Project Development & Finance

Cooley's Project Development & Finance team has extensive experience with a wide variety of project development and financing structures with a focus on working with all involved parties to structure project risk allocations in an appropriate manner. We have particularly deep experience in the development and financings of telecommunications and energy projects with a franchise practice in renewable energy.

The members of our Clean Energy & Technologies group have extensive experience in the project development and financing of conventional energy projects, beginning with domestic cogeneration power projects in the 1980s and continuing with emerging market IPPs and merchant power transactions in the 1990s. Over the past 10 years, we have built one of the leading renewable and alternative energy projects practices in the country, with a particular focus on the wind, solar, biofuels, biomass, efficiency and waste to energy sectors. Our project development and finance work draws on other core competencies of the firm where we have established prominent national and international practices, including land use and permitting, environmental compliance and tax equity monetization.

Our attorneys are highly experienced in structuring and negotiating the full range of documentation required for renewable and alternative energy projects. In addition to financing documents, our experience encompasses agreements related to joint venture and development, construction and turbine supply, operations and maintenance, fuel supply, offtake, commodity hedging, transmission, REC sales and tax credit monetization.

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