Alternative Energy

We believe that our global renewables practice offers the strongest network of skilled legal advisers anywhere in the world.

Our lawyers provide the full spectrum of legal services in the renewable energy sector. We are recognized for our involvement in pioneering first-in-jurisdiction and first-in-technology renewable energy projects around the world. 

Against a backdrop of market and technological disruption, our sector-driven business model enables us to anticipate change across core industries and leverage the experience and knowledge of our experts in one industry in order to benefit our clients in another. Clients also benefit from Future Ready, our global program focused on the rapid and disruptive transformation of the energy sector. 

In addition, National and local governments around the world are under pressure to commit to positive climate change initiatives, including the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. As governments seek ways to reduce reliance on conventional energy supplies, there has been an increased commitment to supporting the development of green generation. This, in turn, has led to significant investments in renewable generation and technologies.

From biofuel, biomass, carbon capture and storage, geothermal, hydroelectric, landfill gas, run of river, solar, waste to energy, wave and tidal, and on- and offshore wind—each presents unprecedented opportunities and unique challenges.

Squared has the global reach and local knowledge to assist you with renewable energy projects and successfully navigate you through the laws and regulations that surround the industry.

OUR EXPERTISE INCLUDES

• Acquisition & divestiture of renewable energy assets
• Advice on aboriginal matters
• Advice on national, regional & international policy
• Development and commercialization of clean technologies
• Energy trading
• Environmental law
• Geothermal
• Hybrid projects, including energy storage
• Hydrogen
• Intellectual property, including patents
• Marine, tidal and hydropower
• Market rules affecting costs, including ancillary services
• New supply
• Power purchase agreements
• Power trading, cross border supply and wheeling
• Project development
• Project finance
• Regulatory advice
• Tax law, tax credits & subsidy regimes
• Tendering processes

Our law firm is recognized as a world leader in the development and financing of energy and infrastructure projects, with a particular focus on the renewable energy industry. 

EXPERIENCE

• RE Bank (Commerzbank Group), PKO BP, BZ WBK (Santander Group), BOŚ, BGK, Investkredit, Raiffeisen: 
  Advising a syndicate of seven banks in the financing of the largest wind-farm project in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), with planned final installed capacity of 250 MW and an aggregate first and second phase value of over PLN 1 billion (approximately €250 million). The deal was very complex because it involved a portfolio of seven different borrowers, which were both power producers and operators of the common power distribution grid. The obligations of all borrowers were cross-defaulted and cross-collaterized within each phase.
  
• Canadian Chartered Bank: 
  Acting as counsel to the administrative agent and the lenders in connection with the CA$215 million project financing for the development, construction, ownership and operation of the 58.32 MW Bow Lake wind power project. The Bow Lake wind power project is owned by a limited partnership with the Batchewana First Nation and BluEarth Renewables as limited partners and currently represents the largest economic partnership between a First Nation and a wind energy developer in Canada.
  
• Continental Wind Partners: 
  Advising the investment fund on the sale of the first significant wind project in Romania to Czech-based CEZ, including liaising with the Romanian public authorities. Following this project, Dobrogea became the preferred location for renewable energy source (RES) investments in Romania.
  
• CPS Energy: 
  Advising on a 400-megawatt project expected to top US$1 billion to help meet the city’s 2020 renewable energy goals. This project is particularly unique in that it contains an economic development feature that will draw US$100 million in capital investment and create 800 permanent jobs in the San Antonio, TX area. We represented CPS Energy in its July 23, 2012, signing of the landmark solar and economic development deal with OCI Solar Power, the purchase of solar energy under 25-year Power Purchase Agreements, the establishment of solar panel and other solar product manufacturing facilities in the San Antonio area, the creation of 800 jobs in the San Antonio area, and the investment of more than US$100 million.
  

AWARDS AND ACCOLADES

• Chambers Global, Global-wide: Projects & Energy, Chambers and Partners, 2020
• Chambers Global, Global-wide: Projects & Energy: Power, Chambers and Partners, 2020