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Edward Zaelke
Work Department
Energy: renewable/alternative power
Position
Partner Edward (Ed) Zaelke is the head of the Firm’s Global Energy Project Finance group. He focuses his practice on project finance and private equity in renewable energy transactional matters. With more than 30 years of experience, he advises clients on all elements of alternative energy development and finance, including equity and debt financing, merger and acquisition transactions, equipment purchase and sale agreements, power purchase agreements, siting and other real property issues, governmental approvals, and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts.
For further details of Edward’s biography, please view McDermott website:
https://www.mwe.com/people/zaelke-edward/
Memberships
American Wind Energy Association, former board member and former president
Wind Solar Alliance, founding board member
Lawyer Rankings
United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power
(Leading lawyers)McDermott Will & Emery LLP is often involved in some of the most significant renewables and alternative energy projects in the US, and stands out for its policy-related work in the industry. The Inflation Reduction Act and related tax equity investments have been a major source of recent work for the team, and clients include a wide variety of stakeholders in renewable energy. Co-chair of the practice group Philip Tingle is one of the go-to figures in the market for tax-related issues and has supported heavyweight clients on the IRA and related incentives, tax credits and technologies. Fellow chair Edward Zaelke is based in Washington DC and has vast experience with the full spectrum of alternative energy development and finance matters. Alongside him in Washington DC is Carl Fleming, a transactional lawyer and policy advisor, and Christopher Gladbach, who is well versed in energy industry M&A, project finance transactions, project development, and tax equity matters. Heather Cooper in Miami ‘can provide a quick high-level analysis‘ on the range of tax issues in the energy industry, and New York-based Joel Hugenberger and James Salerno both handle financing and development for solar and wind projects.
United States > Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
A team with a ‘good mix of project finance, M&A and corporate legal expertise’, McDermott Will & Emery LLP is well positioned to advise its host of energy companies, utilities, developers and large-cap sponsors for an array of transactions in the conventional and renewable energy space. The firm particularly stands out for its work with private equity and infrastructure funds, and also has the ability to handle complex tax issues relating to energy transition assets. Practice heads Edward Zaelke and Philip Tingle operate out of Los Angeles and Miami respectively, with the former focused on M&A and joint ventures and the latter on financings and equity investments. Frederick Lark, based in New York, is the key advisor to key client Argo Infrastructure Partners and their M&A requirements, while Robert Lamkin has a mixed transactional and regulatory practice that energy developers and producers continually seek out. Debra Harrison is a renewables and tax equity expert and works out of Washington DC.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading lawyers United States > Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Renewable/alternative power United States > Energy
- Energy transactions: electric power United States > Energy
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Media, technology and telecoms > Technology transactions
- Healthcare > Health insurers
- Healthcare > Life sciences
- Media, technology and telecoms > Outsourcing
- Healthcare > Service providers
- Tax > US taxes: contentious
- Tax > US taxes: non-contentious
Firm Rankings
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: design
- Labor and employment > Employee benefits, executive compensation and retirement plans: transactional
- Energy > Energy regulation: electric power
- Tax > Financial products
- Labor and employment > Immigration
- Tax > International tax
- M&A/corporate and commercial > M&A: middle-market ($500m-999m)
- Dispute resolution > Product liability, mass tort and class action - defense: toxic tort
- Energy > Renewable/alternative power
- Intellectual property > Trademarks: non-contentious (including prosecution, portfolio management and licensing)
- Labor and employment > Workplace and employment counseling
- Insurance > Advice to insurers
- Media, technology and telecoms > Cyber law (including data privacy and data protection)
- Labor and employment > ERISA litigation
- Dispute resolution > General commercial disputes
- Insurance > Insurance: non-contentious
- Labor and employment > Labor and employment disputes (including collective actions)
- Labor and employment > Labor-management relations
- Intellectual property > Patents: prosecution (including re-examination and post-grant proceedings)
- Real estate > Real estate finance
- Finance > Capital markets: equity offerings
- Antitrust > Cartel
- Antitrust > Civil litigation/class actions: defense
- Energy > Energy transactions: electric power
- Energy > Energy transactions: oil and gas
- Government > Government contracts
- Antitrust > Merger control
- Intellectual property > Patents: litigation (full coverage)
- Finance > Restructuring (including bankruptcy): corporate
- Dispute resolution > Securities litigation: defense
- Finance > Structured finance: derivatives and structured products
- International trade > Trade remedies and trade policy
- Dispute resolution > Corporate investigations and white-collar criminal defense
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- M&A/corporate and commercial > Private equity buyouts: large deals ($500m+)
- Investment fund formation and management > Private equity funds (including venture capital)
- Real estate > Real estate
- Dispute resolution > Appellate: courts of appeals / Appellate: supreme courts (states and federal)
- Finance > Commercial lending
- Finance > Fintech