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Ballard Spahr LLP Offices
2029 CENTURY PARK
EAST SUITE 1400
LOS ANGELES, CA 90067-2915
CALIFORNIA
United States
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Dirk Michels
Work Department
Business and Transactions
Position
Partner
Career
Dirk Michels is one of the leading energy technology and renewable energy attorneys in California. He represents energy technology and renewable energy companies, as well as investors, developers, lenders, and equipment vendors, in developing and financing solar, biomass, wind, geothermal, transmission, storage, smart grid, and other energy projects in M&A, debt, PACE, equity, and tax equity financings, joint ventures, and other strategic alliances within the United States and abroad.
During a 20-year career practicing law in California and Germany, he has advised publicly traded and privately held clients in venture funding, private equity, mergers and acquisitions, and project financing transactions worth billions of dollars. A recognized leader in the domestic distributed solar energy industry, Dirk has been at the forefront of representing solar, wind, and energy storage projects involving collaboration between U.S., German, and Canadian companies.
Admissions: California, Germany
Languages
French and German
Memberships
Co-Chair, National Renewable Energy Lab’s Solar Access to Public Capital Committee’s Contract Standardization Subcommittee
General Counsel, Solar Energy Finance Association
American Bar Association, International Section
Council of the Bars and Law Societies of the European Community
German-American Business Association
Founding board member, German-American Business Association of California
Education
University of San Diego School of Law (LL.M. 1996)
University of Hamburg School of Law (J.D. 1988)
University of Hamburg (B.S. 1986)
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- Real estate > Land use/zoning
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market (sub-$500m)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): municipal
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Finance > Fintech
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: automotive/transport
- Real estate > Real estate
- Real estate > Real estate investment trusts (REITs)
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Dispute resolution > Financial services litigation
- Media, technology and telecoms > Media and entertainment: litigation
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Financial services regulation
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense