SOLAR INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE
How can we help?
• Corporate securities/M&A
• Project finance and development
• Equity investments
• Legislation and rulemaking
• Renewable energy production
tax credits
We work with some of world’s leading solar
companies, both in the United States. and
around the world, across the spectrum
of solar technology. From start-ups and
emerging entities developing cutting-edge
solar technologies to well-established
photovoltaic and concentrated solar power
companies, K&L Gates represents some of
the most promising companies in the
solar sector.
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e have developed corporate agreements for companies engaged in solar
power projects, including financing
agreements; power purchase agreements; design, construction, installation, maintenance, and service contracts; solar energy facility leases; and
agreements related to the purchase,
sale, and brokering of renewable
energy credits.
Part of the K&L Gates Clean Technology and
Alternative Energy group, our solar energy
team has the knowledge and experience to
help you succeed. Our clients take advantage of our core strengths in corporate
transactions, environmental compliance,
natural resource management, corporate
governance, public policy, energy project
development and finance, tax, intellectual
property, and litigation.
•U
sing our international platform, we
have helped our clients take advantage
of technical know-how and resources
in Germany, including the development
of innovative manufacturing and R&D
facilities and obtaining grants from the
German government.
Of particular note:
• Lawyers throughout our offices work
together to guide our solar power
clients through the full range of corporate and strategic decisions, including
project financing and development,
creative debt and equity financing,
taking advantage of tax incentives, and
securing public grants.
•Our experienced policy team provides
technical, appropriations, legislative
drafting, and advocacy services to help
the solar industry become more competitive in the energy marketplace.
We pride ourselves on our responsiveness
and teamwork, as well as on maintaining a
thorough grounding in both the legal and
business dimensions of the solar industry.
Among our team we are proud to have
former U.S. legislative leaders and staffers; the former legal officer of the United
Nations Environment Programme; former
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,
Department of Justice and state environmental officials; leaders in trade and legal
associations tracking climate change and
solar issues worldwide; and a former staff
attorney for the Center for International
Environmental Law in Geneva, Switzerland.
Our lawyers also regularly publish articles
and speak at conferences on climate
change and solar industry issues.
• Tax incentives and other tax issues
• Clean renewable energy bonds
• Renewable energy credits
• International transactions
• Government contracts and grants
• Project engineering, procurement,
and construction
• Transmission and generator
interconnection
• Power sales and trading
• Municipal finance/IDB’s
• Intellectual property (including patents)
• Facility siting and permitting
• Real estate and land use
• Appropriations and federal funding
Learn more about our Solar Energy
Experience at klgates.com.
Contacts:
Eric E. Freedman
T: +1.206.370.7627
eric.freedman@klgates.com
Dirk Michels
T: +1.650.798.6709
dirk.michels@klgates.com
Tim Peckinpaugh
T: +1.202.661.6265
tim.peckinpaugh@klgates.com
Charles Purcell
T: +1.206.370.8369
charles.purcell@klgates.com
Daniel Ritter
T: +1.202.661.6221
daniel.ritter@klgates.com
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The rapid growth of the solar industry over the last several years presents an
exciting landscape for solar companies to expand their businesses and take
advantage of ever-changing legislation. We bring our clients the multidisciplinary approach necessary—from regulatory and legislative to financial and
transactional—to understand and address the complex challenges and emerging opportunities presented by this landscape.
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