nuclear industry in California
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- Collaboration with the Department of Energy in relation to support from United States government laboratories to overseas nuclear power projects
- Collaboration with a developer in relation to pre-development work for a new nuclear power project in the United States
- Representation of a United States nuclear component supplier in relation to nuclear liability and indemnities for suppliers in the Chinese nuclear industry
Solar
- Development and pre-development agreements
- Joint venture arrangements
- Power purchase agreements
- Construction and integration of solar-generating installations
- Lease and offtake arrangements for distributed solar stations
- Financing arrangements, including portfolio financing of distributed assets
- Incentives and subsidies
Representative Matters
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- Representation of a renewable energy developer in connection with expansion plans and development to add solar power generating facilities at a renewable energy complex in Mexico
- Representation of a landowner in connection with the leasing of multiple land parcels to a solar developer for the purposes of building, owning, maintaining and operating utility-scale photovoltaic solar power generating facilities
- Representation of a renewable energy division of a large oil and gas company in connection with documentation for the installation and financing of distributed photovoltaic solar-generating installations
- Representation of a developer of utility-scale photovoltaic solar power facilities in connection with joint development and joint venture arrangements for a solar power facility in California
- Representation of a commercial bank lead arranger in connection with a construction and term financing for a portfolio of distributed solar generating projects
- Advice in connection with the availability of tax credits and grants and other government incentives for distributed and utility-scale solar power facilities in California
Wind
- Turbine supply and balance of plant contracts
- EPC arrangements
- Warranty arrangements and warranty settlements
- Long term maintenance and service contracts
- Operation and maintenance arrangements
- Construction and term financing arrangements
Representative Matters
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- Representation of a large continental Western European utility company in connection with a joint venture arrangement for an offshore wind energy generation facility anticipated to be located off the shore of California
- Representation of a joint owner in connection with the development, construction and operation of transmission lines from New Mexico to Arizona and associated switchyards and substations necessary to provide for planned interconnections with the underlying high voltage transmission system in New Mexico and Arizona
- Representation of a large international contractor in connection with various operation and maintenance and warranty settlement agreements for wind projects in North America
- Representation of commercial bank lead arrangers in connection with a construction and term financing for a wind farm in the United States
- Representation of a commercial bank lead arranger in connection with a term re-financing for a wind farm in the United States
- Representation of a sponsor in connection with structuring a portfolio of transactions to monetize wind energy lease and easement royalties
- Representation of a contractor and turbine supplier in connection with the resolution of end of warranty claims and continuation of maintenance and operations support at a wind project in the United States
Fossil Fuels
- EPC contracting arrangements, including for carbon-emission reducing retrofits
- LNG and natural gas capacity contracts
- LNG shipping arrangements
- Complete project development and financing work for natural-gas and coal fired power projects, including power purchase agreements, EPC arrangements, O&M arrangements and loan documents
- Construction and term financing arrangements
Representative Matters
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- Representation of an industrial user in connection with the negotiation of a power purchase agreement for a captive combined cycle natural-gas fired power plant in the Middle East
- Representation of a developer in connection with the development and financing of an oil refinery and related infrastructure projects in the Middle East
- Representation of a utility in connection with the term financing of a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal in Latin America
- Representation of a utility in connection with the negotiation of capacity agreements for a liquefied natural gas receiving terminal in the United States
- Representation of an investment bank lead arranger in connection with a term financing for two natural-gas-fired power projects in the United States
- Representation of commercial bank lenders in connection with a construction financing for a natural-gas-fired power project in the United States
- Representation of a utility in connection with the negotiation of construction documentation to retrofit a coal-fired generating facility with a filtration system to control emissions
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- Representation of a commercial bank lead arranger in connection with a combined term loan and preferred equity financing for a natural-gas-fired power project located in the United States
INFRASTRUCtuRE & REAL ESTATE dEVELOPMENT
- Joint venture and joint development agreements
- Asset management contracts and asset purchase arrangements
- Construction and term financing arrangements
- Work-out transactions
- Construction and construction management contracts
- Land rights, including grants, leases, easements, concessions and development rights
- Entitlements
Representative Matters
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- Representation of an investment fund in connection with the evaluation and project documentation for the development of transmission and energy storage infrastructure assets in the western United States
- Representation of an investment bank lead arranger in connection with a second-lien real-estate-secured construction financing with commitments in excess of a quarter billion dollars for a resort in the Middle East
- Representation of a resort developer in connection with a multi-billion dollar financing for the development and refurbishment of hotel, gaming and resort properties in the western and eastern United States
- Representation of an international resort developer in connection with a multi-billion dollar financing for the development and construction of a hotel, gaming and resort properties in Eastern Asia
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- Representation of a satellite technology developer in connection with various corporate credit facilities
- Representation of an investment bank lead arranger in connection with a several hundred million dollar real-estate-secured construction financing for a casino and resort property in the eastern United States, and various associated work-out transactions
- Representation of an investment bank lead arranger in connection with a secured bridge financing for the development of a casino property in the United States
- Representation of an international gaming and resort developer in connection with the acquisition of a gaming property and associated intellectual property rights, and various associated transactions to isolate such intellectual property rights for use in re-branding efforts
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- Representation of a resort developer in connection with its multi-billion dollar financing for a hotel, gaming, convention and resort property in the eastern United States
- Representation of a developer of senior living facilities in the United States in connection with various acquisition and financing transactions
- Representation of a hotel developer in connection with the refinancing of a hotel properly in Southern California
- Representation of a commercial bank in connection with the refinancing of a hotel property in the central United States