Holland & Knight stands out for its strength in renewable and alternative energy project development and financing, advising investors, developers, and utilities on wind, solar, energy storage, hydrogen, and alternative fuels projects. The multidisciplinary team supports clients across project financings, joint ventures, acquisitions, and regulatory matters. Practice heads include Amish Shah in Washington DC, Mark Kalpin in Boston, and Lara Rios, who splits her time between Miami and New York. George Humphrey in Houston advises on project development, financings, and M&A involving renewable energy and infrastructure assets. Joshua Belcher in Houston focuses on renewable project development, acquisitions, and power purchase agreements. Ram Sunkara, based in Houston and Atlanta, advises on M&A, joint ventures, tax equity financings, and project development involving renewable energy and energy storage assets.
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Accolades
Client satisfaction: Billing & efficiency
Client satisfaction: Sector knowledge
Testimonials
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‘Very strong national practice and local presence in certain cities. Rates at all law firms have climbed but compared to other top firms, very strong value for $. Responsive, good breadth and depth of capabilities, and dont show up with an army but can tap into it as need be. ’
‘Top quality lawyers, commercial, constructive, smart, responsive, good value and excellent diversity of talent. ’
Key clients
- EDF, Inc.
- Exelon Generation Company
- Longwood Medical Energy Collaborative, Inc.
- Navisun LLC
- New York Green Bank
- Orsted Wind Power North America LLC
- Osaka Gas USA Corp
- Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association
- Phillips 66
- Vanguard Renewables
Work highlights
Acting as the general counsel to the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Association (PNWHA), a multi-state nonprofit organization focused on creating a robust network of clean hydrogen suppliers and end-users in the Pacific Northwest
Serving as lead project counsel to Fermi America, which is building one of the most ambitious integrated energy projects in the United States – an 11 GW power generation and co-located data center campus on a 5,200-acre site in Amarillo, Texas – designed to power the future of artificial intelligence
Advising Navisun LLC on transaction, regulatory and real estate issues in connection with the purchase and development of over 200 MW of solar generation projects located in Maine, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Ohio, Illinois and West Virginia, and the subsequent financing of those projects on both a construction-lending and a longer-term tax equity basis
Practice head
Amish Shah; Mark Kalpin; Lara Rios
Other key lawyers
George Humphrey; Joshua Belcher; Ram Sunkara