Our Corporate and Intellectual Property and Technology lawyers assist clients with the organizational and operational tools needed to run a successful business. We work with solar, wind and other emerging technology companies from incorporation to maximize operational success. We are well versed in obtaining patents for new technologies and products while navigating special rules to accelerate patent examination for renewable energy clients.

In addition, we counsel on carbon risks inherent in our clients’ transactional ventures. Whether it be construction of a coal-fired power plant, a business merger or acquisition or a mega-transaction, regulators are increasingly scrutinizing and even rejecting deals for failure to take into account carbon risks. We help clients identify these transactional carbon risks, offer creative solutions to mitigate business costs and regulatory hurdles and obtain government approval.

Our experience includes the following representative client matters:

• Providing patent counseling, prosecution and due diligence for solar collection, wave energy, wind energy, coal plant emissions reductions and biomass technology
• Assisting a major electric utility operator with acquisition of landfill gas facilities
• Advising on state and municipal law relating to a nonprofit’s organizational goal of promoting emissions reductions at the municipal level and providing consultation for project financing and energy service company contracts
• Representing a leading solar energy company and the largest solar module manufacturer in the world with corporate law issues
• Representing a climate non-profit organization as intellectual property counsel
• Providing transactional support and assisting with patent sale for landfill fluid absorption technology